My article for Remake, published on May 15, 2024, “Made in Italy: How Prato Became One of Fashion’s Biggest Manufacturers,” recounts the history and tells today’s story of immigrant workers in Italy’s fashion industry, with an emphasis on Prato and the Florence Area. The article includes my interviews with workers themselves.
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Collaborating Out Loud: Stories by Immigrant Garment Workers From Italy and To Italy
“Collaborare ad Alta Voce: Stories by Immigrant Garment Workers From Italy then and to Italy Now,” was an evening of multi-media story-telling and discussion about Italian and Jewish immigrants working in NYC’s garment industry at the turn of the XX century and today’s immigrant workers in Tuscany’s fashion sector. With Francesca Ciuffi, Maria Grazie Cotugno,…
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