‘Eccentricities’ Category
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Triple Sole Snow Shoes
0November 25, 2013 by Ville Raivio
Leave it to the Italians: vintage triple sole snow shoes with turned toes in brown grain leather with bellows tongue, …
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Prince Charles Is a Clotheshorse Who Gets His Shoelaces Ironed
0October 4, 2013 by Ville Raivio
‘Prince Charles employs 133 staff to look after him and Camilla, more than 60 of them domestics: chefs, cooks, footmen, …
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Live Men Do Wear Plaid
0August 24, 2013 by Ville Raivio
Olden lore: Time magazine’s June issue turned its gaze to glen urquhart plaid and presidential style in 1982. On this …
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Cary Grant’s Nylon Panties
0June 28, 2013 by Ville Raivio
‘Although [Cary] Grant, who is fifty-six, favors such abominations as large tie knots and claims to have originated the square-style …
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