Articles tagged with: prato
Tuscany’s sustainable wool seeks ideas from young designers
Why is this man sitting on the floor of a warehouse full of piles of coloured clothing?
He’s the most important part of a process of wool recycling that takes place in Prato, just a few kilometers from Florence. He’s cutting the zippers and trim off old clothes so that they are pure wool, with no …
UPrato collaborative knitting and yarnbombing project
If you know how to knit (even badly) and live in the Prato or Florence area, listen up! UPrato is a collaborative knitting project taking place this summer with the involvement of many important Pratese institutions and you can participate!
Prato’s textile museum wants you to touch their exhibit!
Prato’s textile museum (Museo del Tessuto) says ‘hello’ to contemporary art and modern museum practise with the exhibit ‘Il Tessuto è Tutto‘ (Fabric is Everything). With this exhibit, that opened in March 2012, the museum broke in a new contemporary space that is over 1000 square meters large – 5 times the previous area dedicated …
Factory Outlet shopping in Prato
I am at the major tourism show BIT in Milan and have picked up a brochure I think will be of interest to a lot of people who love shopping in Italy. The area in and around Prato, a town 8km from Florence in Tuscany, is one of the region’s major producers, and these factories …
How to dress like a Russian with a taste for Italian fabrics
This weekend I went to the show “Lo Stile delle Zar” – the fashion of the Tsars, on the relationship between art and fashion and between Russia and Italy from the 15th to 18th centuries. Beautifully displayed at Prato’s Museo del Tessuto – fabric museum – the point of encounter between the two cultures is …
Events in Prato Sept 24-27, and some Russian Fashion
This weekend Prato is host to an economics conference (Economia3) and numerous related events. Before you say “economics??” let me tell you that there will be a lot of really interesting “artistic” things to do around town that weekend, all of which are listed (in italian only) on the website for the event. And of course, …
Videominuto 2009: 60 second film festival in Prato
From September 19-26, 2009, Prato’s Pecci museum of contemporary art is host to Videominuto, a 60-second film festival. Every evening a suite of one-minute films will be projected that are the entrants in an international competition. The winner of 1000 euros for a 1 minute film will be presented on Saturday Sept. 26 at 9pm.
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The solemn display of Mary’s Sacred Belt in Prato (video)
This August 15th I was privilege to the display of one of the most sacred relics in Catholic tradition, the sacred belt (Sacra Cintola) of the Virgin Mary in Prato. This display or “ostensione” takes place only five times a year, on Christmas, Easter, May 1st, August 15th (The Assumption of the Virgin), and September 8th …
August 15th is Ferragosto in Italy
August 15th. It’s got to be the most dead moment in any Italian city. It’s the national holiday particular to Italy called Ferragosto. Everyone is at the beach, preparing for the night’s feast, fireworks, and camp-out under the stars. For an Italian, it is truly offensive to work on this day. When I was in …
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