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Greenpeace : Let’s Clean Up Fashion!

February 20, 2013 by The CoF

We have asked 15 luxury fashion brands to answer 25 questions about their production processes and policies, deforestation and the toxic pollution of our Planet’s water resources. Some of the brands have risen to the challenge: here are the results of the duel. The 25 questions are focused on three issues. Leather-purchasing policies: is the leather used by fashion brands coming from cattle linked to Amazon destruction? Pulp purchase policies: to assess if paper pulp used to make luxury packaging is produced by corporations like […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Armani, Christian Dior, Fashion, Greenpeace, Gucci, Indonesia, Pulp and paper industry, Sumatran tiger, Valentino

Behind the Scenes At Spring 2013 Couture

January 25, 2013 by The CoF

The couture shows are the red carpet leading up to the red carpet, the season that finds a dreamy, romantic forest sprouting under the domed ceiling of the Grand Palais, the week when one minute you might see Shakespearean fairy queens floating down the runway, and space goddesses the next. And yet, in the midst of a world obsessed with creating grand statements, the most thrilling sights are often found in the smaller moments. From Versace to Armani Privé, from backstage to […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Armani, Grand Palais, Haute couture, Karl Lagerfeld, Paris, Red carpet, Versace

Armani/Casa-Designed Residential Project Unveiled

December 12, 2012 by The CoF

By Luisa Zargani MILAN — The Giorgio Armani Group and leading real estate group Asta Holding/Bemes will unveil today the completion of the residential project Maçka Residences. The project is made up of three towers for a total of 78,840 square feet with a view of the Bosphorus in the Maçka area, in the heart of Istanbul. Armani/Casa has designed the residences’ common areas, the lobbies and several apartments within the towers, which total 170 residential units and 10 penthouses. Luxury […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: Armani, Bosphorus, Burj Khalifa, Dubai, Emaar Properties, Kempinski, United Arab Emirates

Armani Hotel Milano:Elegant Domain

November 25, 2012 by The CoF

Text by Alexandra Marshall Of the heavyweight Italian fashion houses, none have locked up Milan, the industry’s capital, like Giorgio Armani. The designer’s mega-ads for Emporio Armani and Armani Jeans have plastered the busy intersection of vias Broletto and dell’Orso since 1980; he co-owns the city’s basketball team—called, naturally, EA7 Emporio Armani; and it is also here, on Via Manzoni, that he has his flagship, a veritable department store featuring capsule lines of Armani chocolates, flowers, and books. Now comes Armani […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Armani, Broletto, Burj Khalifa, Design, Dubai, Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani, Lifestyle, Milan, Travel, Via Manzoni

A Place Like No Other:Capri

November 23, 2012 by The CoF

Written by Rob Hill By the 50′s, Capri had become a byword for glamor and a magnet for the international jet set: the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy and Truman Capote mixed and mingled with Italy’s beautiful people on their annual vacations. The island’s inherent fashion-consciousness is, these days, exemplified by the myriad designer boutiques from Prada to Armani and Dolce & Gabbana that line the streets of Capri Town offering slick, shiny contrasts to its pebble- strewn bays and sandy […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Armani, Capote, Dolce & Gabbana, Italy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Marina, Prada, Travel, Truman Capote