Het oorspronkelijke artikel uit NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/business/global/01italy.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&sq=italy&st=cse&scp=2
His career as a designer began, he says, almost by accident. In 1962, a photographer from Vogue snapped a photo of him in a suit made of fabric he had designed. (In the image, he is leaning against a fence, a cigar in hand, gazing at his horse, Edwan.) Several years later, a man named Murray Pearlstein, who owned LouisBoston, a menswear store, knocked at the Carlo Barbera factory, introduced himself to Luciano and told him that he wanted to sell his line of clothing to the American market.I said: Mr. Pearlstein, I have no collection. I have only my own suits. He said: You have talent. You should design your own collection.
He brought home know-how in textile engineering as well as admiration for British finery, to which he added a flair for color and pattern and which he has turned into a personal trademark. A fashion director at Neiman Marcus once called Mr. Barbera the most elegant man in the world. It is not uncommon for strangers to introduce themselves and ask, How can I look like you?
