Italian - Businessman | October 7, 1977 -
I am Jewish, Italian, American, Catholic.
Lapo Elkann
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I love Italy and I say I am from Italy wherever I go.
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I am in love with cars; I love anything that moves.
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I drive girls crazy because I might call them 20 times in one day and then the next day not once.
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
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I am lucky because I can - and I like to - mix the beautiful Caraceni jackets I inherited from my grandfather with a pair of Tsubi jeans or wear a favorite pin-striped suit from him for more formal occasions. I'm crazy about pinstripes and vintage fifties fabrics.
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I need to make things mine. It annoys me to buy something that is imposed on me. When I have a suit made, I go to the Sicilian tailor Alessandro Martorana in Turin. I like shorter jacket sleeves and often fold the cuffs up. It's more modern that way.
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I have the Italian flag embroidered onto all my dress-shirt cuffs. I am very proud to be Italian.
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A pocket square must always - always - be white and a bit wild. If it is too prepared, it is tacky.
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'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.
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I have many weaknesses, but I have one strength. When I do something, I do it 300 percent. I'm not a middle man.
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I do not follow the rules of fashion, and I don't like to be considered a man of the world of fashion. I like to call it the 'style industry' because we try to work on taste.
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