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Lorenzo Martone
Lorenzo Martone (born May 1979) is an entrepreneur in the fashion industry. Martone was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and resides in New York City where he manages multiple businesses and entrepreneurial projects. Martone founded the Martone Agency in New York, now known as The Creative NYC, designed a swimwear line called Nycked in 2010, and launched a line of designer bicycles with Martone Cycling Co in 2013. Early life and education Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Martone has one younger brother and is the grandson of Italian immigrants. Martone's family is originally from Northern Italy, but his grandparents migrated to Brazil after World War II. Martone attended private school in São Paulo. He spent one year during high school in Riverside, California when he was 15 years old as an exchange student. He attended university in São Paulo at Anhembi Morumbi studying tourism. Later Martone moved to Paris where he specialized in luxury brand advertising at ESG Management School. Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the Americas, Americas, and both the Western Hemisphere, Western and Southern Hemispheres. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an global city, alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the List of largest cities#List, largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as ''paulistanos''. The city's Latin motto is ''Non ducor, duco'', which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, the city was the center of the ''bandeirant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saks Fifth Ave
Saks Fifth Avenue (colloquially Saks) is an American luxury department store chain founded in 1867 by Andrew Saks. The first store opened in the F Street shopping district of Washington, D.C., and expanded into Manhattan with its Herald Square store in 1902. Saks was bought by the Gimbels department store chain in 1923 and expanded nationwide during this ownership, and opened its flagship store on Fifth Avenue in 1924. Gimbels and Saks were acquired by Brown & Williamson in 1973, and transferred to sister company Batus Inc. in 1980. While Gimbels was liquidated in 1987, Saks was sold to Investcorp in 1990. Saks Off 5th was established as a Saks clearance store the same year, and has since evolved into an off-price store chain. Saks was acquired by Proffitt's, Inc. (renamed Saks, Inc.) in 1998. Saks, Inc. was acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company in 2013. Saks and Saks Off 5th were spun-off into Saks Global, and consequently became sister brands with department stores Bergdorf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
