Hints and tips:
...Michele De Lucchi metal and wood First chair, €1,580 Mauvais Garçons vintage cotton shirt, POA. John Smedley cotton Lorca T-shirt, £120. Polo Ralph Lauren cotton jeans, £179....
...writing desk set, c1890, £5,500, 1stdibs.com Ettinger Burlington flap-over briefcase, £1,210 Giuliva Heritage wool and cashmere Stefano blazer, €1,410 Lindberg titanium and acetate sunglasses, €415 Michele...
...but thin, French, the colour of a mahogany sideboard because he’s had so much sun, and matching polo shirt and shoes for every occasion)....
...While the taste level is deeply sophisticated – the building is Beaux-Arts but the Michele Bonan-signed decor veers from midcentury to maximalist – the welcome is informal....
...Accordingly, his take on the athleisure trend was to design a baby pink woolly polo top....
...With four restaurants, Ralph Lauren has been another success story, particularly the Polo Bar in New York, whose launch in 2014 was a case study in generating buzz....
...I hope President XI’s visit will further strengthen the ties between Italy and China: two countries that, since Marco Polo’s time, have a long-lasting friendly commercial relationship, built and developed...
...“Lagerfeld exemplified life,” said Michele of his former mentor and musical conspirator. “I really loved him.”...
...The trousers were looser and tapered at the ankle, there were lots of heritage-style blazers and pastel polo necks....
...Three years after creative director Alessandro Michele began his reign, it is clear there is much more of this rich seam to mine....
...Lulu also has her eye on Alessandro Michele-era Gucci. But while the shoppers seem to be motivated by the lure of a bargain, there is little marketing and visual emphasis placed on reductions....
...Better were the later looks — long-line black suits, and silky slip-dresses worn with icy pastel polos....
...Michele pointed towards what the UK calls a tank top, but most others call a vest. On it was the image of a rabbit riding gleefully on the back of a horse. “It’s kind of like Marco Polo,” he said....
...I wear them with a dress shirt and dark blue tie, or with a polo shirt that doesn’t have any logos – I find logos inelegant....
...“I love seeing what Alessandro [Michele, of Gucci] has done, and Hedi [Slimane] and Raf [Simons].”...
...The Italian house sponsors the talks at Frieze Masters, but is also enjoying a fashion renaissance under its latest creative director, Alessandro Michele....
...Quattro Gigli; Piazza Michele da Montopoli, 2, Montopoli in Val d’Arno; www.quattrogigli.it...
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