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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish state prosecutors have accused Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti of alleged tax fraud, claiming he used shell companies to hide parts of his income during his first stint at the club a decade ago. Prosecutors in Madrid said in a statement Wednesday that they are accusing Ancelotti of two accounts of tax fraud and are requesting a prison sentence of four years and nine months. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesFormer Madrid coach Jose Mourinho received a one-year suspended sentence after reaching a guilty plea for tax fraud in 2019. Star players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo — among others — have also been found guilty of tax fraud in Spain. Madrid is leading the Spanish league and is set to play Leipzig on Wednesday for a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals.

Persons: Carlo Ancelotti, Ancelotti, Jose Mourinho, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo —, —, Mourinho, Ronaldo, Messi, ___ Organizations: Real Madrid, Prosecutors, Madrid, Champions League, AC Milan, Spanish, Star, Leipzig Locations: BARCELONA, Spain, Spanish, Madrid, Ancelotti, England, Italy, Germany, France

☆ Skip EV stocks like Tesla, says fund manager, naming a 'phenomenal' alternative
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Competition is heating up in the electric vehicle industry, especially between investor favorite Tesla and Chinese automakers like the Warren Buffett-backed BYD . He said that most EV businesses had not succeeded in making money yet, given the "extraordinary" amount of capital invested initially. He manages over $750 million across the Latitude Horizon Fund and the Latitude Global Fund . 'Phenomenal' Ferrari Lait described Ferrari in particular as "a phenomenal business." The average price target on Ferrari is 391.96 euros ($425.14), according to FactSet data, giving it potential downside of around 8%.

Persons: Tesla, Warren Buffett, EVs, Freddie Lait, CNBC's, Lait, Ferrari Lait, Ferrari, Morgan Stanley's, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Latitude Investment Management, Ferrari, Motors, Volkswagen, BMW, New York Stock Exchange, Euronext, Euronext Milan, UBS Locations: Euronext Milan

☆ AC Milan: How this soccer team became a style success story
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Daniel-Yaw Miller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Pleasures tie-up may have been a surprise to traditional soccer fans, but it was by no means an accident. AC Milan has pursued a number of partnerships — including tapping Off-White as its official “style and culture curator” — since its $1.2 billion acquisition by US investment firm RedBird Capital Partners in August 2022. AC Milan’s infiltration of fashion has gone further than any soccer team before, even France’s Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), which not so long ago was the favored sports collaborator of brands like Dior, Stüssy and Jordan. This gray varsity with Off White and AC Milan branding is sold out. Courtesy AC MilanUnlike PSG, AC Milan does not have the same kind of international stardom in its squad that automatically comes with cultural caché.

Persons: Kylie Jenner, Ib Kamara, ”, Germain, Stüssy, Lionel Messi, Neymar Jr, Kylian, Lauren Cochrane, “ It’s Organizations: The, Fashion, CNN, Milan, Napoli, Milanese, Los, Vogue Italia, RedBird Capital Partners, Saint, PSG, Dior, White, Milan AC Milan’s, Puma, Guardian Locations: Los Angeles, thoughtfully, Jordan, Italy

☆ A Gen Zer ditched NYC for Milan. She loves that Italian bosses don't care how much vacation you take — and that a glass of wine costs $4
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

You're going to go on these trips. You're going to enjoy them, you're going to go on the school ones, you're going to go on the vacation ones.'" Milan may be fast-paced by Italian standards, but it's much slower than NYCAccording to Monto, Milan is considered Italy's "hectic" city. Milan, Italy. "It seemed like my generation and, honestly, maybe even some of the millennials, are more awakened to the idea that not everything has to revolve around work," Monto said.

