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March 2023

24 Mar

Made in Italy, Politics Discussed at Future for Fashion Conference

Made in Italy, Politics Discussed at Future for Fashion Conference
FLORENCE — Politics and the connection between the style industry and the Italian government took center stage on the Future for Fashion conference on Friday. Held at Palazzo Pitti’s Sala Bianca, the two-day event was closed by the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso on the identical day Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella was expected in Florence on the Chamber of Commerce conference. Leonardo Ferragamo, chairman of the Ferragamo company, spoke of the necessity to intensify the conversation with political institutions, and beyond local confines. While references to Florence and its history peppered the conference, Ferragamo urged executives to “look to the long run and be in sync with the times,” approaching the topic of heritage that's widely embraced by Italian...
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24 Mar

Toonophilia: meet the people in sexual relationships with cartoons

Toonophilia: meet the people in sexual relationships with cartoons
‘I like them better than real girls and have not had any desire to move on to a ‘real’ relationship, even after many years of keeping this up’ Ever had a thing for the fox in Robin Hood? What about Li Shang from Mulan? Butterflies for Lola Bunny? Or Thomas O’Malley the alley cat? Did Simba and Nala inspire infatuation? For many of us, animated childhood crushes were a right of passage, a first experience with romantic feelings before graduating onto boyband members and substitute teachers. But for some, loving cartoon characters is a way of life – and even a sexual identity.  Toonophilia is the sexual attraction to cartoon characters, falling under the...
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