Also with an eye on the coffers, Raf at Jil Sander dropped a neat, dynamic collection. Pert flecked suits with ‘80s ‘Fosters Menswear’ shiny fabrication verged on an edgy photocopier salesman (in a good way). Duvet style matt finish ‘urban’ jackets were most fanciable and the perfect antidote to the wet Moncler epidemic that has gripped Italy.

At Trussardi’s new lifestyle store we were compressed into lifts to enter to the showroom above. We shared ours with fashion tour de force Milan Vukmirovi. He was sporting a nice black Hermes Cap Cod Double Tour watch I noticed, and duly flattered him on it in an attempt to secure an interview. It worked (check out the video below).  His Trussardi 1911 collection of lux-lumber chic paired with tactile, covetable knits and tailoring dealt with straight masculinity. The almost anti-high fashion collection of wearable clobber was refreshing. Canadian mountain-esque robust tartans on everything, worked with man staples from washed leathers to Savile Row pinstripe tailoring. He’s obviously double clever and grasped the nettle of the current clime, melding luxury with a look he says comes from the streets of Tokyo. I worry all that tartan could look Lux-Hoxton to us in London, after the overkill we’ve seen on the check Shoreditch trendies already.

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