Brigitte Hagemann

MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 07: People visit the Library of Light installation by Es Devlin during the Milan Design Week 2025 on April 07, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Alena Zakirova/Getty Images)

Italy’s luxury furniture industry faces fresh crisis as Trump tariffs threaten a third of their exports: ‘We always find a solution’

By Brigitte Hagemann and AFP

MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 27: (EDITOR’S NOTE: Image has been retouched at the request of the subject.) Gawon attends the Prada Fall/Winter 2025 Womenswear fashion show during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2025 on February 27, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for Prada)

Italian luxury house Prada defies downturn with $884 million profit as Versace rumors swirl

By Brigitte Hagemann and AFP

Protestors hold banners as they take part in a demonstration against the new “Venice Access Fee”, organised by the list “Tutta la citta’ insieme” (The whole city together) and members of several Venetians trade associations in “Piazzale Roma” in Venice, on April 25, 2024. Venice launched a new scheme to charge day-trippers for entering the historic Italian city, a world first intended to ease the pressure of mass tourism , but many residents are opposed, in Venice, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Fury growing in Italy over plan to hike tourist tax, as politicians accused of ‘profiteering’

By Brigitte Hagemann and AFP