Italian fashion the modern (post World War Two) fashion industry in Italy. The Florentine "soirées" of the early 1950s organized by Giovanni Battista Giorgini were events where several now-famous Italian designers participated in group shows and first garnered international attention. Florence has served as the home of the Italian fashion company Salvatore Ferragamo since 1928. Gianfranco Lotti, Gucci, Roberto Cavalli, Ermanno Scervino, Stefano Ricci, Patrizia Pepe, Enrico Coveri and Emilio Pucci were also founded and most of them are still headquartered in Florence. Other major players in the fashion industry such as Prada and Chanel have large offices and stores in Florence
Ho Miu-ling Ho Miu-ling Ho Miu-ling (1847 – 1937) was a philanthropist in British Hong Kong. Her influential family included her brother, barrister Kai Ho, her husband, diplomat Wu Tingfang, and her son, diplomat Wu Chaoshu. The Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital is named for her and for her sister-in-law, Alice Walkden. Ho Miu-ling was one of the eleven children of Rev. Hoh Fuk Tong (1818-1871), a Chinese Christian preacher and writer in Hong Kong. Her brother was Sir Kai Ho. Ho Miu-ling married at age 17, and supported her husband through his legal studies in London. She traveled with him