February 2009
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"Old-School Power Attire" and a Return to...
Bickle & Brewer, a storied law firm in based in New York City and Dallas, enforces the dress code. Brewer, co founder and a managing partner, speaks of never having been a fan of even the nicest rubber soled loafers and khakis to the office. Their dress-code is deeply rooted in the formality of business and the decorum of the workplace. “Even the mailroom clerks wear suits and...
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Benedict a Dandy
“Pope’s sole the work of Christ, not Prada-
This may be from the summer but we recently saw it online. Check out these papal italian loafers. Note also the vestiments he wears them with. It is safe to say that Pope Benedict XVI is a bit of a dandy.
- EEB
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the age
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9 = 8 1/2 + D&G?
Rome- D & G outfitted as priests for the new movie Nine. Based on Frederico Fellini’s 8 1/2, Nine will be a musical motion picture. It’s directed by Robert Marshall who also directed Chicago (2002). A film for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. We have no less expectations of him this time, given the following cast:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman,...
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Louis Armstrong
Heebie Jeebies
Written for banjo in early 1925 by Harry Reser and again by Atkins Boyd in 1926, Louis Armstrong finally popularized the song with a not only a strong trumpet section, but also a bit of scat singing which came at the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Polaroid Picture
John Rankin, the British fashion and portrait photographer of kylie monogue, kate moss, and others, recently took 1,000 photographs for a large Scottish whiskey company. There are only a few places to find this set of photographs on the internet. All 1,000 can be seen at the whiskey maker’s website, The Masters Of Photography-Rankin.
Every photo was fastened in some manner to each...