August 2012
70 posts
“The turn down collar is the first symptom of decay of the grey cells!”
– Hercule Poirot (via ethandesu)
“I believe that clothes should complement a man’s personality, not replace it.”
– Rev. Jesse Jackson (via putthison)
“What a strange power there is in clothing.”
– Isaac Bashevis Singer
“I don’t want anybody in here without coats and ties.”
– Frank Sinatra (as recounted by Gay Talese)
“On Jonathan D. Bick’s first day as a salesman for I.B.M. 17 years ago, he wore...”
– Joseph Berger, 1995 (via voxsart)
“A lot of people go, ‘Oh I hate putting a suit on’ and ‘how can you be...”
– Greg Proops, from his Smartest Man in the World podcast
(Thanks, Brendan!)
“It comes more from the mind, than the body, from the heart than the hands....”
– Luciano Barbera (via voxsart)
Quality not quantity →
thesnobreport:
thedapperdad:
July 16, 2012 — France Writer: Andrew Tuck
Luxury is a good thing. There, I’ve said it. I know in these straightened times it gets a bad rap – who, people ask, really needs a sleek high-end car, a bag made by artisans in an Italian village or champagne at their parties?
France, the home to many of the world’s leading luxury brands, is even having its doubts....
“Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to...”
– Cecil Beaton (via voxsart)
“By and large, however, elegance resides in the individual. No Bernard...”
– George Frazier
“My father used to say, ‘Let them see you and not the suit. That should be...”
– Cary Grant