Persons: —, wasn't, Monto, Alessandro, Numbeo, Italy Monto, didn't, It's, they're, Gary Yeowell, aren't, Zer Organizations: Service, Business, New, Yorker Locations: New York City, San Diego, Italy, New York, Milan, France, Monto, Italian

On a more positive note, Guggenheim upgraded GSK to buy thanks to strength across multiple product pipelines. Elsewhere, RBC upgraded Lyft to outperform, calling for a major rally ahead. Analyst Brad Erickson upgraded Lyft shares to outperform from sector perform, and raised his price target by $6 to $23, implying roughly 40.7% potential increase. — Pia Singh 6:10 a.m.: DoorDash upgraded by RBC on new partnerships potential, higher order growth RBC Capital Markets upgraded DoorDash to outperform from sector perform. Analyst Seamus Fernandez upgraded shares to buy from neutral and assigned a £20.31 price target, representing 21% upside to GSK's latest close.

Persons: Guggenheim, Wells Fargo, Timur Braziler, Braziler, — Pia Singh, Lyft, Brad Erickson, Erickson, Seamus Fernandez, Fernandez, Citi downgrades Ferrari, Ferrari, Harald Hendrikse, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Citi, Ferrari, GSK, RBC, Popular, RBC Capital Markets RBC Capital Markets, DASH, Capital Markets, Guggenheim Securities, drugmaker GSK, Guggenheim Locations: Wells Fargo, Puerto Rico, U.S, Wells, Shingrix, Arexvy, Milan

☆ Victoria Beckham’s Paris Fashion Week show stormed by animal rights protesters
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Victoria Beckham’s Paris Fashion Week show was disrupted by animal rights activists as they joined her models on the catwalk to protest her brand’s use of animal products such as leather. Protesters in white vests reading “turn your back on animal skins” and “animals aren’t fabric” walked along models on the runway on Friday, holding signs reading “Viva vegan leather,” before being escorted away by security. Animal rights group Peta said that although Beckham’s brand has banned the use of fur and exotic skins in its collections, it still uses leather, including calfskin. “No garment or accessory is worth violently slaughtering and skinning a sensitive and intelligent animal,” PETA Vice President for Europe Mimi Bekhechi said in a statement. Her autumn/winter 2024 collection showcased styles including sheer dresses, garments with sculpted curved hems and necklines, and boxy blazers.

Persons: Peta, ”, Europe Mimi Bekhechi, Victoria Beckham, Bekhechi, Beckham, David Organizations: CNN, Victoria Beckham’s, ” PETA, Burberry Locations: Europe, New York, London, Fendi, Milan

☆ Meet One of America’s Most Elusive Artists
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Susan Dominus | Emiliano Granado | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

JOAN JONAS, 87, perched on a stool in a room behind the scenes at MoMA, was immediately recognizable as the artist she had been — compact, tense, intense — when she emerged as a figure in New York’s downtown scene in the late 1960s. In an essay published many years later, the composer Alvin Curran recalled Jonas’s stature in that environment: “On the streets, children cry out, ‘Here comes Joan Jonas,’” he wrote, adding that some even wanted to be what she was when they grew up: a performance artist. This month, she’s finally receiving a hometown retrospective at MoMA, a tribute on a scale she’s already had in cities such as Milan, London and Munich. “You’re coming, right?” said Jonas, speaking into a cellphone at the museum in late December. It was important to her that he, and many others in her world, see this collection of her work, its totality and its range.

Persons: JOAN JONAS, Alvin Curran, Joan Jonas, ’ ”, Jonas —, —, Jonas, she’s, “ You’re, ” Organizations: MoMA Locations: New York’s, Milan, London, Munich, Europe

☆ The ultimate way to quietly flaunt your wealth is still the $995 white tank top from Prada
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewI can almost guarantee that you own a white tank top. First debuting in 2022, Prada's signature white top is a lot like every other tank on the market. All Prada tank tops are also made entirely of cotton, according to the brand's website. Prada's tank top: the ultimate status symbolYou can't get more casual than a white tank top, so the style might not scream luxury when you first look at it. But even with a Prada logo stamped on the front, isn't a white tank top still just that?

