Lagostina, Alessi, Bialetti tough out recession (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

A giant silver teapot shines in the pale sun outside the Alessi factory, its scale a measure of how in the 1980s and 90s Italian kitchenware, from espresso-makers to lemon-squeezers, grew into objects of desire.
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This entry was posted on Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at 7:50 am and is filed under Products.