{"id":72691,"date":"2018-05-30T15:54:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-april-20-26\/"},"modified":"2018-05-30T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:54:35","slug":"week-april-20-26","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-april-20-26\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of April 20 \u2013 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"NormalWeb\"><strong>Luxury &amp; made in Italy<\/strong> \u2013 Italian-style luxury was what most interested the foreign press this week. The <em>Sueddeutsche Zeitung<\/em> published a portrait of, Marco Palmieri, CEO of Piquadro, known for its tech-design accessories \u201csynonymous with luxury, but of the sober variety\u201d (April 24 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sueddeutsche.de\/wirtschaft\/marco-palmieri-im-portraet-getarnter-luxus-1.3956531?reduced=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getarnter Luxus<\/a>*). Then two items in the US media focused on the advent of new names in the upper echelons of <strong>Ferragamo<\/strong> (April 20 in <em>Reuters <\/em>&#8211; Italy&#8217;s Salvatore Ferragamo names Micaela Le Divelec general manager and the <em>New York Times<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/2018\/04\/20\/business\/20reuters-ferragamo-ceo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferragamo Names Veteran Gucci Executive as General Manager<\/a>*), whilst <em>Bloomberg<\/em> set out to take a look at the cashmere produced by <strong>Loro Piana<\/strong> and <strong>Brunello Cucinelli<\/strong> (April 19 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-04-19\/why-a-cashmere-sweater-can-cost-2-000-or-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why a Cashmere Sweater Can Cost $2,000 \u2026 or $30<\/a>). <em>El Pais Semanal<\/em>, wrote about how made in Italy has influenced Spanish designer Lorenzo Caprile, whose own roots are in fact Italian (April 22 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/elpais\/2018\/04\/17\/eps\/1523978125_238535.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lorenzo Caprile: \u201cEl estilo es expresi\u00f3n de inteligencia\u201d<\/a>) but it was accessories that featured in two pieces by <em>Reuters, one <\/em>that set out <strong>Marcolin<\/strong>\u2019s future objectives brought about by its agreement with LVMH (April 24 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-lvmh-eyewear-jv\/lvmhs-eyewear-venture-looks-to-triple-production-idUSKBN1HV1I7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LVMH&#8217;s eyewear venture looks to triple production<\/a>) and another about the new jewelry line launched by Yoox-Net a porter (April 19 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-luxury-ynap-jewellery\/ynap-to-launch-jewelry-section-aims-for-100-million-euros-in-sales-by-2020-idUSKBN1HQ1D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YNAP to launch jewelry section, aims for 100 million euros in sales by 2020<\/a>). The news agency also wrote about its experience when it road tested the new Lamborghini Urus, a supercar in SUV (April 26 &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-04-26\/lamborghini-urus-suv-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Test-Driving the Lamborghini Urus, a Supercar in SUV Clothing<\/a>).<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"NormalWeb\"><strong>Tourism<\/strong> \u2013 Several articles of interest to tourists this week, including one in the <em>New York Times <\/em>that offered readers suggestions for 5 low-cost seaside destinations (April 23 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/23\/travel\/italy-coast-hotel-resort-deals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5 Springtime Italian Coast Getaways for Less<\/a>*) and another in <em>El Pais<\/em> that named <strong>Ferrara<\/strong> as one of 10 of the most \u201csurprising\u201d cities for a good-value break (April 26 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/elviajero.elpais.com\/elviajero\/2018\/04\/25\/actualidad\/1524672445_411341.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 ciudades sorprendentes para una escapada \u2018low cost\u2019 europea<\/a>). It was Milan, however,<strong> <\/strong>that featured in an article in the <em>Sueddeutsche Zeitung<\/em> when a visit to the Furniture Fair showed that design can bring about the rediscovery of a sense of humor (April 20 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sueddeutsche.de\/kultur\/moebelmesse-mailand-hahaha-1.3952852?reduced=true*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hahaha<\/a>*) and <em>d<em>ie Zeit<\/em><\/em> provided its readers with a series of traditional <strong>Tuscan <\/strong>recipes that go well with potatoes cooked with rosemary (April 22 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeit.de\/zeit-magazin\/essen-trinken\/2018-04\/rosmarinkartoffeln-rezept-an-italian-in-my-kitchen-sonntagsessen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amore geht durch den Magen<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Article available for pay \/ at registration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"NormalWeb\"><strong>Luxury &amp; made in Italy<\/strong> \u2013 Italian-style luxury was what most interested the foreign press this week. The <em>Sueddeutsche Zeitung<\/em> published a portrait of, Marco Palmieri, CEO of Piquadro, known for its tech-design accessories \u201csynonymous with luxury, but of the sober variety\u201d (April 24 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sueddeutsche.de\/wirtschaft\/marco-palmieri-im-portraet-getarnter-luxus-1.3956531?reduced=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getarnter Luxus<\/a>*).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2358,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"freetags":[],"tipologiapin":[2375],"tag_tecnica":[],"temi_aspen":[],"attivita_internaz_in_essere":[],"attivita_internaz_concluse":[],"studi_e_ricerche":[],"class_list":["post-72691","pin","type-pin","status-publish","hentry","tipologiapin-foreign-press-italys-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin\/72691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pin"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pin\/72691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"freetags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/freetags?post=72691"},{"taxonomy":"tipologiapin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipologiapin?post=72691"},{"taxonomy":"tag_tecnica","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_tecnica?post=72691"},{"taxonomy":"temi_aspen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/temi_aspen?post=72691"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_in_essere","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_in_essere?post=72691"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_concluse","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_concluse?post=72691"},{"taxonomy":"studi_e_ricerche","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/studi_e_ricerche?post=72691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}