Persons: —, Prada, that's, Miuccia Prada, Raf Simons, Victor Virgile, Kaia Gerber, Hunter Schafer, Tiziana Fabi, It's, There's, Prada Milano, Raimonda Kulikauskiene, Loewe, Miu Miu, what's, it's, Charli D'Amelio, Kendall Jenner, Ncuti, influencers, @dadouchic, it's Prada Organizations: Service, Target, Business, Prada, Vogue, Milan, prada, Harper's, MTV, Variety Locations: Italian, Milan

☆ Margaret Zhang, Australian-born editor of Vogue China to step down
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Vogue China editorial director Margaret Zhang has announced that she is stepping down just three years after becoming the youngest person to lead any of the fashion bible’s 28 editions. Zhang’s appointment as Vogue China’s editorial director in 2021 came as something of a surprise. But she also won praise for modernizing Vogue China and championing diversity at the title. In her resignation announcement, Zhang said the publication had enjoyed “record growth in video” and the “highest engagement events in the history of Vogue China” during her editorship. The Ghanaian-born fashion editor unexpectedly stepped down last June after more than six years at the helm.

Persons: Margaret Zhang, ”, Zhang, —, Condé, — Anna Wintour, ” Zhang, Ik, “, Anna Sui, Edward Enninful, Condé Nast, Roger Lynch Organizations: CNN — Vogue China, Vogue, Vogue China, US, Milan, Condé Locations: China, Australian, Sydney —, Mulberry, Vogue China, Ghanaian

☆ Milan Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2024: The trends that matter
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Scarlett Conlon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Milan CNN —Gimmicks were gone at the latest Milan runways — which concluded yesterday — with designers instead striking a more serious note that encouraged investment buying. Julianne Moore, A$AP Rocky and Salma Hayek front row at the Bottega Veneta fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week. Jacopo Raule/Getty Images1980s reduxRelegated as the style decade that people preferred to forget, the 1980s is slowly but surely starting to pop up on the radar. Jacopo Raule/Getty ImagesEven at MaxMara, famed for its trademark camel, creative director Ian Griffiths went in a deliberately different direction to focus on silhouette over shade. Jacopo Raule/Getty ImagesDark colors also dominated at Giorgio Armani this season.

Persons: Milan, Miuccia Prada, Raf Simons, Donatella Versace, ”, Julianne Moore, Rocky, Salma Hayek, Daniele Venturelli, Giorgio Armani, Bottega Veneta’s Matthieu Blazy, ” Franken, Franken, Jonas Gustavsson, Matthieu Blazy, Victor Virgile, Blazy “, Massimo Giorgetti —, Truman Capote’s “, —, knitwear, Jacopo Raule, Jil Sander, stilettos, Matteo Tamburini, Kim Jones, Karl Lagerfeld, Leigh Bowery, Judy, Julia, Versace, Anne Hathaway, Gina di Bernardo —, Aldo Fallai’s, Prince, Ferragamo, Tom Ford, Giovanni Giannoni, Ian Griffiths, “ We’re, we’re, Marco M, Gigi Hadid, Solange Knowles, Jacopo M, Matthieu, Aitor Rosas Sune, WWD, Hari Nef, Riccardo Giordano, Sipa Cate Blanchett, Gabriel Bouys Organizations: Milan CNN, Prada, Bottega Veneta, Blazy, Truman Capote’s “ La, Truman Capote’s “ La Cote Basque, Getty, Dolce, Diesel, Milan Locations: Milan, —, Bottega, MSGM, Truman Capote’s “ La Cote, London, “ London, MaxMara, Avavav, AFP

☆ Get Ready for a Fashion Vibe Shift
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There’s a change underway in fashion. Continued in New York, at Willy Chavarria, who set a family-size table of sartorial intention. And in Milan, was picked up by Francesco Risso at Marni, who boiled fashion down to its essence so it could begin again. Papering in white a cavernous warren of rooms under a railway track, so it resembled some sort of petri dish, Mr. Risso birthed a very chic primal scream. These would not be easy garments to wear, but they sure jolt you out of your torpor.

