Fendi rejects criticism over new HQ in Mussolini propaganda building
Fashion house dismisses accusations of political insensitivity over its choice of fascist-era ‘square colosseum’
Italy
Maratona dles Dolomites: a bike race of ups and downs (and little else)
The famous event in Italy’s beautiful South Tyrol is 86 stunning miles long – but with 4,000 metres of climbing. Could Peter Walker take it in the 30C-plus heat?
Armani creates a timeless menswear collection with legacy in mind
The age-defying 80-year-old fashion icon, all honed biceps and reflective mood, ponders the end of his empire and produces a vintage assortment of designs
Milan men’s fashion week: Prada women dazzle more than the men
Italian fashion’s preeminent intellectual, Miuccia Prada, declares her collection to be ‘post-modest, post-industrialist and post-pop’
Italian tax clampdown dims the sparkle at Bulgari
Tax affairs of billionaire Bulgari heirs Nicola and Paolo in the spotlight as authorities target luxury brands
Rem Koolhaas crafts a spectacular ‘city of art’ for Prada in Milan
A new Roman Polanski film is being shown, Jeff Koons and Donald Judd artworks are strewn about, and Wes Anderson’s designed the kitsch cafe … in a scruffy industrial corner of Milan, Rem Koolhaas and Miuccia Prada have made a dazzling art space, so vast it’s practically a city. Oliver Wainwright is in awe