Behind The Rope At Canali’s First Melbourne Boutique — Boss Hunting

The retail floor is finished in marble throughout, under six-metre ceilings that expand the space beyond its 160-odd square metres. Toward the back, the ceiling drops to three metres as you move into the made-to-measure room, where the sound dampens, and the floor softens. The effect is deliberate: the front of the store is for looking, the back is for being measured, Hibiki in hand.

Not only was the room packed like well-appointed sardines, but the mood was, in Italian style, buoyant. Tears…