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==[|Fashion Design] ==  March 12th, 2011 admin  Italian fashion is amongst the world’s most important fashion designs, such as those of France, USA, Great Britain and Japan. Fashion has always been an important part of the culture of Italy and its society. Italian designers began to be come of Europe’s main trendsetters ever since the 11th-16th centuries, when artistic development in Italy was at its peak. Cities such as Venice, Milan, Florence and Vicenza started to produce luxury goods, hats, cosmetics, jewelry and rich fabrics. During the 17th – early 20th centuries Italian fashion lost its importance, and Europe’s main trendsetter became France, as French fashion began to become hugely popular, eversince luxury dresses began to be designed for the courtiers of Louis XIV. However, since the 1951-53 fashion soirées held by Giovanni Battista Giorgini inFlorence, the “ Italian school ” started to compete with the French haute couture, as labels such as Ferragamo and Gucci began to contend with Chanel and Dior. Currently, Milan (Italy‘s center of design) is considered the true fashion capital of the world, according to the 2009 Global Language Monitor, and Rome ranked 4th. Both these cities annually compete with other major international centres, such as Paris, New York, London and Tokyo.  (Italian Fashion Show) __[|(more…)] __  Posted in __<span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #d11602; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|3. Design & Architecture] __ Tags: __<span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #d11602; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Design] __, __<span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #d11602; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Fashion] __  __<span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #d11602; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|No Comments »] __