![]() ![]() Impeccably preserved, it’s also open to visitors. And Villa Necchi Campiglio, an Art Deco mansion on via Mozart in the same city that was once a high-society party hub, stands in as the home of Maurizio’s father. ![]() Naturally, Italy’s fashion capital also gets its close-up, with Milan’s Quadrilatero della Moda and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II the stars. Maurizio and Patrizia’s wedding takes place in Santa Maria church in Portico, and several scenes were shot on Rome’s label-fluttering via Condotti. A notable scene-stealer is the couple’s waterfront retreat, the 16th-century Villa Balbiano on Lake Como (revamped by Hotel Costes designer Jacques Garcia and, for those keen to get a piece of the action, available to rent for £124,000 a week). But there’s an underrated gem in the Hughes canon that deserves to be on that list: Some Kind of Wonderful. The film spans three decades leading up to the 1995 murder of Maurizio Gucci – the last member of the family dynasty to run the luxury brand. The archive fashions sported by Adam Driver and Lady Gaga in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci are very cool (turtlenecks, furry hats, excessive gold jewellery and even a red leather catsuit for Gaga's ‘Black Widow’ Patrizia Reggiani, see image below) – but the locations are as every bit as covetable. ![]()
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