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Byline: Jane Herman
A collared shirt is quite possibly the most predictable piece of clothing one can own, yet Italian designers Alessandro and Francesca Gallo succeed in turning each and every one they make for their label, Golden Goose, into something exceptional. In Venice, where the couple lives, a tailor friend uses 100-year-old techniques to do all of the seams and finishing. Many of the buttons are exact reproductions of vintage ones that Francesca finds globally. There's one shirt that is made of perhaps the thinnest cotton on Earth, hand-loomed in India. "It's simple," says Alessandro, "but when you look closer, you discover more detail."
What Golden Goose does best is mix ...