NID inks pact with Italian fashion sector
NID inks pact with Italian fashion sector: "The National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad will collaborate with the
Italian fashion industry to launch a course in management.
NID signed an agreement with Confidustria and Altagamma, the representatives of the Italian industry, and the Bocconi University, Milan to start a certificate programme in �Managing Fashion and Design Companies Successfully�.
Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath and Italian Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade Dr Adolfo Urso unveiled the FICCI task force report on cooperation between India and Italy in fashion, design and lifestyle products on Tuesday. "
Indian, Italian institutes sign pact in fashion industry
Indian, Italian institutes sign pact in fashion industry: Indian and
Italian fashion institutes signed a contract for launching a program, that will mould Indian design and fashion professionals into managers in the retail revolution, a statement by the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry said here Tuesday.
Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath and Italian Deputy Minister for Productive Activities and Foreign Trade Adolfo Urso were present during the signing of the pact.
The contract was signed by India's National Institute of Design (NID), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Italy's Bocconi University, Altagamma (the association of Italian companies operating in the high end of the market) and Confidustria (an Italian employers' federation).
Students who participate in the program "Managing Fashion and Design Companies Successfully" will be awarded a Joint Certificate of participation issued by Bocconi University and NID.
U.S. Olympic uniforms honor Italian fashion, 1970s skier style
U.S. Olympic uniforms honor Italian fashion, 1970s skier style: Italy and
italian fashion go together. So do athletes and high-performance gear. What does that mean for team uniforms at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Turin?
It means sleeker and more subtle styles than the fleece pieces that dominated the U.S. team wardrobe at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City. The popular USA beret, however, returns.
Roots, the company making many of the outfits, calls the overall look "retro futurism."
The uniforms aim to blend high-technology fabrics while using the uniforms of the 1956 Games in Cortina as inspiration, explains Roots co-founder Michael Budman. The outfits for the opening and closing parades include an Alpine-style knit navy sweater with a nylon front panel in white with swaths of two lighter shades of blue and a small Olympic logo patch on one side. The zipper trim is red.
"White is very popular in Italy and the U.S. wore it in í56," Budman says. (For the U.S., the 1956 Olympics were most notable because that was the first time it dominated the figure skating competitions.)
Gucci
Gucci: "Guccio Gucci opened his first shop in Florence in 1921, selling luggage and saddlers. He soon expanded, with the help of his sons, around Italy and, in 1953, in the United States.
Gucci products soon became a symbol of elegance and class worn by Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Kennedy, Maria Callas, and the Duchess of Windsor."
