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Were you to have stumbled across Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Sartoria post-show open-air dinner, set in the stunning grounds of Villa Olmo on the shores of Lake Como this year, you might have had reason to scratch your head. No sooner had the main course been served than great swathes of excited attendees abruptly left their seats, plates still warm, to stampede the vaulting rooms of the impressive Villa. It’s not that the food wasn’t any good; rather, the fact that a large complement of security guards had just opened

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