‘Reading’ Category
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G. Bruce Boyer’s life as a style writer
0June 26, 2018 by Ville Raivio
Today’s question: what has the act of writing about men’s tailored clothing taught G. Bruce Boyer? In the collection of …
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The Art & Sole of Silvano Lattanzi
0May 25, 2018 by Ville Raivio
Back in 2010, the American Express Platinum card’s complimentary magazine Departures published a little something. The documentarist Jo Durden-Smith placed …
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Dana Thomas: How Luxury Lost its Luster
0October 31, 2017 by Ville Raivio
Dana Thomas deals with style. She worked as the culture- and fashion reporter for Newsweek magazine in Paris for 13 …
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Alison Schneider: Sometimes Clothes Make the Professor
0June 17, 2016 by Ville Raivio
Frumpy or Chic? Tweed or Kente? Sometimes Clothes Make the Professor published in The Chronicle of Higher Education 23.1.1998 “There …
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Why do the Japanese spend so much on clothing?
0February 19, 2016 by Ville Raivio
“For example, why have the Japanese been so interested in fashion — arguably far beyond other cultural fields? As Japanese …
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