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  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, is here in a class at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
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  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, teaches some yoga poses to her students at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_005.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, practices some yoga pose at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_015.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, practices some yoga pose at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_014.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, is here in a class at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_012.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, is here in a class at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_010.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, teaches some yoga poses to her students at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_008.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, practices some yoga pose at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_001.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, is here in a class at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_013.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, is here in a class at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_009.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, teaches some yoga poses to her students at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_007.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, teaches some yoga poses to her students at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_006.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, is here in a class at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_004.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, is here in a class at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_003.jpg
  • 26 November, 2008. New York, NY. Chrissy Carter, 30, practices some yoga pose at the Yogaworks in Manhattan, NY, where she is a yoga instructor. She's a former college dancer and Wall Steret equity sales trader. She quit her job after falling in love with yoga. She started teaching 6 years ago and started teaching full-time 4 years ago. She now also certifies yoga teachers.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    train-suit_002.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: A tailor marks the fabrics to be cut at the men's suit production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6851.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: A tailor works on the buttonholes of a blazer at the men's suit production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6769.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: A tailor sews a blazer at the men's suit production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6749.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Tailors are here at work at the men's suit production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6859.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Tailors mark the fabrics to be cut, under the flags of the Naples soccer team and of Italy, in the men's suit production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6840.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Blazers hang by a wall personalized by the Kiton tailors and employees with religious icons and prayers, in the men's suit production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6824.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: An employee marks the fabrics to be cut at the men's suit production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6583.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Tailors are here at work in the men's suit production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6577.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Tailors are here at work in the men's suit production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6566.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: An employee unrolls a fabric that will be marked and cut at the men's suits production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6595.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: CEO Antonio De Matteis is here at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_7197.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: CEO of Kiton Antonio De Matteis walks up the stairs towards his office at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_7171.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: CEO of Kiton Antonio De Matteis shows a Pura Vicuna fabric at Fabrics unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_7124.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: CEO of Kiton Antonio De Matteis shows a 13.5 fabric at Fabrics unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_7111.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Blazers worked on by students are at the Kiton Tailoring School, at the Kiton headquarters in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6976.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Students are here at work at the Kiton Tailoring School at the Kiton headquarters in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6964.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: A student sews a blazer buttonhole at the Kiton Tailoring School, at the Kiton headquarters in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6949.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Students are here at work at the Kiton Tailoring School at the Kiton headquarters in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6941.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: A tailor and teacher of the Kiton Tailoring School (left) reviews his student's blazer at the Kiton Tailoring School, in the headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6934.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: A framed icon of Saint Anthony stands on a working table among sewing thread at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6900.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: (L-R) CEO Antonio De Matteis, Founder and President Ciro Paone and Vice President and General Manager Maria Giovanna Paone, pose for a family portrait at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6706.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: President and Founder of Kiton Ciro Paone, 81, goes from one office to the other in his wheelchair here at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6684.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: President and Founder of Kiton Ciro Paone, 81, poses for a portrait at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6652.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Interior of the office headquarters of Kitonin Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6545.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: A portrait of Ciro Paone, Founder and President of Kiton, is here at the entrance of the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6521.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: A portrait of Ciro Paone, Founder and President of Kiton, is here at the entrance of the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6515.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Fabrics supervisor Luigi Paone places an icon of San Gennaro, the saint protector of Naples, at the Fabrics division at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_7149.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Numbered boxes containing ties (each number corresponding to a client, and each color to a country) are stored at the Kiton Tie production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
<br />
Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_7028.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Fabrics are stored in the women's production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
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Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
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  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Fabrics are stored in the women's production unit at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
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Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
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  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: CEO of Kiton Antonio De Mattesi (background, center-left) walks in the cafeteria, behind the reflection of a photograph of Founder of Ciro Paone meeting former President of Italy Carlo Arzeglio Ciampi, at the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
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Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6691.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Interior of the office headquarters of Kitonin Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
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Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
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  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: Fabrics supervisor Luigi Paone stands at the entrance of the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
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Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
    CIPG_20140410_INYT_Kiton__M3_6604.jpg
  • ARZANO, ITALY - 10 APRIL 2014: A portrait of Ciro Paone, Founder and President of Kiton, is here at the entrance of the Kiton headquarters and factory in Arzano, Italy, on April 16th 2014.<br />
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Kiton is a luxury clothing company co-founded in 1956  in Naples by Ciro Paone, a fifth-generation fabric merchant. Launched in 1968, the brand produces suits, overcoats, ties, shirts, trousers, knitwear, outwear, shoes, leather accessories, and bags,  womenswear, fragrances and eyewear. Kiton produces 22,000 men suits per year and their sales proceeds was of 95mln euros.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 10 ARIL 2014:  A couple is here at the panoramic viewpoint of the Capodimonte Park overlooking Naples and the island of Capri (right), in Naples, Italy, on April 10th 2014.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 10 ARIL 2014: Two women walk towards a panoramics viewpoint at the Capodimonte Park in Naples, Italy, on April 10th 2014.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 10 ARIL 2014: People relax by the panoramic viewpoint at the Capodimonte Park overlooking Naples and the island of Capri, in Naples, Italy, on April 10th 2014.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 10 ARIL 2014:  A woman is here at the panoramic viewpoint of the Capodimonte Park overlooking Naples and the island of Capri (right), in Naples, Italy, on April 10th 2014.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 10 ARIL 2014: The Capodimonte Park in Naples, Italy, on April 10th 2014.
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  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi (center, in a black diving suit), the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, steps out of the water where he rinsed his suit after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 18.  A staff worker of the Isaiah Owen Funeral Home prepares the white suit for the body of Ka Shaun Lambert, 17, who died of cancer in Alabama and was shipped back home to New York for the funeral, on April 18, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. After the corpse is dressed, it will be placed in its casket for the make-up process.
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  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, puts on his diving suit here on a boat before diving by Le Scole where he will place flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3616.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 />
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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.
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  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018:  Wooden shuttles and silk threads are seen here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
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Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
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Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
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Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joined by six more “modern” semi-mechanical looms, from the 1800s, that can produce 10
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  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Samples of silk fabrics are displayed here in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino displays  many of the 100 different kinds of fabric the mill can produce, with vignettes of them turned into pillows, sofas and curtains.<br />
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Fabrics are priced accordingly, starting at about 200 euros a meter and going as high as 2000 euros a meter for lampasso, a special kind of damask so labor intensive to produce only 20 centimeters can be made a day. There are brocades, jacquards, damasks, shantung, satin, moire, rustic filaticcio and stiff, shimmering ermisino. The palette extends from pure “panna”, or cream, to delicate pastels and rich jewel tones, often shot with threads of gold or silver.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city�
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3902.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Punched Jacquard cards are seen here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The pattern created in the Jacquard cards directs the weaver, and it can take 2000 cards to produce 1.6 meters of fabric.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of f
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3772.jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO (SICILY), ITALY - 31 JULY 2013: Stefania Vincenzi, the 18 years old daughter of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, poses for a portrait by the plants left by her mother in the staircase of their home in Priolo Gargallo, Italy, on July 31st 2013. Stefania Vincenzi is running for the final selections of Miss Italy after winning the local contest in Sicily. The idea of participating at the beauty pageant came after Mariagrazia Trecarichi met a friend who organizes the local castings who told her Stefania suited the contest.<br />
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Mariagrazia Trecarichi is missing since January 14th 2012, the day of her 50th birthday, after the Costa Concordia shipwrekck at the  Giglio Island in Tuscany, Italy. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died,, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
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  • CAPRI, ITALY - 10 MAY 2021: A view from the terrace of the Suite Bellevue at Tibero Palace hotel in Capri, Italy, on May 10th 2021.<br />
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Feeling the heat from Greece and Spain, which had prioritized vaccination campaigns on their islands to lure tourists away from Italy,  Vincenzo De Luca - the president of the Campania region, which includes Capri -  diverged from the government’s vaccination strategy of prioritizing categories of more vulnerable Italians. Instead, he treated Capri and other holiday islands as special cases. He fast forwarded vaccinations on Capri by flooding the island with doses and inoculating first seniors, then the middle-aged, then 20-somethings and even some teenagers while the rest of the region was still struggling to inoculate all its 70- and 60-year-olds.
