Words: Joseph Bullmore
Diego Della Valle’s friends call him D.D.V. And my word — what friends. Royals of every stripe, film stars from every era, jet setters on every continent. They come for the exquisite leather goods — but they stay for the conversation, the food, the wine; the mingling of philosophy and fun. This is the singular trick of the enigmatic, charismatic Tod’s chairman — that he has brought Italian style into a business, and his business into a lifestyle
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