25-29 Jan. Rome's bi-annual fashion week AltaRomAltaModa, which opens on 25 Jan, showcases the best in Italian and international fashion and is an important platform for younger stylists.

The main interaction with the public takes place on Saturday 26 Jan, while the exhibition Bubbles of Fashion runs until 29 Jan, from 09.00 to 19.30, at Le Cinque Lune, Piazza delle Cinque Lune 74.

To see the numerous appointments involving fashion, dj sets and cocktails, see the AltaRoma website.

Established in 1998, the Rome fashion week presents two annual collections, in July and January, and is chaired by Silvia Venturini Fendi, the boss of Italian fashion house Fendi which recently announced that it would fund the €2.5m restoration of Rome’s Trevi Fountain.