The summer edition of Pitti Uomo, will be held at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence from 14 to 17 June 2022. The fair dedicated to contemporary men’s fashion is expanding its temporal and physical horizons, proposing new content and new collaborations, as well as a calendar of events and international launches that will focus …
The Kennedy Foundation in collaboration with the Italian Red Cross will be holding a supplies drive for basic necessities April 23 and 24 in three Lidl supermarket locations. All supplies collected will be directly distributed to families in need. Supplies that are the most needed include baby necessities such as diapers, milk and wet wipes. …
By Maxine Friedman FLORENCE, Italy – Levi’s Made & Crafted has taken a more inclusive approach in its re-launch of the Denim Family collection, 72 years after its inception, with its genderless pieces. An interactive display set up at an event that took place March 2 at the Société Anonyme shop in Florence reintroduced customers to …
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a norm in today’s world, from regular mask mandates to vaccine requirements. As it approaches its two year anniversary, the virus has infiltrated every aspect of everyday life: needing a vaccine to work or to travel, wearing a mask to the grocery store or the movie theater, and moving in-person …
Pitti Immagine Uomo returns to Florence Jan. 11-13. The fair, which will take place in its usual location – the Fortezza da Basso near the central train station – does not just promote new men fashion trends but it is also an attempt to relaunch Italian fashion and commerce, both slowed down in the last …
Starting Saturday, Nov. 13, Pinocchio Jazz will make its reentrance to the public scene in Florence with five consecutive Saturdays of jazz performances. Located on Viale Donato Giannotti, the venue has become a historic and prominent piece of Florentine culture with an assortment of musicians and instruments played each weekend. The first of the five …
During the aftermath of World War I, surrealism developed as a heavily visual, cultural movement throughout Europe. Largely influenced by Dada—another anti-idealistic and artistic post-war movement in response to the immense suffering of World War I—this avant-garde movement is widely known and loved for its visual art and writings using the juxtaposition of distant realities …
Born in Florence in 1265, Dante Alighieri is undoubtedly the man of Florentine and Tuscan art, literature, and language. Until his exile in 1302, Dante made immense impacts on the wider body of Western art and literature, from his Divine Comedy—pronounced one of the most important pieces of poetry in the Middle Ages—to helping establish …
Displayed at Palazzo Medici Riccardi until Oct. 17th, AniMa: The Magic of Animated Cinema from Snow White to Grendizer, exhibits over five hundred original drawings of the most celebrated animated films—and whether you’re 8 years old or 68, the magic is sure to draw you in. After closing for a period during the COVID-19 pandemic …
After more than one year and a half, Pitti Uomo returns this summer from June 30 to July 2. The fair hits this summer its 100 edition after the pandemic has prevented both last summer and last winter’s edition, and is also quite an important opportunity for Florence to re-embrace her international dimension after …