Milan to the Max

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A view of the lounge area

Ever the perfectionist, Mocchetti was even more difficult to please than the hotel’s most spoiled guests. “You can’t imagine the times he asked his men to remake a table because it was only an inch longer than what he had in mind,” recalls Rosso.

It’s true, says the designer: “I’m dying to get back into the rooms to move things around. The problem is that they are always booked.”

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