An avid reader, Stefano Gallici tries to squeeze in at least a 30-minute reading session before going to bed every day to wind down, detox from screen time and foster another of his passions, along the ever-present ones for music, photography and vintage thrifting.

He seems not to have been immune from the 250th anniversary celebrations of Jane Austen’s birth this year, since “Pride and Prejudice” was neatly tucked between two other books on his table at Ann Demeulemeester headquarters on the eve of the brand’s spring 2026 show.

On the left of the tome was Danny Sugerman’s 1989 book “Wonderland Avenue,” in which he found similarities with Austen’s romance but transposed into a different era and mood, drenched in ‘70s rebellion; on the right, one on the late basketball player Pete Maravic

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