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  • CAPRI, ITALY - 10 MAY 2021: Mario Petraroli, a 37 years old director of marketing at the Tiberio Palace hotel in Capri, opens the Suite Bellevue, booked mostly by "sheiks and sultans and very famous guys", in Capri, Italy, on May 10th 2021. He was recently vaccinated.<br />
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Feeling the heat from Greece and Spain, which had prioritized vaccination campaigns on their islands to lure tourists away from Italy,  Vincenzo De Luca - the president of the Campania region, which includes Capri -  diverged from the government’s vaccination strategy of prioritizing categories of more vulnerable Italians. Instead, he treated Capri and other holiday islands as special cases. He fast forwarded vaccinations on Capri by flooding the island with doses and inoculating first seniors, then the middle-aged, then 20-somethings and even some teenagers while the rest of the region was still struggling to inoculate all its 70- and 60-year-olds.
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  • 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 />
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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.
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  • 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 />
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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 />
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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: 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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 general gives a general steam press ironig of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
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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 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 />
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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 works on a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
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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 />
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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 fastens a peak lapel of a jacket by hand at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
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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 verifies the measure of a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
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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 seamstress works on a tailored jacket at the Lubiam plant in Mantova, Italy, on January 7th 2019.<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Silk warp yarns are seen here in a handloom from the 1700s, that can produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day, here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
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Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joined by six mor
    SMAS_20181026_NYT_Silk_DSCF5788.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Silk threads are seen here by the warp yarn in a handloom from the 1700s, that can produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day, here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
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Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joi
    SMAS_20181026_NYT_Silk_DSCF5742.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Silvania Marco Ribeiro, a weaver, works on the silk throwing process by a silk winding machine at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joined by six more “modern” semi-mechan
    SMAS_20181026_NYT_Silk_DSCF5691.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Silvania Marco Ribeiro, a weaver, works on the silk throwing process by a silk winding machine at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joined by six more “modern” semi-mechan
    SMAS_20181026_NYT_Silk_DSCF5645.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Silvania Marco Ribeiro, a weaver, works on the silk throwing process by a silk winding machine at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joined by six more “modern” semi-mechan
    SMAS_20181026_NYT_Silk_DSCF5568.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Luana Segreto, a weaver, is seen here working on a handloom dating back to the 1700s that can produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day, here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; t
    SMAS_20181026_NYT_Silk_DSCF5323.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Weft<br />
yarn wounds on bobbins (pirns) are seen here on a handloom, dating back to the 1700s, that can produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day, here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a
    SMAS_20181026_NYT_Silk_DSCF5213.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Silk warp yarns are seen here in a handloom from the 1700s, that can produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day, here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joined by six mor
    SMAS_20181026_NYT_Silk_DSCF5206.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Silk worm cocoons are seen here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joined by six more “modern” semi-mechanical looms, from the 1800s, that can produce 10 meters daily. T
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_4008.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Rolls of silk fabrics are displayed here in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino displays  many of the 100 different kinds of fabric the mill can produce, with vignettes of them turned into pillows, sofas and curtains.<br />
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Fabrics are priced accordingly, starting at about 200 euros a meter and going as high as 2000 euros a meter for lampasso, a special kind of damask so labor intensive to produce only 20 centimeters can be made a day. There are brocades, jacquards, damasks, shantung, satin, moire, rustic filaticcio and stiff, shimmering ermisino. The palette extends from pure “panna”, or cream, to delicate pastels and rich jewel tones, often shot with threads of gold or silver.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3938.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: A sofa and pillows made of silk fabrics are seen here in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino displays  many of the 100 different kinds of fabric the mill can produce, with vignettes of them turned into pillows, sofas and curtains.<br />
