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#1 2010-12-08 19:19:22
- carpu65
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The myth about Italian style of 50s.
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#4 2010-12-08 21:48:48
- Marc Grayson
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
Nice pictures, thanks for posting.
While the timetable might not be precise, my shirtmaker, Mimmo Siviglia, is not a myth and was a leading Italian tailor and designer in an earlier life and there are several items in this thread highlighting his career...
http://forums.filmnoirbuff.com/viewtopic.php?id=2668
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#5 2010-12-09 01:24:35
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
Interesting post!
Ignorance is the mother of myths... there's an endless supply on Style Forum and London Lounge, in particular, about "Neapolitan" and "Roman" tailoring.
#8 2010-12-09 10:09:55
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
Here are The Shadows in Italian style suits
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Shadows/+images/45967873
#9 2010-12-09 11:32:37
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
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#10 2010-12-09 11:59:53
- 4F Hepcat
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
There are a lot of myths, inappropriate yet clever marketing on Italian style, its good to see that Mr Carpu is addressing and exposing these from the position of an expert. And what is revealed is even more interesting than the myth.
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#13 2011-02-03 13:02:30
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
Makes sense to me. I had always heard when I worked in mens wear (a long time ago) that Italian clothing worn by Italians was not styled like what they made for export. I had no direct knowledge of that, but these pictures tell the story.
#14 2011-02-05 12:22:23
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
“No Room For Squares”
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#15 2011-12-29 09:56:11
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
that picture from the 1952 fashion show in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence is gone, but there's another one here:
http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/1950s-brioni-roman-style-takes-tinseltown-sacking-ivy-style/
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#16 2011-12-29 10:37:42
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#17 2014-06-04 06:06:09
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
I was searching on the net for bum freezers and this popped up. Seems worth a bump.
#18 2014-06-04 06:17:59
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
Indeed. I missed this completely. Thanks for bumping FXH.
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#19 2014-06-04 06:59:58
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Re: The myth about Italian style of 50s.
Italy was in a golden period in the 50s and early 60s, sadly to be followed by the years of lead.
It all seems to go wrong after the mid-60s in so many places.
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