スティーヴン・フライさんのインスタグラム写真 - (スティーヴン・フライInstagram)「Canali is one of those names you pass by in high end malls for years without thinking of popping in. Another Italian fashion house at the “luxury” end of the market. I can’t pretend to know much about them, I think this tie is the only thing by them I’ve ever owned. And as you can tell by the fact that the tag is still attached to it, I’ve never even worn it. A shame, it’s rather a princely tie – the camera can’t quite catch the subtlety and play of its colours, sheen and texture. The company was founded in 1934 (don’t mention Il Duce) by Giacomo and Giovanni Canali and it stayed in the family until 2007. They produce exclusively menswear items, manufacturing clothing, shoes and accessories, offering a “Su misura” service for made-to-measure trousers, blazers, suits and shirts. They can claim to have 180 “boutiques” around the world and to employ over 1600 people, mostly in their seven factories in Italy. They’re headquartered in Sovico about 12 miles northeast of Italy’s fashion hub, Milan. Like many such companies they have over the years supplied film actors with clothes for select productions, in recent years most notably George Clooney in the excellent “Michael Clayton”. If ever a man can show a suit in its best light it has to be the Cloonster. Do you remember the overcoat he wore in that film? Just perfection. FWIW Canali means “canals” in Italian. Somehow wouldn’t work in English as a surname would it? Except possibly as some sort of strange mobster nickname. “Say hello to Joey Canals …” Anyhoo, I feel I should snip the tag off and wear this excellent specimen of throatjoy before the year is out.」6月10日 14時26分