A collage of photographs adorns a wall in the office of Gattinoni fashion house chairman Stefano Dominella in Rome February 18, 2009. Italy is promising aid to everyone from banks to its parmesan makers -- and Rome's haute couture houses that dress royalty and high society in sequined finery are lining up to demand they be next to be rescued. Gattinoni, one of Rome's oldest fashion houses, says haute couture sales slid 40 percent last year to prompt the first loss in its 62-year history, while economic woes forced three coutouriers to abandon this month's Rome High Fashion week. Picture taken February 18, 2009. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY)