“I am extravagant, but always with a particular piece: perhaps the shoes or the glasses…”

Source: From Watch word for style http://www.essence-magazine.co.uk/Interview_March_2017.html, essence-magazine.co.uk, March 2017.
Context: As the famous Italian actor Vittorio Gassman said: “You can just have one extravagant piece, more is not classy.”

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