Home Base: Vicenza, Italy
Defining Style: Refined, sensuous and intensely personal. Noted for outstanding craftsmanship, innovative design and the highest-quality materials.
Motto: "When your own initials are enough."
The Talent: Since 2001, creative director Tomas Maier.
Spring '08: Careless elegance. Nonchalant style.
Bags: Slouchy, soft and beautifully detailed. Totes and shopper bags. Look for iconic basket-weave textures in leather, available in blacks and browns.
Shoes: Sturdy handcrafted sandals, espadrille loafers and classic dress shoes with unusual details such as multicoloured leather piping, perforations and intriguing topstitching.
Quotables: "There's a sort of insouciant and carefree quality to the collection that suits the man who isn't interested in looking 'fashionable' but who values unique design, luxurious materials and beautiful craftsmanship."
By Robin Payne
