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Haider Ackermann understands why people were surprised when he was appointed creative director of Canada Goose in May of last year. “It was not aligned with my road,” he suggested recently. At the time, Ackermann —king of raffish, worldly menswear, Timotheé Chalamet’s best pal and personal tailor —was on the short list for seemingly every luxury house vacancy. He had designed rich cashmere and leather coats during his celebrated stint at Berluti, but never technical outerwear. A recent triumph was in the rarefied arena of couture, when he guest designed an ecstatically received collection for Jean Paul Gaultier. Canada Goose was a cur

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