“The Milanese – even the ones we’ve acquired, adopted or simply have temporary custody of – often say: “Milan at the centre.” “At the centre of what?” one might ask. Of education, of work and of business, of entertainment, of innovation, of design, of fashion … and so on and so forth. But, turning it on its head, what is there at the centre of Milan? Or, better still, who? Michaela Proietti’s brilliant first book La Milanese, or rather “the woman the whole world envies,” is her own response.”

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