Persons: John Galliano’s Maison, Willy Chavarria, Francesco Risso, Risso, Outerwear Locations: New York, Milan, Marni

☆ Jennifer Lopez says her stylist pleaded with her not to wear the iconic green Versace dress to the 2000 Grammy Awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Velour tracksuits and low-rise jeans are in trend, and Jennifer Lopez just caused a stir while walking the red carpet at the Grammy Awards in a flowy, green jungle-print Versace gown. In a new interview with Vogue, Lopez revealed that her then-stylist, Andrea Lieberman, pleaded with her not to wear the dress to the awards. Jennifer Lopez at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000. Jennifer Lopez at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards. This first became apparent after the 2000 Grammy Awards, where Jennifer Lopez wore a green dress that, well, caught the world's attention," Schmidt wrote.

Persons: Velour, Jennifer Lopez, Lopez, Andrea Lieberman, Steve Granitz, Versace, Marilyn Monroe's, Marilyn, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Carly Steel, Amber Valletta, Donatella Versace, Geri Halliwell, Lopez wasn't, Eric Schmidt, Schmidt Organizations: Vogue, Business, Milan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Spice, NRJ, Project Syndicate, Google Locations: New York City, Cannes, France

☆ Prada Schools the TikTok Crowd
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Miuccia Prada, currently American Vogue’s pioneering septuagenarian cover girl, was standing backstage after the Prada show, bedecked in emeralds and jade and looking slightly terrified as Emma Watson and hordes of well-wishers and journalists swarmed around her like locusts. Such is life when you transcend the role of designer and become more like a divining rod that indicates which way the cultural water is flowing. Toward “history,” she said as her co-creative director, Raf Simons, sipped Prosecco beside her. Or to be specific, toward the way history teaches us about where we are going. Besides, fashion can bring the point to life as well as any lecture.

Persons: Miuccia Prada, Prada, Emma Watson, ”, Raf Simons, sipped, Simons, ” It’s, “ Oppenheimer Locations: Milan, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Moschino: Adrian Appiolaza makes his Milan debut
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Scarlett Conlon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Milan CNN —Trompe ‘l’oeil suspenders, resplendent ruffles, and polka dots aplenty: the 1980s Moschino archive was out in force to mark Adrian Appiolaza’s debut as creative director at the house on Thursday evening in Milan, albeit filtered through a fresh perspective. “It was about taking Franco Moschino’s masterpieces and bringing them back to life while balancing the theatricality that he was known for,” said Appiolaza at a preview of the pieces before the show. “Today, it’s important for people to feel related to the collection.”Appiolaza said his aim with this collection was to bring Franco Moschino's masterpieces "back to life." As an avid collector and self-proclaimed archivist, Appiolaza’s instinct took him straight to the founder Franco Moschino’s back catalogue. Jacopo Raule/Getty ImagesSpliced Stetsons and double denim also continued the cowboy-core theme we've seen a lot for fall.

Persons: Milan, resplendent ruffles, Adrian Appiolaza’s, Franco, ”, Appiolaza, ” Appiolaza, Jacopo Raule, Loewe, Alexander McQueen, Miguel Andover, Phoebe Philo, Davide Renne, Jeremy Scott, Franco Moschino’s, “, Pietro D'Aprano, Smiley, –, Katy Perry, SpongeBob, Tweety Bird, Adrian Appiolaza Organizations: Milan CNN, ”, CNN, McDonalds Locations: Milan, Chloé

☆ Middle Age Like You’ve Never Seen It
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Simbarashe Cha | More About Simbarashe Cha | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There was a certain intimacy to the crowds outside the shows at London Fashion Week, which turned 40 this month. Aside from conjuring feelings of togetherness and pride, that milestone underscored how the approach to style in London — off and on runways — is different than in New York, Paris or Milan. That approach can sometimes be written off as too funky or too laissez-faire, resulting in a perception that London Fashion Week attracts “not serious people” (to quote Logan Roy from “Succession”). But the event’s loudest critics seem to be those who complain about how, in other fashion capitals, they just see versions of the same thing. It is true that London’s fashion scene is smaller, quieter and weirder than others.

