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Interview with Johan Ringdal from SWIMS Galoshes
0July 31, 2013 by Ville Raivio
‘I’d like to keep my age mysterious and keep people guessing! I am the founder and creative director of the …
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Boom or Bust, Wall Street Finds Designer Alan Flusser’s Stock Is Secure
0July 31, 2013 by Ville Raivio
Today’s link leads to People magazine’s virtual archives and an interview with Alan Flusser from 1988. Inside, the reader will …
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Seki Nobuyoshi and the Wabi-sabi of Shoemaking
0July 30, 2013 by Ville Raivio
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The Crown Prince’s Pants
0July 30, 2013 by Ville Raivio
‘The 5 September 1960 issue of Shūkan shinchō carried an article entitled “Your Imperial Highness, Your Pants Are Too Large”. …
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A Story of Shoes by Thom McAn
0July 29, 2013 by Ville Raivio
A silent-film documentary about American shoemaking in the 1930s, shot at Thom McAn’s factory and pepped by latter-day Space Age …
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