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  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: A Chinese worker of one of the 3,200 clothing factories in Prato walks by the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0423.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 MAY 2014: Business owner Mina Giannandrea, 68, poses for a portrait in the shop window of the Max Mara retail store she manages in Rome, Italy, on May 14th 2014. Ms. Giannandrea has owned 4 clothing store for 40 years, until last year, when she had to close two shops and fire 8 people due to high labour costs, tax hikes and big drop in domestic consumption. The shops are in two different Roman neighborhoods, and sell Max Mara garments.
    CIPG_20140514_INYT_RomeRetailer__M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 MAY 2014: Business owner Mina Giannandrea, 68, speaks on the phone at the entrance of the the Max Mara retail store she manages in Rome, Italy, on May 14th 2014. Ms. Giannandrea has owned 4 clothing store for 40 years, until last year, when she had to close two shops and fire 8 people due to high labour costs, tax hikes and big drop in domestic consumption. The shops are in two different Roman neighborhoods, and sell Max Mara garments.
    CIPG_20140514_INYT_RomeRetailer__M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 MAY 2014: Business owner Mina Giannandrea, 68, speaks on the phone at the entrance of the the Max Mara retail store she manages in Rome, Italy, on May 14th 2014. Ms. Giannandrea has owned 4 clothing store for 40 years, until last year, when she had to close two shops and fire 8 people due to high labour costs, tax hikes and big drop in domestic consumption. The shops are in two different Roman neighborhoods, and sell Max Mara garments.
    CIPG_20140514_INYT_RomeRetailer__M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 MAY 2014: Business owner Mina Giannandrea, 68, looks outside the entrance door of the Max Mara retail store she manages in Rome, Italy, on May 14th 2014. Ms. Giannandrea has owned 4 clothing store for 40 years, until last year, when she had to close two shops and fire 8 people due to high labour costs, tax hikes and big drop in domestic consumption. The shops are in two different Roman neighborhoods, and sell Max Mara garments.
    CIPG_20140514_INYT_RomeRetailer__M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 MAY 2014: Business owner Mina Giannandrea, 68, chooses a garment for a client in the Max Mara retail store she manages in Rome, Italy, on May 14th 2014. Ms. Giannandrea has owned 4 clothing store for 40 years, until last year, when she had to close two shops and fire 8 people due to high labour costs, tax hikes and big drop in domestic consumption. The shops are in two different Roman neighborhoods, and sell Max Mara garments.
    CIPG_20140514_INYT_RomeRetailer__M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 MAY 2014: Business owner Mina Giannandrea, 68, is here behind the counter of the Max Mara retail store she manages after applying a discount to a client in Rome, Italy, on May 14th 2014. Ms. Giannandrea has owned 4 clothing store for 40 years, until last year, when she had to close two shops and fire 8 people due to high labour costs, tax hikes and big drop in domestic consumption. The shops are in two different Roman neighborhoods, and sell Max Mara garments.
    CIPG_20140514_INYT_RomeRetailer__M3_...jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: A Chinese worker of one of the 3,200 clothing factories in Prato looks at the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0443.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: A Chinese worker of one of the 3,200 clothing factories in Prato stares the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0437.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 MAY 2014: Business owner Mina Giannandrea, 68, arranges a mannequin in the shop window of the Max Mara retail store she manages in Rome, Italy, on May 14th 2014. Ms. Giannandrea has owned 4 clothing store for 40 years, until last year, when she had to close two shops and fire 8 people due to high labour costs, tax hikes and big drop in domestic consumption. The shops are in two different Roman neighborhoods, and sell Max Mara garments.
    CIPG_20140514_INYT_RomeRetailer__M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 MAY 2014: Business owner Mina Giannandrea, 68, poses for a portrait in the Max Mara retail store she manages in Rome, Italy, on May 14th 2014. Ms. Giannandrea has owned 4 clothing store for 40 years, until last year, when she had to close two shops and fire 8 people due to high labour costs, tax hikes and big drop in domestic consumption. The shops are in two different Roman neighborhoods, and sell Max Mara garments.