Persons: Logan Roy, hasn’t Organizations: London Fashion Locations: London, New York, Paris, Milan

☆ Was This the Most Democratic Fashion Show Ever?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Autocracy may be much in the news, and increasingly in vogue depending on the electorate, but as Milan Fashion Week began, democracy was in the air. Then 1,000 viewers signed up to sit “front row” from home, their faces live-streamed on screens all around the show venue, so as they were watching the audience and the models on the catwalk, the audience and the models were watching back. So the crowd at the show could see, for example, the viewer who decided to disguise themselves using an alien filter, resembling a creature from “War of the Worlds,” or the viewer who situated her generous cleavage right in the middle of the screen, or the ones who watched with family members, or their dogs. So the show crowd would be reminded, in other words, of the people it was really all about. Fashion, in essence the most dictatorial of disciplines, where designers traditionally handed down styles like edicts from on high, has been theoretically democratizing for awhile now — ever since it jumped from the salon to the store via ready-to-wear, which changed the barriers to entry from class and caste to pocketbook.

Persons: Glenn Martens Organizations: Milan, Diesel

Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItShe first learned about the program from her husband, who'd read about it online. Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItRubia Daniels says her background in construction is helpful to envision what her final space will look like. On one recent visit to Mussomeli, Daniels brought along two fellow Californians, Alfredo Ramirez and his mother, Elena, to tour the houses. Meredith Tabbone 1-euro homeowner from ChicagoTabbone flew to see her new home for the first time in June 2019. Mussomeli, Sicily, has seen its population decline from roughly 16,000 in the 1950s to less than 10,000 today.

Persons: Rubia Daniels, Daniels, who've, Vittorio Sgarbi, Mickey Todiwala, Toti, who'd, didn't, she's, Alfredo Ramirez, Elena, Meredith Tabbone, Tabbone, Chicago Tabbone, I've, Danny McCubbin, who's, Jamie Oliver, McCubbin, Mussomeli, Prezioso, Natalie Milazzo, Milazzo, Nigrelli, Martina Giracello, Gianluca Militello, Giracello, It's, Meredith Tabbone Tabbone Organizations: CNBC, realtors, U.S Locations: Sicily, Berkeley, Calif, Italy, Salemi, Towns, Sicily's, Palermo, Belgian, Mussomeli, California, Petaluma , Calif, Sambuca, Sicilia, Chicago, United States, Australia, London, Mussomeli's, Milan, Cammarata, Caltanissetta, Europe, Africa, Airbnbs

☆ Meet Cyrille Vigneron, the CEO of luxury jeweler Cartier who personally approves all of its designs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

As president and CEO of Cartier, he helped reinvigorate the brand with new strategies. Cyrille Vigneron speaks onstage during at a press conference in Milan, Italy, in 2020. The strategic move helped bring the vintage watches back in style — Cartier sold 15,000 of them that year. A ranking of the top Swiss watch companies published in April 2023 by Morgan Stanley named Cartier the second-largest watchmaker behind Rolex, overtaking Omega for the No. With 60 new pieces released in 2023, Cartier's watch business continues to boom, occupying an estimated 7% of the retail market share, according to the Morgan Stanley report.

Persons: Cartier, Cyrille Vigneron, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Vigneron, — Cartier, Morgan Stanley, it's Organizations: Cartier, Australian Financial, Forbes, Rolex, Omega Locations: Milan, Italy, Swiss, watchmaking

☆ The Unlikely Return of the Doily
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Emilia Petrarca | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When you think about lace, “modern” probably isn’t the first word that comes to mind. The centuries-old fabric, made by looping, twisting or knitting thread into various open-weave patterns, is more likely to evoke images of quaint cottage curtains or your grandmother’s bridal veil. One features a fish design and another was inspired by patterns popular in the Ottoman courts of the 16th century. In their own homes, Köprülü and Muessel often use the mats atop silver breakfast trays or place them in the center of a dining table as decorative elements. “But you could frame them and put them on the wall,” says Köprülü.

