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Surprisingly, given the South American sexiness of her designs, [Minna Parikka] isn't a particular fan of tango, as so many Finns are, but recalls her mother setting a glamorous example. "She'd be wearing red nails and lipstick even when she was changing my nappies." A pair of red patent Mary Janes kick-started her love of shoes when she was five, but it wasn't until her elder sister, a photojournalist, interviewed a shoe designer, that 15-year-old Minna realized such a wondrous job existed. After studying in England, she was immediately employed by a small Italian firm designing men's shoes, where she learned the trade's practicalities. Having lived in London and Barcelona, she has returned to Helsinki where she feels less pressure to jump at the next new thing and can let her ideas ev...
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...In the French and Italian parts of Switzerland, there are many fewer apprent...
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... are translating into German, French, Italian or Spanish." . But with the bilateral treaty that ...
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Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, managed to erase "free and undistorted competition" from the proposed new EU Treaty as a main aim of the European Union. Afterwards, he asked rhetorically what competition has done for Europe. This article is an attempt to reply to that very important question. The view of competition and its effects among decision-makers is likely to affect numerous policy outcomes. Throughout history, there has been a struggle between freedom and control in Europe. Competition is the result of economic freedom and the absence of interventions in the economy by the state. And it has done very much indeed for Europe. It may be the single most important reason why the average income in Western Europe is 14 times higher today than in 1820. If anything, Europe needs mo...
... a German entrepreneur to compete with an Italian entrepreneur. There are many factors that will det...
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...I was given Italian lessons in Ticino as the opportunities for interna...
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In an interview, Ilaria Venturini Fendi, founder of Carmina Campus, talked about her biggest challenges, her views on ethical fashion and social engagement. Venturini Fendi said the first challenge is in supplying the group of women with the opportunity to receive on-the-job training in production, so they can become self-sufficient. For her, ethical means what is good to do. The word has become a sort of buzzword lately, but in her opinion it deserves greater attention. She thinks that the project allows Carmina Campus to be come part of a new economic and productive system that values goods based on responsible design, not only for production purposes but also for the promotion of fair behavior by designers and consumers.
... why the manufacturers of my bags are all Italian. This year I have been working with stocks of airl...
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... slips seamlessly from German to French to Italian to English. . Sam is so immersed in his job that i...
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... a job that entailed dish washing at an Italian pizzeria. He worked here for four years and then g...
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... for a second go, he purchased a whimsical Italian vase, an elaborately carved chair of undetermined ...
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...It is a long way from his Swiss-Italian upbringing. But that same upbringing proved instru...