New handbags just arrived in our Gleni Boutique
November 5, 2008We have just added some beautiful new exotic leather handbags to our Gleni Boutique, in the very latest fashion colors, perfect for the coming winter season. Check out our Boutique now and choose your favorite item, before it gets snapped up!
Fashion Report – The Dirt Beneath the Glamour (Part 3)
August 26, 2008Looking for some positive light for Italy’s future image Giannini turned to the Consorzio 100% Italiano…
In the luxury leather industry much of the work is carried out by hand using traditional skills, in order to achieve the best quality. An example of a good handbag made by these methods was estimated to have cost 90 euros in labour and, with fine materials, a total of 300 euros to produce, which makes its retail price of 500 euros a fair and reasonable figure, though these high standards don’t give anything like the profit margin that the illegal workshops do for those who use them..
Fashion Report – The Dirt Beneath the Glamour (Part 2)
August 25, 2008The world looks to Italy for the prestige of its luxury fabrics and the renowned skill of its artisans. Sabrina Giannini’s investigation gave her severe concern that the luxury fashion market is losing sight of the value of this aspect of their Italian heritage.
Fashion Report – The Dirt Beneath the Glamour
August 20, 2008Is the fashion world really as glamorous as it seems? What lies behind the glitter of the catwalk? Can Italy hold on to its heritage of making world renowned luxury goods? We look at an Italian TV report that rocks the foundations of the fashion world and exposes its darker secrets.