Persons: Gohar, Nadia Gohar, Laila, Süreya Köprülü, Naz Muessel, “ They’re, ” Organizations: New Locations: New York, Eastern, Milan

☆ Andreas Brehme, who won the 1990 World Cup for West Germany, dies aged 63
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Ben Morse | Nadine Schmidt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Later that year, a unified German soccer team was formed following the country’s unification. Lothar didn’t fancy it [in the 1990 World Cup final]. He was part of the team which finished runner-up in the 1986 World Cup and runner-up in the 1992 European Championships. Andy was our World Cup hero, but for me he was much more than that – he was my close friend and companion to this day. “In 1990 he fired the German national team to the World Cup title with his penalty and became a football legend.

Persons: ” Andreas Brehme –, –, Brehme, ” Brehme, Franz Beckenbauer, West, FourFourTwo, “, ”, Rudi, Völler, Lothar, Matthäus, Lothar didn’t, “ Andreas Brehme, Bernd Neuendorf, Mario Götze, Gerd Müller, Helmut Rahn, Andreas Brehme –, Andreas ’, Andy, Ciao Andi, Otto Rehhagel, Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, Sebastian Widmann, ” Kaiserslautern Organizations: CNN, West, Bayern Munich, Argentina, FIFA, FourFourTwo, Bundesliga, FC Kaiserslautern –, Italian Serie, Inter Milan, German Football Association, DFB, Kaiserslautern, Bavarian, Internazionale, UEFA, ” Inter, Real Zaragoza, Devils, German, FCK Locations: West Germany, Rome, German, Italian, Brehme, Italy, Spain, Kaiserslautern

☆ 5 airlines worth splurging on for the best first-class experience
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jaclyn Sienna India travels often to scout airlines and locations for her luxury travel company. Air France, Emirates, and Qatar Airways are among the airlines that give her the best experience. Courtesy of Jaclyn Sienna IndiaAfter working there for five years, I wanted to bring that level of service to travel. EQRoy/ ShutterstockAir France’s first-class cabin, La Première, only has four seats per flight, and it feels like you're flying private. Like many of my other favorites, Singapore Airlines planes have room for double suites for couples and private suites with sliding doors.

Persons: Jaclyn Sienna India, —, Sienna Charles, I’ve, Le, I’m, we’ve, you’re, Jordan Tan, Shutterstock, There’s, Shutterstock I’ve Organizations: Air, Qatar Airways, Service, Air France Air France, France’s, Air France, . Emirates Emirates, Emirates, Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines, Singapore Airlines, I’m, Etihad Airways Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways Qatar Airways, Shutterstock Qatar Airways Locations: Air France, Emirates, Beverly Hills, Philadelphia, Europe, Paris, New York, Milan, Dubai, India, Asia, Etihad’s

☆ Why Gucci’s New Creative Director Counts Princess Diana Among His Muses
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Laura May Todd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Alessandro Michele’s departure as the creative director of Gucci hadn’t yet been announced. By his own account, he struggled to express himself; young, gay and interested in fashion, De Sarno felt out of place. He did stints at Prada and Dolce & Gabbana before, in 2009, making a more permanent home at Valentino in Rome. During his 14-year tenure there, he cycled upward through various departments until he became the label’s fashion director and the right-hand man of its creative director, Pierpaolo Piccioli. Recently, Gucci announced that the company will relocate the design office from Rome to Milan, where De Sarno feels most at home.

