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#1 2008-07-25 07:30:56

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Impressions of Vienna

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#2 2008-07-25 10:05:37

Marc Grayson
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Thanks for sharing!  One of the first things Truman Capote purchased when he received his first sizeable advance was a suit from Knize's NY branch and he marveled at how the sleeves had working buttons.


"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not."  Oscar Wilde

 

#3 2008-07-25 11:22:39

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I like Ode to joy.

Interesting about the shoes. I am personally tempted to get a pair of black lace up sting ray myself for casual.

 

#4 2008-07-25 11:28:55

formby
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Sator, thank you for taking the time to post the pics from your visit to Vienna, especially the ones of the Knize emporium

'...It turns out the façade of the store was designed by none other than Adolf Loos, the famous Viennese turn of the century architect – pictured here reassuringly wearing his silk faced frock coat with fancy covered buttons; stiff, detachable stand up collar, with pinned dress cravat; lapelless DB waistcoat; and Cashmere striped morning trousers:...'

I was aware that Loos was the architect responsible for the design of the Knize building, however, I've never had the time to travel to Vienna so it's the first time I've seen it.

By the way Loos had a dodgy personal life which we wont go into here..

edit: for grammar

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#5 2008-07-25 13:30:20

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#6 2008-07-25 17:07:17

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#7 2008-07-25 18:47:51

tteplitzmd
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Sator,

Beautiful photos and travelogue. Thanks.

 

#8 2008-07-26 04:12:18

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#9 2008-07-26 07:41:24

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Sator, please make sure we get to see your shoes along the process.

 

#10 2008-07-26 09:21:29

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I was in Vienna in the late nineteen nineties where I appreciated that this city was resistant to being Absorbed by the "Sex in the City", Mickey-D's culture which seems to be engulfing most of the world.

Did not buy any clothes there though.

 

#11 2008-07-27 02:37:59

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#12 2010-06-15 03:40:42

zuckermandl
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My first dentist was Adolf Loos' nephew.
By the way, he almost certainly would not have appreciated the sort of sartorial finickyness displayed here- after all, his credo was 'function above all' (one cannot help but think he'd have loved Ivy!).

Secondly, Knize (correctly pronounced 'Kni-zhe') is but a mere shadow of its pre-war glory: all the stories you hear about the shop- well, they refer to the old Knize. The place is not in the hands of the original owners, and as long as the old employees still worked there one could, I suppose, imagine to own a piece of that legend. But these people have long since died off.

The problem is that the Austrians are almost as good as the English at creating 'instant traditions': a shop can open overnight and look as if it had been there for the past 100 years. The signs are sometimes obvious, sometimes less so, but they're always there. Also, the names of the places where 'one shops' have been passed down for generations, and newcomers often don't bother to crack the 'old blood' market and peddle their wares to easily impressed tourists instead.

 

#13 2010-06-15 04:28:00

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I note Knize has a shop in Bad Gastein. I do not remember seeing it, though I was more concerned with the skiing.

The only clothing I bought in Bad Gastein was underwear - as I forgot to pack a change. Bad Hofgastein had a rather expensive menswear shop where I purchased one pair.  Austrian underwear sizing is a complete mystery to me. Supplementary pairs were bought in the Bad Gastein supermarket Spar. I based the purchases on guesswork as to whether they would fit -stood there in ski clothes and boots stretching the garments and comparing one against another.

 

#14 2010-06-15 07:22:11

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What polite and genteel chappies you all were back in the noughties. If perchance you are perusing this reminder of your grand tour, Sator, do you recall which measurements the bespoke shirtmaker took?


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#15 2010-06-15 15:34:07

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Most unpleasant city I've ever been to. Utterly unrepentant about its past and full of people living off the advantages they obtained when Grandpa was doing something nasty to some Jew or Communist or homosexual (no gypsies in Vienna).

You can put lipstick on a pig but guess what...

 

#16 2010-06-15 15:39:25

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#17 2010-06-15 20:30:38

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#18 2010-06-26 20:01:02

Marc Grayson
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I really enjoyed that.  Thanks for sharing.


"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not."  Oscar Wilde

 

#19 2010-06-26 20:32:02

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Chatsworth would have us boycott Israel and Grosgrain detests Vienna.
I was just asked to help deliver a vintage Rolls Royce up to Monterey- and being paid for the pleasure and a train trip back down. A young city, compared to Vienna or Jeruselum, but with it's own pleasures and gentilities. As an archaeologist I know where the mass grave of indians from the mission uprising lies, but I won't mention it to any locals.
Now, to pack and find my Jimmy Clark driving gloves. See you all in a few.

 

#20 2010-06-27 10:31:30

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#21 2010-06-27 10:59:02

Cruz Diez
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I find Budapest far more interesting... I think that only the +80, not young at heart crowd would find Vienna enjoyable.

 

#22 2010-06-27 11:14:16

zuckermandl
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I've always been a crusty octogenarian at heart, even as a teenager, so that explains it.
Oh, and I was born and raised there.

It's really interesting how some people on here think they can judge a place - for better or worse - after having been there for a hasty 'business' trip or the like. 'If today is Tuesday, then this must be Vienna', eh? But I've come across this attitude before, among a certain type of person.

 

#23 2010-06-27 11:22:39

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#24 2010-06-27 11:27:23

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#25 2010-06-27 14:03:41

formby
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