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
LOEWE (fashion brand) launched new bag designs such as the Puzzle bag. Loewe has one store in the US, located in Miami. In 1988, Enrique Loewe Lynch, great-grandchild of the firm’s creator, founded the Loewe Foundation, a private cultural foundation that supports cultural events and exhibitions. The foundation received a Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts from the Spanish government in 2002. LOEWE (fashion brand) Loewe, S.A. () (loh-EE-vay)is a Spanish luxury fashion house based in Madrid and owned by the LVMH Group. It was founded in 1846. Jonathan Anderson was appointed creative director in 2013. The company deals primarily in