If you missed the Ivy League symposium back in November or the special tours with curator Patricia Mears and Richard Press, you can still virtually walk through the exhibition with them in the video tour. Definitely worth a visit before it closes in early January. The highlights for me were the raccoon coat and the […]
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I recently attended a spring/summer 2013 preview of Florsheim by Duckie Brown, which are very affordably priced shoes. I met Steve and Dan, the designers behind Duckie Brown, and they shared a bit of their journey in designing for this old mainstay American shoe brand. After being sold a few times, the company was reacquired
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Very few individuals are multi-generationally stylish. These are individuals who remain firmly on center stage over time and continue to maintain a stylistic influence across decades and continents. Entertainer Noel Coward is one of those rare individuals who achieved this in the first half of the 20th century. I recently attended the Noel Coward exhibition
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Casablanca is probably the first film that comes to mind when one thinks of trenchcoats, in particular the final scene with Bogart and Bergman. But Le Cercle Rouge (Red Circle) beats it in terms of the sheer number of appearances the trenchcoat makes in a film. In no other film that I’m aware of does
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Below is a short clip of Bonfanti’s Omita shuttle loom which are nearly 50 years old. Keep in mind many looms these days are shuttleless which are designed for much faster production (and hence lower cost).
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Earlier this year I strolled by Cappelleria Vitali, a hat store in the resort town of Rimini. SaveSave SaveSave
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I recently received a pair of Chelsea boots from UK-based Herring Shoes. These are called the Kirkdale boots and are made by Cheaney on the 175 last featuring Dainite soles and veldtschoen construction. As used in English shoemaking, “veldtschoen” construction means the upper leather is turned outward and stitched onto the midsole rather than
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