PITTI UOMO: A RENEWED FOCUS ON CORE VALUES; EXHIBITORS PARE DOWN OFFERINGS AND EXPLORE NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF CLASSIC LUXURY.(discussion of trade show)

Daily News Record, January, 2003

FLORENCE -- The snappily dressed fashion flock that descended on Florence for the 63rd Pitti Uomo encountered vendors who were digging in and offering up highly focused lines for a marketplace battered by economic and geopolitical uncertainty.

With that in mind, manufacturers showing here last week turned to the only reliable source they know -- themselves. Call it a return to condensed luxury for fall/winter 2003. Gone are the days of superfluous stock and exaggerated offerings; instead vendors showed trimmed-down, well-thought-out collections. That's not to say expansion ...