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NEWS ABOUT: Milan

Milan stories: 15 news summaries
SLIDESHOW

 Best and Worst 
 of Milan Fashion Week  

Some collections reflect current industry inertia, but a few rise above

Sep 29, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - With economic stresses making it more difficult for designers to be creative—and the growing trend of manufacturing being outsourced to other countries—the Italian spring collections in Milan were somewhat “joyless,” but still offered a few standouts, writes Cathy Horyn for the New York Times. The... More »

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fashion • Milan • Fashion Week • fashion designer • fashion label • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • Cathy Horyn


 Best Cities  
 for Good Eats 

Local cuisine is ranked

Aug 5, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paris is for lovers—food lovers. The city came in first on a Forbes list of the world’s best cities for eating well, based on a 2009 survey ranking 50 cities. Notably absent from the top 10 are New York and London, which don’t boast much of... More »

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food • Mexico City • Hong Kong • Beijing • Rome • cuisine • Paris • Tokyo • Milan • Barcelona • Madrid • Shanghai • Jay-ZTV • local food

 The Most Stylish 
 Cities in the World 

Paris, Milan top Forbes list

Jul 1, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Weighing everything from fashion to architecture to street life, Forbes rates the 10 most stylish cities in the world. The best of the best:
  • It doesn’t get any more chic than Paris
  • Milan: “flashy” fashion and cool contemporary design
  • New York: a shopping spree from Brooklyn to
... More »

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fashion • London • New York • design • Rome • Donatella Versace • Paris • Milan • style • Hermes • Roberto Cavalli • Chanel • fashion designer • La Dolce Vita • Jay-ZTV • Charlotte Gainsbourg • Villa Borghese

 Italian Cities Ban Foreign Food 

Laws against new ethnic eateries prompts charges of gastronomic xenophobia

Jan 31, 09 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Kebabs, Chinese food, and curries are the targets of a growing Italian campaign against foreign food, the Times of London reports. The Tuscan town of Lucca has slapped a ban on new foreign eateries opening in the city, and Milan has now followed suit. Government-backed campaigners say they are fighting... More »

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food • immigration • xenophobia • Italy • Tuscany • cuisine • restaurant • Milan • Silvio Berlusconi

TRAVEL

 Super Spas (for the Still-Rich) 

Less waiting perhaps, too, at these top-flight pushers of relaxation

Jan 7, 09 6:45 PM CST
(Newser) - From ancient minerals and monasteries to herb-infused wraps and waterfalls, sit back, relax, and enjoy Vanity Fair’s list of the world’s poshest spas:
  • Amangani, Jackson Hole, Wyoming: Jet-setters can get a taste of the Old American West, where “wildlife runs wild.”
  • The Spa at
... More »

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travel • Arizona • list • Singapore • Milan • Prague • spa • yoga • skin care • massage

(Newser) - The poor and homeless in Milan will get a pricey treat this holiday season, the BBC reports. Officials will distribute 88 pounds of beluga caviar seized from smugglers to the city’s shelters and soup kitchens. The sturgeon roe, confiscated in November en route from Poland, is valued at around... More »

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Italy • homeless • shelter • poor • Milan • sturgeon • contraband • smuggler • soup kitchen • beluga caviar • Caspian Sea

Cities' Sewage Serves as Giant Drug Test

Analyzing waste for
illicit substances
sheds light on use

Jun 23, 08 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Across the world, raw sewage is being analyzed for clues to illegal drug use. Environmental scientists are testing waste from US and European cities to gather data, which reveals everything from what's popular to which days see the greatest use of which substances. "Every sample has one illicit drug... More »

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drugs • London • Las Vegas • heroin • cocaine • methamphetamine • Milan • sewage • drug test

Famed Tenor di Stefano Dead

Brilliant but erratic tenor succumbed to injuries from 2004 attack

Mar 4, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Giuseppe di Stefano, the tenor whose short but brilliant career made him an operatic legend, died yesterday at his home near Milan. He was 86. His widow told reporters his death resulted from head injuries dating to 2004, when robbers in Kenya left him temporarily comatose. Di Stefano's superb voice... More »

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music • obituary • opera • tenor • Milan • Giuseppe di Stefano • Maria Callas

Sour Note: Violinist Busts Strad

British virtuoso Garrett falls on priceless instrument

Feb 13, 08 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - British violin virtuoso David Garrett revealed this week he tripped and fell onto his Stradivarius at the end of a December concert, seriously damaging the priceless 290-year-old instrument. The 26-year-old former child prodigy and male model is left with a violin that will take months and more than $100,000... More »

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accident • Milan • Stradivarius violin • David Garrett

Mold Ravages Da Vinci Codex

Damage wrought for lack of restoration funding

Dec 22, 07 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - An onslaught of red, black, and purple mold has turned the Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of writings and drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci, into a "precious sick patient," the Times of London reports. The mold, discovered by an American scholar, is attacking 12,000 codex sheets at... More »

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Italy • libraries • Milan • restoration • Leonardo da Vinci • mold

Italian Soccer Fans Riot After Shooting

Cops call shooting "tragic error" after mob attacks police barracks

Nov 11, 07 7:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The police shooting of an Italian soccer fan sparked riots and police clashes across the country today, the BBC reports. Hundreds in Rome torched a bus, smashed cop cars, and attacked a police barracks. In Milan, one game was stopped when angry fans tried to storm the field; more violence... More »

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police • Italy • Tuscany • Rome • soccer • protests • Milan • riots • Olympic Games

Anorexic Ads Spark Furor

Will shocking Nolita pics of 68-pound actress help or hurt battle against illness?

Sep 27, 07 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gruesome photos of a naked anorexic actress on billboards across Italy are sparking controversy among health experts. The shots of French actress Isabelle Caro, taken by provocative photographer Oliviero Toscani, are featured in ads for Italian fashion label Nolita with a text that reads: "No Anorexia." The campaign... More »

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anorexia • Italy • Milan • Fashion Week • Isabelle Caro • Nolita

Ballerinas Dance Into History

Nichols, Ferri star in weekend farewells

Jun 24, 07 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the dance world's biggest names took their leave this weekend as Alessandra Ferri and Kyra Nichols sashayed into retirement in touchingly similar fashion—onstage with their young children in a hail of cheers and flowers. Nichols, 48, bowed out after 33 years with New York City Ballet; Ferri,... More »

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Alessandra Ferri • Kyra Nichols • ballet • New York City Ballet • American Ballet Theatre • dance • La Scala • Milan • Royal Ballet

Fashionista Ferre Dies at 62

Italian was known as the "architect of fashion"

Jun 18, 07 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre died in Milan yesterday of a brain hemorrhage, at age 62. Ferre became the top designer for Parisian fashion powerhouse Christian Dior, an honor almost exclusively reserved for French designers, in 1989. He left Dior in 1996 to build his own lines, which became some of... More »

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fashion • design • obituary • Donatella Versace • Gianfranco Ferre • clothes • Christian Dior • Milan • fashion designer

(Newser) - Polish artist Pawel Althamer has placed a 70-foot long nude balloon in a plaza in Milan. It is a self-portrait of the artist.  In Italy such a sculpture is "nothing new."   A passing American commented that it "wouldn't fly" in the U.S. More »

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art • nudity • Italy • Pawel Althamer • Milan • hot air balloon

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