Furla Handbags Miriam Small Shopper

Furla Handbags - Miriam Small Shopper (Gunmetal) - Bags and Luggage
Live out your girlish charm with this adorable shopper style bag made of supple leather. Holds your wallet and personal technology. Dimensions: 11 wide x 3 deep x 8 high. ; Dual braided handles with a 4 drop. Protective dust bag included. Platform bottom. Magnetic closure. Interior lining with a back wall zip pocket. Made in Italy.

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Furla Handbags May Large Shopper

Furla Handbags - May Large Shopper (Honey) - Bags and Luggage
Made in Italy. Furla proves that a tote can be made for carrying more than just books and beach towels!; Made of rich Italian leather. Holds your wallet, sunglasses, personal technology and a copy of your favorite magazine. Dimensions: 13 wide x 5 deep x 12 high. ; Dual shoulder straps. Shoulder drop: 7 length. Protective dust bag included. Platform bottom with feet to protect bag when set down. Inside hidden magnetic closure. Signature printed interior lining with a back wall zip pocket and slip pocket for your personal technology.

Furla Handbags Giselle Large Shopper

Furla Handbags - Giselle Large Shopper (Onyx) - Bags and Luggage
Made in Italy; Luxuriously leather shoulder tote is in line with all the latest trends yet versatile enough to keep for years!; Holds your wallet, sunglasses and personal technology. Dimensions: 15 wide x 5 3/4 deep x 12 high. ; Dual shoulder straps. Shoulder drop: 10 length. Platform bottom with feet to protect bag when set down. Inside side tabs with magnetic snap closure. Fabric interior lining with a back wall zip pocket.

Furla Handbags Giselle Medium Shopper

Furla Handbags - Giselle Medium Shopper (White Cotton) - Bags and Luggage
Made in Italy. Shopper style handbag made of rich leather. Holds your wallet, personal technology, bottle of water and a copy of your favorite travel magazine. Dimensions: 12 1/2 wide across bottom, 15 wide across top x 5 1/2 deep x 9 1/2 high. ; Dual handles. Handle drop: 5 length. Top tabs with a snap closure with an inside magnetic snap closure. Interior lining with a back wall zip pocket and cell phone slip pocket.

Furla Handbags - Giselle - Medium Shopper (Coffee) - Bags and Luggage

Furla Handbags - Giselle Medium Shopper (Avena) - Bags and Luggage

Furla Handbags Odile

Furla Handbags - Odile (Black) - Bags and Luggage
Made in Italy. This striking handbag made of velvet is the perfect way to incorporate the velvet trend into your cold weather wardrobe. Holds a cell phone, cash and your favorite lipstick. Dimensions: 6 wide x 2 1/2 deep x 4 high. ; Dual handles. Drop: 4 length. Protective dust bag included. Top covered frame with hinges. Interior lining.

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Alessandro Dell'Acqua men's 1425

Alessandro Dell'Acqua - 1425 (Black Canvas/Black Suede) - Footwear
This innovative Alessandro Dell'Aqua sneaker, with its decorative lace and eyelet detail, will instantly update any old outfit. Combination canvas and suede upper. Leather lining. Rubber sole. Made in Italy.


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Furla Handbags Alberta

Furla Handbags - Alberta (Coffee) - Bags and Luggage
Made in Italy. Dress to impress with this chic handbag made of leather. Holds checkbook wallet, cosmetic case, personal technology and your favorite novel. Dimensions: 19 wide x 5 deep x 10 high. Dual handles. Handle drop: 6 length. Side exterior slip pockets. Platform bottom with feet to protect the bag when set down. Top zip closure. Interior lining with a back wall zip pocket.

History and background of Valentino

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For over forty years Valentino Garavani, known to all simply as Valentino, has been one of the most prominent names in fashion, creating some of the world's most elegant eveningwear and classic designs.

Born in Voghera, Italy, in May 1932, Valentino's childhood interests in fashion, painting and architecture, coupled with an immense talent for drawing, prompted him to study fashion design and French at the Accademia dell Arte in Milan. His success led him to further studies at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, and it was there that Valentino flourished. Moving to Paris to study fashion while still in his teens, Valentino also took up dance lessons and developed a love of French theatre. While still a student, he was awarded a prestigious prize for fashion design by the International Wool Secretariat (a prize that was later won by both Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld). This award led to his being noticed by couturier Jean Desses, at whose fashion house he took up his first design job in 1950.

Valentino assisted Desses for five years before going to work for Guy Laroche, former chief illustrator at Desses, where amongst other duties he assisted Princess Irene Galitzine. By 1960, he was ready to establish himself as a designer in his own right and launched his first collection and salon on the Via Condotti in Rome. He was an immediate success, impressing in particular Elizabeth Taylor, who was filming in Italy at the time and has remained a fan ever since.

It was Valentino's desire to design clothes that would celebrate the female form and accentuate a woman's sensuality. "I don't think any man in the world wants to go out with a woman dressed like a boy," he once said. The launch of Fedrico Fellini's La Dolce Vita in 1960, the same year as Valentino launched his first store, accelerated his success as women everywhere wished to emulate the film's style and its star Anita Ekberg.

