
What’s big and orange and experiencing a surprise surge in popularity? No, not Donald Trump but this season’s tinted It sunglasses: A Single Man frame shades with Aperol Spritz coloured lenses.
It might sound a daunting prospect, but at last week’s Venice Biennale pre-opening — which sees the international art set collide with the culturally on-pulse billionaires — the style was a hot favourite, adopted by hot young Italians in their three piece white suits and ties, and artists, led by London’s own lobster aficionado Philip Colbert, alike.