Coco Brandolini d’Adda’s first encounter with Christian Louboutin was not with the man himself but with a pair of boots from one of his earliest collections. A gift from a favorite uncle for her 16th birthday, the boots were made from intricately embossed cuir de cordoue. “I loved them. I kept them. I wore them so much,” says Brandolini d’Adda.
Descended from the glamorous Italian Agnelli tribe, Brandolini d’Adda has spent her career in fashion, working at Oscar de la Renta, Alberta Ferretti, and Dolce and Gabbana Alta Moda before launching Coco d’Adda—her own ready-to-wear collection made from colorful deadstock fabrics—four years ago. Available only at her Milanese atelier and a few by-appointment pop-ups, the collection has become a sort of get-it-if-you-can shorthand for a certain femme de goût type.
