Italy's STYLE magazine: Idea Guys

This was a nice holiday surprise for me: I was featured on the cover of Italy's Style magazine.

(Click on the cover to read the article)

The prior month it was Brad Pitt, and the month before that, Mick Jagger. Good company!

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