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Riccardi owner has seen it all

''It's been constant changes over the years,'' says Riccardo Dallai of 30 years running Riccardi. ''It's been constant changes over the years,'' says Riccardo Dallai of 30 years running Riccardi. (SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF)
By Erica Corsano
Globe Correspondent / December 18, 2008

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Riccardo Dallai has a quiet, fatherly demeanor. He's humble and somewhat serious, hardly traits you'd associate with someone who's spent three decades in the frothy fashion business. In fact, Dallai is one of the founding fathers of the city's fashion scene. The Florentine transplant introduced some of the top European labels to Boston, envisioned a market for designer jeans, and ... (Full article: 1116 words)

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