E-P Summit in April 2024 Focuses on AI in Design, Supply Chain, Retail

NEW TECH: The next e-P Summit fashiontech conference organized by Pitti Immagine will spotlight AI as the current big thing in fashion. The event — which has been held annually since 2011 — is hosting the 2024 edition on April 9 and 10 at Florence’s Stazione Leopolda venue, drawing more than 25 speakers, 47 exhibiting … Read more

Things to do in Florence, and where to stay: see the art – Uffizi Gallery, Michelangelo’s David – and Ferragamo’s shoes, and shop on the Ponte Vecchio

The keynote is luxury, but variety is the byword, with booths selling everything from new trends in athleisure to masterwork examples of the not-yet-dead tie and business suit. Men’s fashion is celebrated in Florence at Pitti Uomo, the semi-annual trade show that is almost as much theatre as it is business. Well-dressed men are a … Read more

Harry Styles Takes Minority Stake in British Brand S.S. Daley – WWD

FLORENCE, Italy – As Steven Stokey-Daley’s fall show in Florence during Pitti Uomo wrapped, the British designer, the 2022 recipient of the LVMH Prize for Young Designers, revealed longtime fan Harry Styles is acquiring a minority stake in the company. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Harry and I have a shared vision for the … Read more