‘Quotations’ Category

  1. Samuel Pepys on style and clothes

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    April 19, 2015 by Ville Raivio

    “21st. Up and by coach to Mr. Cole’s, and there conferred with him about some law business, and so to …
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  2. Shakespeare on fashion

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    April 15, 2015 by Ville Raivio

    “All this I see, and see that the fashion wears out more apparel than man…” — Conrade in William Shakespeare’s …
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  3. Adolphe Menjou’s style and tailoring stories

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    April 8, 2015 by Ville Raivio

    “On the screen the slightest flaw in the cut of a suit is exaggerated. Sometimes as many as eight or …
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  4. Designer Bijan Pakzad

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    April 1, 2015 by Ville Raivio

    “An exceptional life…for an extraordinary Man! A connoisseur of quality, perfection and universal design excellence­, Bijan was a genius marketer …
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  5. Naples, Romans, and Louis Vuitton

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    March 21, 2015 by Ville Raivio

    “Like Rome and Istanbul, Naples is a palimpsest, one era of humanity superimposed over another. Construction on the new subway …
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"If John Bull turns around to look at you, you are not well dressed; but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable".

Pukimo Raivio.
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