‘Quotations’ Category

  1. What is fashion?

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    December 10, 2014 by Ville Raivio

    “What is Fashion? Is it not a persuasion that nothing was ever right till the present moment, and that the …
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  2. Fred Astaire in his own words

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    December 8, 2014 by Ville Raivio

    “[I am] bad-tempered, impatient, hard to please, critical… At the risk of disillusionment, I must admit that I don`t like …
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  3. The decadence of Edwardian dress

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    December 5, 2014 by Ville Raivio

    “The Edwardian era was the last age in which the fortunate thought they could give pleasure to others by displaying …
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  4. Sartorial malaise

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    December 2, 2014 by Ville Raivio

    “I am frequently asked whether I have an explanation for the truly appalling standards of dress exhibited by men (I …
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  5. Gaziano meets shell cordovan

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    November 26, 2014 by Ville Raivio

    “Cordovan! It’s big in the USA but used for all the wrong reasons. It has a treatment on top of it which, …
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Pukimo Raivio.

Only a beautiful life is worth living.


"If John Bull turns around to look at you, you are not well dressed; but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable".

~ Beau Brummell

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