Interior of shop Rigadritto

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Rigadritto

Milan


Loads of little stickers, clips, pencils and decorated stationery fill this graphic, colourful space, so much so that it's rather hard to 'behave' as the store name advises. Without meaning to, you'll find yourself leaving with vintage cars, pencil cases shaped like football boots, wind-up toys and fanciful pop-out cards.


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