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20s style and suits smelling like freedom

Lights on the dancefloor: we can listen to jazz, fox or charleston; the air is crisp and the ballroom’s protagonist is an athletic, wiry and distinct-looking dandy.

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The whole world in a shoe

The whole world in a shoe

By observing shoes you can understand a lot about a person.

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20s style and suits smelling like freedom

20s style and suits smelling like freedom

Lights on the dancefloor: we can listen to jazz, fox or charleston; the air is crisp and the ballroom’s protagonist is an athletic, wiry and distinct-looking dandy.

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Troisi, greatest athlete in comicity (and life)

Troisi, greatest athlete in comicity (and life)

Shy in nature to the point that he “was not brave enough” to chat up girls, Massimo certainly had no way of getting straight to the general public, to awards and fame.

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Introduce yourself properly with Elisa Motterle

Introduce yourself properly with Elisa Motterle

IIntroducing – oneself or others – is one of the most frequent social “rituals”. Yet it can often cause problems. «I am a Pisces, ascendant […]

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Through the Swinging London with Alberto Sordi

Through the Swinging London with Alberto Sordi

Isaw a man in a blue suit. I saw a guy in an oversized tank top and black shorts passing by him. Old and new, […]

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A chat with Fabio Attanasio, a 50’s dude

A chat with Fabio Attanasio, a 50’s dude

I had a chat with Fabio Attanasio, a kid in his early thirties who knows the world of tailoring as if he was born in […]

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Business at the table and Italian comedies with Elisa Motterle

Business at the table and Italian comedies with Elisa Motterle

“Macaroni, you provoked me: now I’ll destroy you”: Alberto Sordi’s line from An American in Rome has become mythical and wonderfully illustrates the visceral relationship […]

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Nobody wears Armani like Richard Gere

Nobody wears Armani like Richard Gere

1980.At the dawn of the new decade all screens in the world project American Gigolo, a movie by Paul Schrader destined to become a true […]

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From playgrounds to closets

From playgrounds to closets

The step is very short and despite the long levers basketball has become in recent decades a style-setting sport. With their outfits and their precious […]

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The pipe of a (dandy) man

The pipe of a (dandy) man

One thing is certain: it is not for everyone. The dandy style, probably “the style” par excellence, does not admit mistakes. Of any kind. After […]

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Style on top of the mountains

Style on top of the mountains

There exists an alternate idea for a holiday: one that moves you towards new destinations and requires a backpack, boots, and resistant clothes, and, more […]

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What did we wear in the 1980s?

What did we wear in the 1980s?

Straps, wide collars, bright colors, extravagances and excesses: 1980s fashion, full of barely wearable creations, is firmly back to the fore. The fashion system of […]

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Skier’s style

Skier’s style

Bormio, Courmayeur, Madonna di Campiglio, Ponte di Legno: a “white five” able to regenerate you from the stress of work. The cold season is starting […]

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From freedom to “rich kid” fashion

From freedom to “rich kid” fashion

In history, it’s known as a year that changed the world, the year of the cultural revolution in Europe. A year of fights and achievements, […]

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The style of a left-wing director

The style of a left-wing director

After lawyers and sports journalists, we move to the big screen. Probably, if you’re a film director, you have art in your blood. The style […]

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Sports journalist style

Sports journalist style

“5,4, 3, 2, 1… on air!” The red light turns on, the anchor-man is ready for the breaking news at 8 o’clock. After the titles, […]

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Lawyer style

Lawyer style

For once, the lawyer with the capital “L” ― known as the “Avvocato” by Italians ― does not make the news, because here’s where we’re […]

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The days of Mediterraneo style

The days of Mediterraneo style

In June 1941, a handful of Italian soldiers ― stragglers caught here and there, recalled from the various fronts of the Second World War ― […]

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Men’s business: the swim shorts

Men’s business: the swim shorts

If you close your eyes, you’re already there. The melody of the waves in the background, a blue boundless expanse in front of you and […]

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How do ‘They’ wear it, the men who matter?

How do ‘They’ wear it, the men who matter?

Ten years after Il Divo, an undisputed masterpiece focused on Giulio Andreotti (and five after The Great Beauty of which you may have already read), […]

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Ode to blue jeans

Ode to blue jeans

They have been resistant, near indestructible work-pants. They have been protagonists during revolutionary riots against social conventions. They have been the symbol of comfortable and […]

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