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<\/a><\/p>\nIn a family business like ours, when you are immersed into creating good feelings for others, work quickly turns into a pleasure. Since I was very young, I was able to have fun and enjoy what I do: nothing could be more delightful for parents than knowing that their kids do what they wish to do. I was thirty years old and very much involved in the family mill.\u00a0I always loved horse riding: maybe, I could have become a champion. One day, Murray Pearlstein incited me to fly with my own wings, and so I did. I\u2019ve always been a lover of the typical countryside-evergreen-
Of course, my background is also technical, but the most useful thing is to learn from the battlefield and to improve your senses, specially sight and touch. For both of them, loving Nature is extremely helpful. My favourite garments are those that I don\u2019t feel on my body: jackets, for instance, must fit like a second skin, like a glove and follow perfectly the curves of your body. There are so many tailors out there, yet the Neapolitan school is the one I prefer: It\u2019s a matter of experience, feeling, touch, manic attention for details. Yes, they are unique. As I previously mentioned, Nature is something I deeply love. You\u2019ve got colours, shapes, patterns and that\u2019s why it must be preserved. In this world, there can\u2019t be inspiration without Nature and style cannot be created exclusively in the labs.<\/p>\n
I often define style as \u201csprezzatura\u201d and a man must face the world with sprezzatura. It literally means detachment, but a better way to think of it is quiet confidence or low-key style. The most forceful statement is understatement. It is the philosophy behind everything I do. Style is having people noticing you without struggling to do so. The Carlo Barbera mill is where I began my experience as a designer. I always prefer unique fabrics where noble fibres are to be used at their utmost. Because I don\u2019t like flat fabrics that so many others manufacture as if it was the top of textile expression, Carlo Barbera fabrics are alive, tactile, and materic. I love fulled fabrics in winter and I recommend our carded flannel in springtime, maybe worn together with linen jackets or made out of a hopsack fabric.<\/p>\n When all the others were producing standard fabrics we began using fibres with a 140.000 count (which means we were able to obtain 140.000 metres of fibre per kilo) and a choice between 1.500 colours. This is also true specialisation in the textile art: small productions which are exclusive and custom for those who appreciate what we do. They can expect that we\u2019ll never stop evolving, quickly but discretely: new modern materials will come across and we will do our best to couple them with the standards that we love so much. They can expect that we will always stick to our manufacturing philosophy, hence granting that whatever we offer is entirely made in Italy.<\/p>\n Apart from horse riding (I quit since several years but I consider horses the most beautiful animals on earth), I play golf and I ski, both on a regular basis. I do also love old motors, such as cars and motorbikes, though I\u2019m not a collector: true style on these vehicles ended quite a long time ago, unfortunately. I invite youngsters to be simple and practical, as there\u2019s no worse feeling than wearing uncomfortable things. Check the quality of the details: if these are good, you\u2019ll have more chance that the garment itself is good. Dare: don\u2019t stick to standards. Be yourself and, finally, try to avoid becoming a pure brand carrier.’<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n