Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani dies at 93 : NPR

Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani dies at 93 : NPR

Valentino Garavani attends the Valentino show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2017. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Italian fashion designer Valentino died Monday at his Roman residence. He was 93. His foundation announced his death on Instagram. Dubbed an “international arbiter of taste” by […]

Italian cooking awarded special Unesco status

Italian cooking awarded special Unesco status

Italian cooking has been awarded special cultural heritage status by the United Nations’ cultural agency Unesco. National favourites including pizza are already on Unesco’s list of “intangible cultural heritage”, but now Italian cooking traditions and the way they are practiced and transmitted have been awarded. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has been pushing for her […]