Emerging as one of the leading couturiers of the Sixties, despite the fact that his premises were in Rome, not Paris, Valentino's unique designs were widely admired. He drew particular praise for his full-length skirts (which flew in the face of the new wave of minis), his signature 'Valentino red' and his love for the simple contrast of black and white. Success spawned a boutique in Paris and the launch of the now-famous 'V' label. In 1967, he won the coveted Neiman Marcus Prize and, in 1970, launched his first ready-to-wear line, with boutiques following in Rome and New York.

Accolades and awards continued to come in for Valentino including, in 1986, the highest decoration possible in Italy, the Calvaliere di Gran Croce, presented by the President Cossiga.

In 1991, to celebrate thirty years in fashion, Valentino threw a three-day party, reported to cost $5 million. Among the 1,600 guests who enjoyed the extravagant finale dinner at the Villa Medici were Nancy Kissinger, Gina Lollobrigida and guest of honour Elizabeth Taylor. A retrospective exhibition, 'Thirty Years of Magic', was also mounted in Valentino's honour, including some previously unseen sketches. It was a fitting celebration for a man whose career has seen him design countless Oscar gowns, as well as some of the world's most expensive wedding dresses, for Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Onassis, Courteney Cox and Jennifer Lopez.

A red carpet regular, Valentino has dressed some of the world's most glamorous people, including Princess Margaret, Julia Roberts, and Claudia Schiffer. His success has also provided him with a lifestyle to match that of even his richest customers. Immaculately stylish, Valentino has become known for his perfectly coiffed hair, permanently tanned skin and a wardrobe of Ralph Lauren, Savile Row and, of course, his own label. In fact, he is the perfect personification of his own label. With homes in Knightsbridge, New York, Capri, as well as a villa on the outskirts of Rome, a chalet in Gstaad, a 43-metre yacht and a six-storey Roman Palazzo for an office, Valentino's circle of friends is the glittering cognoscenti he dresses.

In 1998, Valentino and his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti sold their fashion empire for £211 million.

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About Giuseppe Zanotti

Giuseppe Zanotti was born in San Mauro Pascoli, an Adriatic town with a long tradition in shoemaking. He has worked in luxury footwear for women for over twenty years, beginning as a design apprentice before making a name for himself as a footwear designer for Italian and international companies. In 1994 Giuseppe Zanotti decided to try his hand in his own business. There followed a steady rise to distinction which fully justifies the international acclaim he now enjoys. What makes Giuseppe Zanotti pumps, Giuseppe Zanotti sandals and Giuseppe Zanotti boots so unique is their consummate synthesis of design awareness and quality: design awareness keeps you up to speed with the major trends that, season after season, dominate the worlds of ready to wear and haute couture; and it's also important for building up a repertory of ideas and images taken from music videos, from art, the cinema, from design, in short from everything which reflects changing fashions, explains Zanotti. Technique and taste work in a reciprocal relationship, allowing all these ideas to come together. Giuseppe Zanotti is clearly a designer with an exceptionally refined sensibility, a man whose tastes are as international in their outlook as his personality is unique. But there's more to Giuseppe Zanotti than creativity alone: The way the shoe is crafted is essential for its success, without the skills of the shoemaker the collection can never take form. Here Giuseppe Zanotti reveals the entrepreneurial verve which makes him such an ultra-modern designer. Giuseppe Zanotti shoes feature sleek, innovative designs and are crafted from the finest materials. Whether you chose elegant Giuseppe Zanotti pumps, eye-popping Giuseppe Zanotti platforms or sexy Giuseppe Zanotti sandals, you will not go unnoticed.

Furla Handbags Ambre

Furla Handbags - Ambre (Coffee) - Bags and Luggage
Made in Italy. Edge out the competition with this vivid shoulder bag made of leather with a cow print hair calf panel on the front exterior. Holds a wallet, cosmetic case, personal technology and your favorite paperback novel. Dimensions: 15 wide x 4 1/2 deep x 10 1/2 high. Dual shoulder straps. Shoulder drop: 7 length. Platform bottom. Top zip closure. Interior lining with a back wall zip pocket.

Furla Handbags Yolande

Furla Handbags - Yolande (Coffee) - Bags and Luggage
Made in Italy. Show off your elegant style with this handbag made of leather. Holds a checkbook wallet, cosmetic case, personal technology and your favorite fashion magazine. Dimensions: 15 1/2 wide x 6 1/4 deep x 11 high. Dual rounded handles. Handle drop: 5 length. Protective dust bag included. Platform bottom. Top zip closure. Interior lining with a back wall zip pocket.

About A. Testoni

Amedeo Testoni was born in 1905 in Bologna Italy, a historic center of shoemaking craftsmanship. His dream was to produce the finest men s shoes and see them in the most prestigious shops in the world. Testoni mastered the art of shoe making by working as an apprentice in the main workshops in town. This experience combined with his entrepreneurial spirit, led him to establish the firm of A. Testoni in 1929. Today the collection has expanded to include an extraordinary women s collection. A. Testoni shoes are crafted in Italy using only the finest leathers and fabrics. Complex designs and Bologna construction give A. Testoni shoes unmatched flexibility. Each shoe is a masterpiece. In addition to exquisite footwear, A. Testoni also offers an amazing collection of accessories. A. Testoni handbags for women and A. Testoni bags and luggage for men complement the footwear collection beautifully. A. Testoni products are unique and appreciated by the world s most demanding and refined customers.