Welcome to the autumn edition of Showcase Italy, featuring the very best creative companies and exciting individuals working in the visual media business. As usual, detailed information from all our features can be found in the city directory.

Fashion Week may be over, but continuing in the spirit we recommend the following fashion-dedicated exhibitions:

• Photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood exhibit at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. Barbieri's style divas exhibition runs until 11th November, while the Westwood exhibition celebrates 35 years of the designer's unique fashion career. Until 20th January 2008.
• There is still time to catch the exhibition dedicated to 45 years of the House of Valentino held at the Museo dell'Ara Pacis in Rome. There are more than 300 designs and archive materials on view that celebrate both the fashion house and the designer. The exhibition ends on 28th October.

Our cover image this month is by Fulvio Maiani, represented by Visual Team.