Persons: Sabato De Sarno, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, “, Alessandro Michele’s, Gucci hadn’t, ” De Sarno, Maria, Raffaele, De Sarno, Pierpaolo Piccioli, Gucci, ”, “ It’s, Sabato, “ I’m, ‘, I’ll Organizations: Gucci, Istituto, Prada, Dolce, Gabbana Locations: Kering, Bottega, Cicciano, Italy, Naples, Milan, Valentino, Rome

☆ Five Things Peter Shire Wishes He’d Made
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Eviana Hartman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Painted Walls for Exhibition Designs by Nathalie du Pasquier“Nathalie, Javier Mariscal and I are some of the only non-architects of the Memphis Group [the design movement founded by the Italian architect Ettore Sottsass and others in Milan in 1980], and I’m astounded and delighted by the degree to which she’s managed to go off into the fine art realm. She does these walls with color-blocked borders for her exhibits [the one above is from 2017], and I’m so upset because they’re so good.”Image Credit... Courtesy of CassinaSuperleggera Chair (1957) by Gio Ponti“I’m just not able to do something straight-up functional. Who doesn’t want to be what they’re not?”

Persons: Nathalie du Pasquier “ Nathalie, Javier Mariscal, Ettore Sottsass, I’m, she’s, Gio Ponti “ I’m Organizations: Memphis Group Locations: Italian, Milan

☆ Are these the most beautiful coffee shops in the world?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( David Tran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The Budapest Café is one of many eye-catching businesses featured in “Designing Coffee: New Coffee Places and Branding,” a coffee table book — no pun intended — that puts the world’s most photogenic, eccentric cafés and roasters on display. Its "bright, playful design and color palette transform a former dental office into a bustling and vibrant bakery café," Kingston writes in "Designing Coffee." In an increasingly competitive coffee industry, coffee shop owners are putting thoughts into how their spaces are designed. Across its ambience and menu, the Genovese Coffee House in Sydney offers Australian consumers an "espresso" ticket to Mediterranean café culture. Anson Smart/Genovese Coffee House/Courtesy gestaltenElsewhere, Genovese Coffee House (pictured above) in Sydney, Australia drew inspiration from Italian coffee culture.

Persons: James Morgan, they’re, Wes Anderson, Lani Kingston, Kingston, Mikhail Loskutov, Yuh Nguyen, Luca Rinaldi, Jamie Yelo, Urbain, Jin Weiqi, Marco Pinarelli, Julius, Damir Otegen, Karin Pasterer, Hernan Taboada, Carlos Artalejo, Xavier Alexander, Alexander, ”, “, ” Alexander, ” Kingston, David Dworkind, ” “, ’ ”, Fritz, K Kim, Angela Wijaya, Fritz Coffee, Ben Hamilton, Anson Smart, “ It’s Organizations: Budapest Cafe, CNN, Portland State University, Melrose, Rupertinum, Salzburg's Museum of Modern Art, Kingston, Fritz Coffee Company, Coffee House, Genovese Coffee, Coffee Locations: Budapest, Chengdu, China, Odessa, Ukraine, Hanoi, Vietnam, Milan, Italy, Taipei, Taiwan, Montréal, Canada, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Central Highlands, Kyiv, Ukraine's, Hong Kong, Forme, Beirut, Lebanon, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Salzburg, Austria, 220GRAD, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Caffettiera, Montreal, Asia, Seoul, South Korea, Belfast, Los Angeles, California, Sydney, Australia

☆ Interpol Issues Arrest Warrants for Gunmen in Last Year Kosovo Attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Global police agency Interpol has issued international arrest warrants for ethnic Serb gunmen accused of storming a village last year in north of Kosovo and battling police in a shootout, which left four dead, Kosovo's interior minister said on Friday. Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla said Interpol has informed that all suspects of the Banjska attack have been added in the arrest warrant. Kosovo blames Serbia of being behind the shootout but Belgrade has denied such accusations. They have often clashed with Kosovo police and international peacekeepers, but last September's violence was the worst since Kosovo declared independence in 2008. Kosovo is still not a member of United Nations and all arrest warrants for Interpol are handled through a UN mission that arrived in Kosovo in 1999 when the war ended.

Persons: Xhelal Svecla, Svecla, Fatos Bytyci, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Global, Interpol, Reuters, Milan, Kosovo Serb, Facebook, Belgrade, Kosovo police, United Nations, UN Locations: PRISTINA, Kosovo, Serbia, Serbian, Banjska, Belgrade

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