Esquire contributing style editor Gianluca Longo has a party trick: he can guess what a person’s decor looks like purely based on their outfit. It’s not so hard. Our sartorial sensibilities inspire our homes and vice versa. With that in mind, here are six characters the Italian tastemaker regularly bumps into on his travels (and some furniture inspiration for those who recognise themselves all too well).

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A redesign of this Victorian terrace gave Emmajane Varley and her son Jasper all the space they needed