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 part. White-haired, with a burly beard to match, he’s pushed his wirerim glasses up above his eyebrows so they’re resting comfortably on his perfectly tanned forehead. Big, baggy camouflage pants and a white tee hang loose on his frame. If you sent a memo to the folks in central casting requesting “an Italian fashion-industry veteran who decamped to L. A. to focus on upcycled clothing,” they couldn’t do better than Donadi.

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