    CIPG_20140514_INYT_RomeRetailer__M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 MAY 2014: Business owner Mina Giannandrea, 68, poses for a portrait in the Max Mara retail store she manages in Rome, Italy, on May 14th 2014. Ms. Giannandrea has owned 4 clothing store for 40 years, until last year, when she had to close two shops and fire 8 people due to high labour costs, tax hikes and big drop in domestic consumption. The shops are in two different Roman neighborhoods, and sell Max Mara garments.
    CIPG_20140514_INYT_RomeRetailer__M3_...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 MAY 2014: Business owner Mina Giannandrea, 68, suggests a dress to a client in the Max Mara retail store she manages in Rome, Italy, on May 14th 2014. Ms. Giannandrea has owned 4 clothing store for 40 years, until last year, when she had to close two shops and fire 8 people due to high labour costs, tax hikes and big drop in domestic consumption. The shops are in two different Roman neighborhoods, and sell Max Mara garments.
    CIPG_20140514_INYT_RomeRetailer__M3_...jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Candles and flowers are left amid clothes hangers outside the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0337.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Candles and flowers are left amid clothes hangers outside the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0370.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Clothes hangers are here outside the entrance door of the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0325.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A designer is seen here at work at the Lubiam plant  in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6609.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019:  Rolls of fabrics are stored at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6540.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on the final hand ironing of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant before the the inspection in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6228.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on  the saddle stich of the side front of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5990.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress fastens a peak lapel of a jacket by hand at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5780.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5306.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on the back overlack stich of a jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5267.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on the attachment of the applied pockets of a jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5170.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: The office of the late Edgardo Bianchi in the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5061.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019:  Andrea Benedini, export director of Lubiam poses for a portrait by the painted portrait of his great grandfather Luigi Bianchi, founder of the atelier “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi” (rebranded in 1939 as Lubiam), in the office of his grandfather Edgardo Bianchi, in the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6815.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019:  Andrea Benedini, export director of Lubiam poses for a portrait by the painted portrait of his great grandfather Luigi Bianchi, founder of the atelier “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi” (rebranded in 1939 as Lubiam), in the office of his grandfather Edgardo Bianchi, in the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6800.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019:  Andrea Benedini, export director of Lubiam poses for a portrait by the painted portrait of his great grandfather Luigi Bianchi, founder of the atelier “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi” (rebranded in 1939 as Lubiam), in the office of his grandfather Edgardo Bianchi, in the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6790.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019:  Andrea Benedini, export director of Lubiam poses for a portrait by the painted portrait of his great grandfather Luigi Bianchi, founder of the atelier “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi” (rebranded in 1939 as Lubiam), in the office of his grandfather Edgardo Bianchi, in the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6778.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019:  Andrea Benedini, export director of Lubiam poses for a portrait in the tailored jacket unit of the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6760.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019:  Andrea Benedini, export director of Lubiam poses for a portrait in the tailored jacket unit of the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6752.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: Scissors, patterns and a measuring tape are seen here in the designer's office at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6694.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: Samples of fabrics used for the Lubiam suits are seen here in the Style Office of the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6603.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: Samples of fabrics used for the Lubiam suits are seen here in the Style Office of the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6594.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019:  L.B.M, 1911 jackets are seen here in the style office od the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6560.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019:  Rolls of fabrics are stored at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6550.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019:  Rolls of fabrics are stored at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6529.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: L.B.M. 1911 jackets are seen here before being shipped to clients, here at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6472.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress inspects a tailored jacket before it's shipped to the client, here at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6424.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress inspects a tailored jacket before it's shipped to the client, here at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6387.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on the general gives a general steam press ironig of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6194.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A tailored jacket receives a general steam press ironig at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6135.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on the general gives a general steam press ironig of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_6072.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5861.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress fastens a peak lapel of a jacket by hand at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5766.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on the tacking of a tailored jacket shoulder at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5729.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on the tacking of a tailored jacket shoulder at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5687.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on the tacking of a tailored jacket shoulder at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5627.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress does a technical inspection of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5526.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress does a technical inspection of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5455.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress does a technical inspection of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5436.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress does a technical inspection of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5395.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress verifies the measure of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5380.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A view of the interior of the jacket unit of the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5361.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5328.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A seamstress works on the closure of the pocket sack of a jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5153.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A portrait of Luigi Bianchi, founder of the atelier “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi” (rebranded in 1939 as Lubiam), hangs in the office of his son, the late Edgardo Bianchi, in the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5030.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A portrait of Luigi Bianchi, founder of the atelier “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi” (rebranded in 1939 as Lubiam), hangs in the office of his son, the late Edgardo Bianchi, in the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5023.jpg
  • MANTOVA, ITALY - 7 JANUARY 2019: A view of the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
<br />
The L.B.M. 1911 brand (Luigi Bianchi Mantova) is part of the family-owned Lubiam group, the atelier founded in 1911 by Luigi Bianchi (then called “Primaria Sartoria Luigi Bianchi”)i and that since then handcrafted its suits in the same Mantova factory they’ve always been. His son Edgardo Bianchi introduced the Fordist model to the company, aimed at improving the production time while guaranteeing top quality results with the same characteristics as bespoke tailoring. Today, the company is ran bu the fourth generation of the Bianchi family.
