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MILAN — Chanel is making a press release in Milan’s Via Montenapoleone with its recent fashion, watches and advantageous jewelry boutique, the brand’s first twin store in Italy. It covers 5,616 square feet over three floors and was designed by the brand’s longtime collaborator Peter Marino. Chanel opened its first Milan location on nearby Via Sant’Andrea 40 years ago and the brand has at all times had a special relationship with Italy, determined by the attachment Gabrielle Chanel herself needed to the country, said Frédéric Grangié, president of Chanel’s watches and advantageous jewelry division since 2016. “Especially when, after the death of Boy Capel [Arthur Edward Capel, the designer’s lover and muse] she was convinced by her friend [musician] Misia Sert...