21.   Italian fashion has served mature women well, whether with fine tailoring, comfortable and colorful knits, or with dainty blouses finely embroidered.

22.   Milan is often called Suit City by industry insiders, so dependent are men on Italian fashion to provide work clothes.

23.   No guest room here is like another, each uniquely decorated in elaborate Italian fashion with heavy silk, brocade, or Toile de Jouy drapes.

24.   On Thursday, Gucci said it was hiring Giacomo Santucci, a senior executive at Prada, the Italian fashion house that is another LVMH ally.

25.   Patrizio Bertelli, the Italian fashion magnate who bankrolled the Prada Challenge in the last Cup, falls into the former camp.

26.   Prada I.P.I. U.S.A. Corp., the Italian fashion company that owns the adjoining Jil Sander boutique, plans to take over the store space.

27.   Taking in a day of the Italian fashions is a mind-bending experience at best.

28.   The Coca-Cola Company would like you to know that Dasani is not a knock-off of an Italian fashion line or a spicy Indian dish.

29.   The Mayfair on Park Avenue specializes in Italian fashion people, enticing journalists and designers like Ottavio Missoni and Miuccia Prada with room upgrades and other courtesies.

30.   The Italian fashion house Prada Holding abruptly called off its initial public offering on Wednesday, citing poor market conditions.