1.0Accent Global Learninghttps://accentglobal.comSimone Agrimontihttps://accentglobal.com/author/simone/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RPCACjSK4p"><a href="https://accentglobal.com/newsletters/issue-n30/the-last-straw-preserving-traditional-fashion-in-tuscany/">The Last Straw? Preserving Traditional Fashion in Tuscany</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://accentglobal.com/newsletters/issue-n30/the-last-straw-preserving-traditional-fashion-in-tuscany/embed/#?secret=RPCACjSK4p" width="600" height="338" title="“The Last Straw? Preserving Traditional Fashion in Tuscany” — Accent Global Learning" data-secret="RPCACjSK4p" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://accentglobal.com/cms/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Last spring, students from the University of California Education Abroad Program visited the Museum of Straw in Signa, a small town just outside Florence. This small museum does not attract the millions of tourists that crowd the Uffizi and the Duomo of Florence, but is nonetheless of great interest for students exploring traditional Italian manufacturing. […]https://accentglobal.com/content/uploads/2025/10/Florence-stus-copy-scaled.jpg25602052