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Small Italian outerwear brand thrives despite pandemic

Four years ago we interviewed Antonella Arpaia, the co-founder of Manto, a small luxury outerwear brand based in Mantua, Italy, whose biggest market was the U.S. FashionUnited caught up with her again this month while she was here for sales meetings to learn how a purveyor of coats and weatherproofed jackets at an elevated price point has fared...

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The Little “Made in Italy” Label That Could

“I am fighting every day,” says Antonella Arpaia, co-founder of Manto, a luxury men’s outerwear brand made in Italy, into its fourth season. She is in town taking sales appointments for her Spring collection. “I have to be competitive or I’m nobody. It is a very critical moment,” she says, but her face brightens. “The major Manhattan luxury...