Pitti Filati, where trends are born

Pitti filatiPitti Filati 71 is open at the Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy. Friday 6 July 2012 is the last day. Pitti Immagine Filati, the key international event for the knitting yarn industry will be held at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence from 4 to 6 July 2012. Pitti Filati presents international excellence to an audience of buyers from the world over and designers for the major names in fashion who come to Florence seeking creative ideas and inspiration.

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Pitti Uomo 82 starts today, the entire calendar

Fortezza da BassoPitti Uomo, the fair’s place as the key reference on the international fashion scene is confirmed by the figures: of participating firms and the continuously growing number of applications we receive from prospective exhibitors. And then there are the buyers: the last summer edition of Pitti Uomo welcomed more than 32,000 visitors, 20,000 of whom were buyers from the world’s most important retailers, large and small.

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Wonderfood Pitti, this edition’s theme

Wonderfood Pitti (Pitti Immagine)WonderFood Pitti is the key theme for the forthcoming edition of Pitti Immagine’s shows…simply because, now more than ever, we are all talking about food. It is a theme close to contemporary lifestyle issues and Pitti will tackle it with “deeply rooted” irony: starting from the land where food is grown and produced. Culture, love and a taste for what we eat “via nature” and not via “star chefs”.

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Salami, cheese: the tastes of Taste 2012 are here

a-typical-porchettaSalami, cheese, beer, chocolate, fish, vegetables and much more:”Taste” is on stage in Florence, Italy, a trip to the diversity of taste. Here there are some of the more curios products: there are sausages, raw and cooked, seasoned and fresh, flavored with spices or let cook for 22 hours. There is the “Cinta Senese”, a kind of pig reared outdoors, all black with a white stripe on the back.

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