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 Nethersole Hospital. Ho Miu-ling married Wu Tingfang (1842-1922) in 1864. Their son Wu Chaoshu (1887-1934) was born in Tientsin, educated in American schools, and followed his father into a career in diplomacy. She survived both her husband and her son, and died in 1937, aged 91 years. United States District Court judge George H. Wu is her great-grandson. 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