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
Ion Miu been a good friend of Marcel Cellier since touring Switzerland in 1973, and occasionally formed a duo with Alexandre Cellier, Marcel's son. He met Sylvia Udila through performing with her family of musicians, and they were married when he was 19 years old. They have five children, of whom George and Robert play the cimbalom. His father-in-law was the Romanian accordion player Ilie Udila and his brother-in-law is musician George Udilă. There are many video recordings of his performances on YouTube, including Ion Miu Ion Miu (born 21 January 1955) is a virtuoso cimbalom player, performing both Romanian folk music