<br />
Fabrics are priced accordingly, starting at about 200 euros a meter and going as high as 2000 euros a meter for lampasso, a special kind of damask so labor intensive to produce only 20 centimeters can be made a day. There are brocades, jacquards, damasks, shantung, satin, moire, rustic filaticcio and stiff, shimmering ermisino. The palette extends from pure “panna”, or cream, to delicate pastels and rich jewel tones, often shot with threads of gold or silver.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3922.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Samples of silk fabrics are displayed here in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino displays  many of the 100 different kinds of fabric the mill can produce, with vignettes of them turned into pillows, sofas and curtains.<br />
<br />
Fabrics are priced accordingly, starting at about 200 euros a meter and going as high as 2000 euros a meter for lampasso, a special kind of damask so labor intensive to produce only 20 centimeters can be made a day. There are brocades, jacquards, damasks, shantung, satin, moire, rustic filaticcio and stiff, shimmering ermisino. The palette extends from pure “panna”, or cream, to delicate pastels and rich jewel tones, often shot with threads of gold or silver.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city�
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3899.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Rolls of Broccatello silk fabrics are displayed here in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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Composed of linen and golden chenille, the Broccatello fabric is still made today with handlooms dating back to the Eighteenth century. Geometric designs are revealed in the Broccatelli collection, brocades which evoke three-dimensional shapes.<br />
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The showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino displays  many of the 100 different kinds of fabric the mill can produce, with vignettes of them turned into pillows, sofas and curtains.<br />
<br />
Fabrics are priced accordingly, starting at about 200 euros a meter and going as high as 2000 euros a meter for lampasso, a special kind of damask so labor intensive to produce only 20 centimeters can be made a day. There are brocades, jacquards, damasks, shantung, satin, moire, rustic filaticcio and stiff, shimmering ermisino. The palette extends from pure “panna”, or cream, to delicate pastels and rich jewel tones, often shot with threads of gold or silver.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s si
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3868.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Rolls of silk fabrics are displayed here in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino displays  many of the 100 different kinds of fabric the mill can produce, with vignettes of them turned into pillows, sofas and curtains.<br />
<br />
Fabrics are priced accordingly, starting at about 200 euros a meter and going as high as 2000 euros a meter for lampasso, a special kind of damask so labor intensive to produce only 20 centimeters can be made a day. There are brocades, jacquards, damasks, shantung, satin, moire, rustic filaticcio and stiff, shimmering ermisino. The palette extends from pure “panna”, or cream, to delicate pastels and rich jewel tones, often shot with threads of gold or silver.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
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Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3803.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: A reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's original design sketch of the machine that creates warp threads and that is still used here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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 Da Vinci’s design allowed the artisans to stand while they oversaw the creation of the warp threads, instead of hunching over as with previous methods. For hundreds of years, this invention by Da Vinci has been hard at work helping generations of Florence’s weavers create the sumptuous fabrics for which they are renown.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
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Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most nob
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3764.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: The machine made from a design by Leonardo Da Vinci, that creates warp threads, is seen here at work at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
 Da Vinci’s design allowed the artisans to stand while they oversaw the creation of the warp threads, instead of hunching over as with previous methods. For hundreds of years, this invention by Da Vinci has been hard at work helping generations of Florence’s weavers create the sumptuous fabrics for which they are renown.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own loo
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3716.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Beatrice Fazzini, a weaver, is seen here at work on the machine, created from a design by Leonardo Da Vinci that creates warp threads, here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
 Da Vinci’s design allowed the artisans to stand while they oversaw the creation of the warp threads, instead of hunching over as with previous methods. For hundreds of years, this invention by Da Vinci has been hard at work helping generations of Florence’s weavers create the sumptuous fabrics for which they are renown.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3558.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Daniela Fallani, a weaver, is seen here working on a handloom dating back to the 1700s that can produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day, here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day;
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3232.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: A view of a handloom from the 1700s, that can produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day, is seen here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joined by six more “modern”
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3211.jpg
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