‘Arbiter Elegantiae’ Category

  1. The Beau of Our Times

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    June 5, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    The following piece of menswear praise was first published by Apparel Arts in 1933. The writer’s name is undisclosed and …
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  2. La Vita Agnelli

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    June 4, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    Today’s link gives the Vanity Fair-look inside Gianni Agnelli’s world. This hefty  essay was first published in 2003 after the …
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  3. Interview with Rebecca Shawcross

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    May 31, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ‘My name is Rebecca Shawcross and I am the Shoe Resources Officer at Northampton Museums & Art Gallery, which is …
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  4. 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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  5. Interview with Gustav Temple

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    May 6, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ’48, Editor and publisher of The Chap Magazine. [I studied at] grammar School, then Liberation at age 17 with no …
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