carlo messina is chief executive of italy's second-largest bank intesa sanpaolo. stay with italian businesses but take another angle. fashion is one of the biggest exports. our european business correspondent was on the red carpet. i guess it was fun. you also spoke to some of the top designers and models. >> it is big business. the glamour of italy came to the london streets last night. we had all the designers, poultry and got on a -- dolce a valentino. really trying to pinpoint italy's prominence in the fashion world. ever since world war ii, elizabeth hurley, audrey hepburn wearing salvador ferragamo shoes. those are the things that brought italy into focus. many still feel that it is one of the top places to go for fashion. there has been concern that it is losing its weight to london and paris. milan is still front and center. elizabeth hurley, the british fashion icon who wore that dress sace, she is still a big lover of italian fashion. >> i think we all associate fabulous dresses with italy. designers here tonight are among my favorites. >> she was in, la