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
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital () is an acute district general hospital managed under the New Territories East Cluster of the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong. Established by the former London Missionary Society in 1887, it was the first teaching hospital in Hong Kong to train cantonese locals in western medical science. It moved to its current location in Tai Po in 1997. Early in 1881, a Medical Mission Committee, mostly made up of members of the former London Missionary Society, was established to promote western medicine in Hong Kong. Henry William Davis,