D'Ignazio and Fashion Shows

fashion shows: One look at Daniele D'Ignazio and one might think his business is fashion. But D'Ignazio, 60, doesn't spend his days seated on a bench at fashion shows in Paris and Milan. No, this justice of the peace spends his days seated on the bench at the head of a Hamilton courtroom. And he says many of his colleagues, Hamilton other justices of the peace, share in his passion for fine luxe fashion. , according to Hamilton Spectator. It an escape, explains D'Ignazio, who has worked previously on human rights commissions and the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. Presiding over sombre cases all day, every day, can take a toll on a person. So when D'Ignazio and his colleagues get together for lunch or dinner, fashion and food are the dominant topics of conversation. They swap tips on tailors, where to buy this or that, show off new articles of clothing, give each other fashion feedback, and discuss items they might be in the process of hunting down. His bespoke navy pinstripe banker suit was crafted on Savile Row. His contrasting pinstripe Hilditch and Key shirt is one of 92 luxury dress shirts in his closet. A pair of handcrafted Silvano Lattanzi shoes, purchased in an Italian town on the Adriatic shore, adorn his feet. And his patterned tie was cut from a metre of silk, then folded seven times by the hands of a master tie maker in Bristol, England. "They're very, very well dressed," D'Ignazio says of his colleagues. "Most of them have a sense of style that they've cultivated." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.