‘Quotations’ Category

  1. Gay Talese: The Scion, the Stitch, and the Wardrobe

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    June 28, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    Today’s essay leads to Vanity Fair, where Gay Talese espouses the virtues and delights of personalized apparel and scolds their …
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  2. Finis Farr

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    June 27, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ‘No woman really knows anything about men’s clothes. How could she? After all, she’s conditioned to obsolescence, to the principle …
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  3. Saint Francis

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    June 25, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ‘The prevailing cult of scruffiness degrades its practitioners and indicates an unpleasant indifference to the dignity and worth of others. When I …
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  4. Flussing It

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    June 23, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ‘The general rule of thumb states that bow ties should never be broader than the widest part of the neck …
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  5. Charlie Davidson and George Frazier

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    June 23, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ‘George [Frazier] also spent a great deal of time back in Boston through these years—mostly at his father’s house in …
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