    CIPG_20190107_NYT_LBM_M3_5000.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Candles and flowers are left outside the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa", under the seven photographs of Chinese workers who died after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013. Other two Chinese workers were badly injured.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0367.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Candles and flowers are left outside the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa", under the seven photographs of Chinese workers who died after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013. Other two Chinese workers were badly injured.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0362.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Aldo Milone, a city council responsible for security, poses for a portrait in his office in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013. "For the past 4 years I've been repeating that sooner or later some  tragedy would happen in the Chinese factories, where people work, eat, cook and sleep in poor conditions", Mr. Milone said. <br />
<br />
Seven Chinese workers died and two were badly injured after a fire swept through a Chinese-owned fast fashion outlet on Sunday.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0281.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Chinese people come to see the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0531.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: The interior of the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0527.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: The exterior of the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0495.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Aldo Milone, a city council responsible for security, is here by the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa", where seven Chinese workers died and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0490.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Chinese people come to see the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0476.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Chinese people come to see the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0471.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Chinese people come to see the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0460.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Buttons are spread here on the floor by the entrance door of the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0411.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Candles and flowers are left outside the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa", under the seven photographs of Chinese workers who died after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013. Other two Chinese workers were badly injured.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0387.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Buttons are spread here on the floor by the entrance door of the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0343.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Candles are left outside the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0320.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Aldo Milone, a city council responsible for security, poses for a portrait in his office in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013. "For the past 4 years I've been repeating that sooner or later some  tragedy would happen in the Chinese factories, where people work, eat, cook and sleep in poor conditions", Mr. Milone said. <br />
<br />
Seven Chinese workers died and two were badly injured after a fire swept through a Chinese-owned fast fashion outlet on Sunday.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0273.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Father Francesco Saverio Wang poses for a portrait at the "Acensione del Pino" church, where he celebrates mass in Chinese  every Sunday in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
"The church is the only bridge between Italians and Chinese", Father Wang said. Father Wang is the only Chinese priest in Prato.<br />
<br />
Seven Chinese workers died and two were badly injured after a fire swept through a Chinese-owned fast fashion outlet on Sunday.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0258.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Friar Francesco Brasa and Father Francesco Saverio Wang sit at a table of the "Acensione del Pino" church, where Father Wang celebrates mass in Chinese  every Sunday, during an interview in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
"The church is the only bridge between Italians and Chinese", Father Wang said. Father Wang is the only Chinese priest in Prato.<br />
<br />
Seven Chinese workers died and two were badly injured after a fire swept through a Chinese-owned fast fashion outlet on Sunday.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0229.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Father Francesco Saverio Wang sits at a table of the "Acensione del Pino" church, where he celebrates mass in Chinese  every Sunday, during an interview in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
"The church is the only bridge between Italians and Chinese", Father Wang said. Father Wang is the only Chinese priest in Prato.<br />
<br />
Seven Chinese workers died and two were badly injured after a fire swept through a Chinese-owned fast fashion outlet on Sunday.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0220.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: A crucifix hangs on the wall above a framed picture from China in a room of the "Acensione del Pino" church, where mass in Chinese is celebrated each Sunday by Father Wang, the only Chinese priest in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
"The church is the only bridge between Italians and Chinese", Father Wang said.<br />
<br />
Seven Chinese workers died and two were badly injured after a fire swept through a Chinese-owned fast fashion outlet on Sunday.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0206.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Candles are left outside the fast fashion outlet "Pronto Moda Teresa" where seven Chinese workers died  and two were badly injured after a fire swept through on Sunday, in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0319.jpg
  • PRATO, ITALY - 4 December 2013: Friar Francesco Brasa poses for a portrait at the "Acensione del Pino" church, where mass in Chinese is celebrated every Sunday in Prato, Italy, on December 4th 2013.<br />
<br />
Seven Chinese workers died and two were badly injured after a fire swept through a Chinese-owned fast fashion outlet on Sunday.<br />
<br />
The city of Prato has the largest concentration of Chinese in Europe, as well as having the second largest population of Chinese people overall in Italy, after Milan. The Chinese who have come to Prato since the late 1980s have transformed the city and its centuries-old textile industry.
