VELLUTO
Autumn NoirBlack tailoring is the only coat you need
Lace, Low & LooseThe slip-under trend, decoded
From autumn canals to the Brooklyn Bridge, Italy's newest face turns every street into a runway
48 Hours in New YorkBridge, boardwalk & SoHo
In questo numero
- 02LetteraA face that rearranged the whole issue
- 03SguardoAlessia and the art of looking away
- 04The DetailsA close reading of one perfect outfit
- 05AutunnoFur, water and gold leaves
- 06Atto II: New YorkBridge, SoHo, Coney Island
- 10Le RegoleSix rules of Italian style
Sguardo
Il Ponte
Coney IslandEvery so often, a face arrives.
And the whole issue quietly rearranges itself around it. This month, it is Alessia's. Born in Italy, she carries the country the way some people carry a passport: lightly, and everywhere.
We followed her from autumn canals to the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge, from a SoHo kerb to the boardwalk at Coney Island. The wardrobe is deliberately simple. Black tailoring, honest denim, a flash of lace. Because the point was never the clothes. It was the way she wears them.
Turn the page. Then turn it again.
Sguardo
Shot from above on bare asphalt, Alessia lowers tortoiseshell frames with two fingers and gives the camera nothing. Which, of course, is everything. Oxblood nails, silver hoops, a cropped black jacket worn like armour. The Italians have a word for this: sprezzatura.
The Details
- 1The jacket
- Cropped, sharp-lapelled, worn open. Tailoring with the top button undone.
- 2The chain
- One long silver lariat, falling where a tie would never dare.
- 3The buckle
- An engraved western buckle on a wide black belt. Pure attitude.
- 4The lace
- A slip pulled above low-rise denim. The season's secret handshake.
Autunno
Faux fur at the collar and cuffs, lace escaping the waistband of wide-leg denim, a safety-pin chain for punctuation. The trees along the canal had already turned to gold. Alessia simply matched them in attitude, then looked back once, over the shoulder, to make sure we'd noticed.
New
York
Three days, three neighbourhoods, and Alessia in the city that never stops looking. She looked back.
- Il Ponte Brooklyn Bridge
- Off Duty SoHo
- Dolce & Salato Coney Island
Il Ponte
Above the East River, the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge draw a cathedral of lines around her. Oversized black overshirt, white tee, bare legs and October sun. Manhattan stands behind her. Exactly where she wants it.
Off Duty
Khaki cap, white tank, a cable-knit thrown over the shoulders the way only Italians and old-money Americans can manage. Wide pleated trousers, suede sneakers, a tote big enough for a whole Saturday. The sign says West Side. She's already looking the other way.
Dolce & Salato
Grey hoodie, black mini, socks and loafers on the boardwalk. Iced coffee in one hand, a century of Coney Island behind her. She turns Americana into a moodboard. La dolce vita travels well.
Le Regole
- Black is not a colour. It's a decision.Every look in this issue starts with it.
- Let something peek out.Lace at the waist is this season's handshake.
- Denim should look borrowed.Never bought yesterday.
- Sunglasses are a prop.Hold them. Bite them. Rarely wear them.
- Oxblood nails go with everything.Including New York.
- Never look at the camerawhen you can look past it.
Arrivederci.
Grazie, Alessia. And thank you for reading the Italian Issue. Scroll back to start again.
Nº 11 · Novembre 2026