(October 17, 2016) Today has started (and is scheduled until Octobrt 23) the sixteenth week of Italian Language in the World, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, under the high patronage of the President of the Republic, the whose theme this year is “the Italian and creativity: brands and costumes, fashion and design.” Also the Italian Institute of Culture in Lisbon offers an extensive program of events ranging from fashion to design, from architecture to photography, from music to movies, for adults and children. To kick off a week of events – tonight at 19, at the Institute – the opening of the exhibition “Brands and Italian design” with objects and clothes of some Italian brands present in Portugal, representative of design and Italian style known worldwide. (Red)