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Article: G spot: with a grand, art-filled new apartment in Knightsbridge, Valentino chairman Giancarlo Giammetti follows his London calling.
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- May 1, 2003
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Why would a native Roman swap the balmy air and hot-pink sunsets of his native city for the damp skies of London? Giancarlo Giammetti, who just finished decorating his new, Pop Art-packed home in Knightsbridge, has a lot of reasons, the most important being sleep. "London is the only place where I don't have to work," says Giammetti, Valentino's longtime business partner--and one of fashion's first moguls. "There's no office here, no nine-to-five. It's the first time in my life that I can sleep late, shop, work on the computer and take walks. I'm always amazed at how ugly London is from the sky and how beautiful it is from the street."
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