MILAAN (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Het Italiaanse modehuis Giorgio Armani heeft Dario Vitale benoemd tot nieuwe creatief directeur. Hij is de eerste ontwerper van buiten de Armani-familie die deze functie bekleedt, zo maakte het bedrijf woensdag bekend.

Zijn benoeming gaat per direct in, een jaar na het overlijden van oprichter Giorgio Armani. Het modeconcern voert verschillende modelijnen, van het meer betaalbare Armani Exchange tot de exclusieve avondjurken van Giorgio Armani Privé, die ook op rode lopers worden gedragen.

Armani's nicht Silvana is verantwoordelijk voor het ontwerp van de damesmode, terwijl voorzitter Leo Dell'Orco de leiding heeft over de herencollecties.

Vitale was vorig jaar korte tijd artistiek directeur van Versace, maar vertrok nadat Prada het merk had overgenomen. Daarvoor werkte Vitale bij Miu Miu, een ander merk van Prada.

UTRECHT (ANP) - De komende weken is het drukker in de internationale treinen en bussen richting Duitsland vanwege Oktoberfest. Flixbus en NS Internationaal zien een toename in het aantal boekingen. Oktoberfest begint zaterdag en duurt tot en met zondag 4 oktober.

Flixbus ziet een toename in het aantal boekingen van 15 procent, met name in het weekend is er meer vraag. "Zoals ieder jaar heeft Oktoberfest impact", vertelt een woordvoerder. De busaanbieder rijdt vanuit verschillende Nederlandse steden naar Duitsland.

Ook treinen richting Duitsland zullen drukker zijn. Bij NS Internationaal zien ze vanaf komend weekend dat er meer tickets geboekt zijn, waarschijnlijk vanwege het bierfeest dat op meerdere plekken in Duitsland wordt gevierd. "We vragen nooit waarom iemand een ticket boekt, dus helemaal zeker weten we het natuurlijk nooit", legt een woordvoerder uit.

Het hoogtepunt van het tweeweekse bierfeest bevindt zich in de Zuid-Duitse stad München.

europeanspaceagency posted a photo:

This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express. It shows a bird’s-eye view of Thyles Rupes, one of the most prominent cliff-faces in Mars’s ancient southern highlands. Frost can be seen throughout the scene; a particularly prominent icy deposit can be seen within the largest crater, and the edges of the South Polar ice cap are visible to the top left.

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[Image description: A pink-grey-coloured patch of Mars. A very prominent crater is present at the top right of the image; it is surrounded by a redder colour and filled with white. Three other less prominent craters are present to the lower left of the scene. At the very top left, some white colour that looks like ice can be seen. Overall, the landscape has a soft but barren appearance.]

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

europeanspaceagency posted a photo:

This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express. It shows a bird’s-eye view of Thyles Rupes, one of the most prominent cliff-faces in Mars’s ancient southern highlands. Prominently, part of the South Polar ice cap can be seen to the bottom-left of the frame, with other thicker deposits of ice visible on the surrounding terrain and in a nearby crater (top right).

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[Image description: A pink-white-coloured patch of Mars, with ridges running from top left to bottom right. At the bottom left is a bright white-blue triangular patch, it looks icy. Overall, the landscape has a soft, swirly, mottled appearance.]

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

europeanspaceagency posted a photo:

ESA’s Mars Express has imaged beautiful swirls of purple, pink and red near Mars’s south pole. These ridges of colour form Thyles Rupes: one of the most prominent cliff-faces in Mars’s ancient southern highlands.

We've added labels to highlight features and regions of note. Be sure to click on these labels to explore the landscape in detail!

This image comprises data gathered by Mars Express’s High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on 17 February 2026 (orbit 27925). It was created using data from the nadir channel, the field of view aligned perpendicular to the surface of Mars, and the colour channels of the HRSC. North is to the right. The ground resolution of the original image is approximately 65 m/pixel and the image is centred at about 69°S/137°E.

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[Image description: A purple-pink-coloured patch of Mars, which is lighter on the left and darker on the right. A dark line runs from the top centre towards the bottom right, dividing the light and dark areas. At the centre of the image is a sharp light-coloured crater. Less sharp craters are scattered over the rest of the image. At the bottom left is a bright white-blue triangular patch, it looks icy. A small scale bar at the bottom right indicates that north is to the right, and that a line approximately one tenth of the image width is 50 km long.]

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

europeanspaceagency posted a photo:

This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express. It shows a bird’s-eye view of Thyles Rupes, one of the most prominent cliff-faces in Mars’s ancient southern highlands. Impact craters and deposits of ice can be seen across the frame – including a couple of large, rippled, ice-covered sand dunes.

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[Image description: A red-grey-coloured patch of Mars, lighter/greyer on the left and darker/redder on the right. A prominent crater is present at the top of the image. Towards the lower right are some white patches with grey ripples running across them. Overall, the landscape has a slightly harsh, barren appearance.]

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

europeanspaceagency posted a photo:

This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express. It shows a bird’s-eye view of Thyles Rupes, one of the most prominent cliff-faces in Mars’s ancient southern highlands.

This cliff is both broken by and sits atop a variety of impact craters, as seen here, indicating that some craters are older and some younger than the cliff. The largest crater visible here, sitting to the right of the frame, is ancient, having been sliced through and partially covered by Thyles Rupes since its creation. The two smaller craters, which sit atop both this large crater and Thyles Rupes itself, are younger.

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[Image description: A pink-grey-coloured patch of Mars. A ridge cuts across the frame, from lower left to upper right. The ridge appears to cut through a large, grey crater, of which we only see two thirds. Another sharper, smaller crater lays on top of the ridge; this crater appears newer. Overall, the landscape has a soft, bumpy and barren appearance.]

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

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