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BURRACO NIGHT AT SUGO MILANO WITH CATTELAN AND BUFFON

Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale brought Burraco to Sugo during Milan Fashion Week. Gigi Buffon joined for cards, pasta, and conversation.

photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano
photo by Matteo Vetrano During Milan Fashion Week, Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale hosted a Burraco card game night at Sugo restaurant. Supported by Dal Negro card makers, the event brought together fashion insiders, designers, and guests including footballer Gigi Buffon. The traditional Milanese card game replaced typical fashion parties with a focus on play and connection. Attendees shared food from Sugo's kitchen while playing matches at tables filled with cards and wine. The night shifted Fashion Week's usual pace to something slower and more social, bringing living room culture to the center of the fashion calendar.
© Casawi | Matteo Vetrano

Burraco Takes Over Milan Fashion Week at Sugo with Maurizio Cattelan and Paride Vitale

During Milan Fashion Week, the real action wasn’t only on the runways. One of the most talked-about nights happened at Sugo Milano, Milan’s fast fine dining spot that has quickly become a cult address. Paride Vitale and Maurizio Cattelan decided to take over the restaurant not with clothes or art installations, but with Burraco. The card game that has been part of Milanese living rooms for decades suddenly became the main stage of Milan Fashion Week.

The event was supported by Dal Negro, the legendary card maker, and turned into a mix of play, performance, and pure Milanese social life. Tables filled with wine glasses, piles of cards, and celebrities paired up for matches. The vibe felt different from the typical fashion party. Less about posing, more about winning a hand, teasing your partner, and laughing when strategies went wrong.

Burraco has a long history in Milan. It arrived in Italy in the 1940s and became a favorite by the 80s, when it started showing up at aperitivo tables and long summer evenings. The game is part competition, part conversation, and in true Milanese style, it blends focus with sociability. To play well you need patience, memory, and the ability to read your partner. That mix makes it timeless.

We were invited to see it firsthand. What stood out wasn’t only the list of names who showed up, from editors to designers, but how natural the setting felt. Seeing icons like Gigi Buffon at the table, playing alongside fashion insiders, made the night even more surreal. Cattelan and Vitale managed to bring the spirit of the living room into the center of Fashion Week. Between the shuffle of the cards and the plates of pasta from Sugo’s kitchen, people slowed down. They talked, played, and connected.

In a week built on speed and spectacle, Burraco night was a reminder of something different. Culture doesn’t always need a stage. Sometimes all it takes is a table, a deck of cards, and the time to share them.

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Alessandro Bello

Alessandro Bello

Alessandro Bello is based in Amsterdam, working in marketing for a fashion brand with a passion for the fashion business and the latest trends. Always exploring how the industry evolves and shapes the future.

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