{"id":72014,"date":"2014-03-17T11:04:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T10:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-february-21-27\/"},"modified":"2014-03-17T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T10:04:30","slug":"week-february-21-27","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-february-21-27\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of February 21 \u2013 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fashion Week<\/strong> \u2013 Talent, imagination, beauty. This is the fairy tale that the foreign press told about Women\u2019s Fashion Week, which just ended in Milan. Tale spinners included the Washington Post<\/em>, which discussed how the nomadic spirit of the catwalk spread throughout the city (February 23 – Sicilian fairy tale, nomadic spirit infuse Milan<\/a>), Arab News<\/em>, which described the magnificent end to the event (February 27 – Fantasy, furs draw Milan week to positive end<\/a>), and the Chinese Global Times<\/em>, which ran a piece on the young talent events (February 23 – The Vogue Talents Corner.com celebrates fresh creativity at Milan Fashion Week<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The French paper L\u2019Express<\/em>, paying tribute to beauty icon Carla Sozzani, <\/strong>underlined that Italian beauty was everywhere (February 26 – Carla Sozzani: “La beaut\u00e9 est partout en Italie”<\/a>), while other papers wrote about some of the Italian collections, from Prada<\/strong>  <\/strong> (Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>, February 21 – Prada’s woman is a fun-loving floozy<\/a>) to Cavalli<\/strong> (Washington Post<\/em>, February 22 –  Cavalli turns up temperature with fiery looks<\/a>), and Armani<\/strong> (Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>, February 24 – Lime illuminates gray at Armani in Milan<\/a>) and Missoni <\/strong>(New York Times<\/em>, February 24 – Missoni, With Texture<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

And there was also room for business along side pieces on the new trends. Some articles discussed brand growth \u2013 especially in for cashmere \u2013 like Agnona<\/strong> (New York Times<\/em>, February 23 – With Stefano Pilati Designs, Agnona Intends to Grow<\/a>) and Cruciani<\/strong> (Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>, February 21 – Italian cashmere maker Cruciani poised for growth<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Culture: cinema, art, literature<\/strong> \u2013 The week also brought a wealth of articles on culture. Pride of place belonged to The Great Beauty<\/strong>, a film that, according to the Washington Post<\/em>, was a favorite to win an Oscar (February 26 –  Italy’s ‘The Great Beauty’ favorite for Oscar win<\/a>). And Paolo Sorrentino\u2019s film continued as a critical success in the foreign press. This time, it was the Argentinian Clarin<\/em> that described the decadent Rome, the backdrop as well as a star of the movie (February 20 – Roma era una fiesta<\/a>).<\/p>\n

There was also space for more classical mentions of Italian culture. The Wall Street Journal<\/em> visited the Guggenheim show in New York on Italian Futurists<\/strong> (February 25 – ‘Italian Futurism, 1909-1944’ at the Guggenheim Museum<\/a>*), while El Pais<\/em> rediscovered Orlando Furioso, narrated in prose by Italo Calvino<\/strong>. According to the paper, the work made it possible to rediscover a classic, while bringing the model reader to a parallel and perhaps a temporal theater, compared to that of Ariosto (February 25 – Italo Calvino, al galope del hipogrifo<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tourism, food and wine, from Venice to Sardinia<\/strong> \u2013 As usual, there were articles on tourist sites. The Wall Street Journal<\/em> told its readers about the less commonly travelled canals in Venice<\/strong> ( February 20 – The Canal Less Traveled*<\/a>), explaining to readers how to find a second house on the Lagoon, hunting down the city\u2019s authentic side (20 –  Second-Home Hunters Find the Authentic Side of Venice* <\/a>).<\/p>\n

While El Pais<\/em> told its readers how easy it is to fall in love with Tuscany<\/strong> and its landscapes, a patrimony of humanity (February  26 – C\u00f3mo enamorarse de la Toscana<\/a>), the Times <\/em>dedicated its travel section to family vacations, starting with Sardinia<\/strong> (February 22 – Travel doctor: a family holiday in Italy or Sardinia<\/a>*). The New York Times<\/em> also wrote about the region, suggesting a bike trip to discover the island, its food and its history (February 20 – Sardinian Food and History, Via Bike<\/a>), while the Wall Street Journal<\/em>  reported on the plan of Eataly<\/strong> and the city of Bologna to create a food theme park, a sort of Disneyland of Food in the Emilian city (February 25 – Italian Fund Plans Food Theme Park<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Another two articles were also dedicated to Italy\u2019s culinary genius. One was published by the Financial Times<\/em> and explained how to make minestra  (February 21 –  Recipe: la minestra<\/a>) and the other in The Times<\/em> with a recipe for a special ingredient: pink radicchio (February 23 – The Ingredient: Pink radicchio<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

The economy<\/strong> \u2013 no less important, but with minor emphasis last week was economic news. The foreign press continued to note the record drop in public debts rates (Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>, February 26 febbraio- Italy Borrowing Costs Drop to Record Low at Bill Auction<\/a>), and contained in-depth articles on the Italian economy. The Financial Times<\/em> for example, in its Monday interview, wrote about a conversation with the president of the overseeing board of Intesa Sanpasolo, Giovanni Bazoli<\/strong> (February 23 – Giovanni Bazoli, chairman, Intesa Sanpaolo<\/a>*).<\/p>\n

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