    CIPG_20131204_INYT_Prato__M3_0267.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008. Items on sale in an Ann Taylor-LOFT store on 34th street (between Broadway and Fifth ave). As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 4 October, 2008. T-shirts on sale in an Ann Taylor-LOFT store on 34th street (between Broadway and Fifth ave). As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Discount_OUT_007.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008.  A customer exits a Banana Republic store on 34th street and Fifth ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Discount_OUT_006.jpg
  • 4 October, 2008.  A sale sign is here at the entrance of the Bloomingdale's department store on 59th street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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  • 4 October, 2008. A sale sign in the window of the Ann Taylor-LOFT store in Times Square.  As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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  • 4 October, 2008. Mother and daughter wait in front of the Gap store on 34th street (Herald Square). As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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  • 4 October, 2008. Lighting on sale in the Restoration Hardware store on 22nd street and Broadway. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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  • 4 October, 2008. A customer enters the Bloomingdale's department store on 59th street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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  • 4 October, 2008. Customer check items on sale in the Gap store of 42nd street and 3rd ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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  • 4 October, 2008. Sale signs in the Gap store of Herald Square. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 4 October, 2008. A customer checks items on sale in the Bloomingdale's department store on 59th street and Lexington ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 4 October, 2008. A customer check items on sale in the Old Navy store of 34th street (between Broadway and 7th ave). As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 4 October, 2008. A sale sign in the window of the Ann Taylor of 21st street and 5th ave. As the financial crisis spread last month, many retailers hit the panic button, offering more generous discounts than they did at the same time last year. But the promotions did little to convince cautious shoppers to open their wallets.<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • ARZANO, ITALY - 16 January 2014:  Maria Giovanna Paone, Vice President and General Manager of Kiton, checks a fabric at the blazer division of the Kiton factory in Arzano, Italy, on January 16th 2014.
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  • ARZANO, ITALY - 16 January 2014:  Maria Giovanna Paone, Vice President and General Manager of Kiton, opens a fabrics archive volume at the blazer division of the Kiton factory in Arzano, Italy, on January 16th 2014.
    CIPG_20140116_LEMONDE_Kiton__M3_5505.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 16 January 2014:  Maria Giovanna Paone, Vice President and General Manager of Kiton, checks a fabric at the blazer division of the Kiton factory in Arzano, Italy, on January 16th 2014.
    CIPG_20140116_LEMONDE_Kiton__M3_5488.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 16 January 2014: Supervisor of the tie division places models on a fabric used for a tie, at the Kiton factory in Arzano, Italy, on January 16th 2014.
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  • ARZANO, ITALY - 16 January 2014: Students work on a blazer at the Kiton School of High Tailoring inside the Kiton factory in Arzano, Italy, on January 16th 2014.
    CIPG_20140116_LEMONDE_Kiton__M3_5295.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 16 January 2014:  Maria Giovanna Paone, Vice President and General Manager of Kiton, checks a fabric at the Ladies division of the Kiton factory in Arzano, Italy, on January 16th 2014.
    CIPG_20140116_LEMONDE_Kiton__M3_5231.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 16 January 2014: Tailors sew shirts at the Kiton factory in Arzano, Italy, on January 16th 2014.
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