History of Italian fashion century, cheaper silk was imported to Milan from Asia because the phylloxera pest infestation damaged silk and wine produced in Italy. After industrialization, metal, mechanical, and furniture manufacturing replaced textile production. Some of the first modern Italian fashion designers, such as Bulgari, Prada, Gucci, and Ferragamo, were founded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1950s and 1960s, Italian fashion regained popularity worldwide. On February 12, 1951, the Italian businessman Giovanni Battista Giorgini held a fashion show in Florence to make Italy an international leader in fashion design. Prior to his "soirées" in 1951 to 1953, Italy
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