If you want to stay as slim as Mr. Valentino Garavani simply eat one bite of each thing on your plate for lunch and leave it at that.

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Among Mr. Gordon's inspirations: a book of Valentino Garavani's designs from the '70s (the house's current designers, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, are also huge proponents of the conservative-but-cool look) and Greta Garbo.

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