1. The Brave Tailors of Maida

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    May 22, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ‘The Brave Tailors of Maida’ was first published on Reader’s Digest in October, 1988. The nonfiction essay tells the story …
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    Category Italian Style, Reading, Tailors | Tags:

  2. Hermann Oak Leather Tannery

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    May 22, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    How Leather Is Made By Hermann Oak Leather from Mary Alt on Vimeo.

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  3. Interview with Luciano Barbera

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    May 22, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ‘Several things happened the year I was born. Besides sad events concerning those pre-war days, Orson Wells broadcasted the War …
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    Category Arbiter Elegantiae, Interviews, Italian Style, Mills, Quality makers | Tags:

  4. Once More from Flusser’s Mouth

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    May 22, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ‘As people who are style-conscious become older, they become less schematic. They become less serious and less driven to conform …
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  5. Tolkien and Tweed

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    May 20, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ‘At school and university, when I wasn’t spending my free time combing through 75 years of back issues of The …
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