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#151 2006-09-07 08:58:45
- richt
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
Gents:
Edwin DeBosie from Steed Bespoke Tailors of Savile Row will be visiting NYC 9/12-17. Any thoughts on their work, client list, etc.?
RT
#152 2006-09-07 17:22:00
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
"‘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
#153 2006-09-07 20:17:14
#154 2006-09-08 15:29:26
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
Would any members who've read the book care to post a review at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Cary-Grant-A-Celebration-Style/dp/0821257609/sr=8-1/qid=1157748629/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-0416781-7123833?ie=UTF8&s=books
#155 2006-09-09 01:03:01
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#156 2006-09-09 01:25:20
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
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#157 2006-09-09 01:34:13
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#158 2006-09-09 11:07:17
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
"‘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
#159 2006-09-09 11:12:31
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
Richard, check this out, below. Do you know anything about Frank Foster in London making CG's shirts, too?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9D0CE5DF133BF93AA25756C0A967958260
"‘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
#160 2006-09-09 11:25:14
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
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"‘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
#161 2006-09-09 12:48:03
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
I believe the shirtmaker being referenced bought, sold and amalgamated several
custom shirt companies in his career. The story I heard was that Mr. Grant
patronized one of those legacy custom shirt companies. Whether or not the referenced
shirtmaker personally cut and fitted shirts for Mr. Grant, I do not know. It may very
well be true. There is no question that this shirtmaker's shirts are among the
very best bespoke shirts one can buy.
Regards.
Ed
#162 2006-09-09 16:26:28
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
"‘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
#163 2006-09-09 16:45:58
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
"‘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
#164 2006-09-09 17:12:57
#165 2006-09-09 17:21:18
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
"‘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
#166 2006-09-09 18:39:05
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
Another piece of the puzzle, now we know where CG used to eat his bagel and a "shmear"...
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Dine2/Canters.shtml
"‘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
#167 2006-09-10 00:35:18
- Horace
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#168 2006-09-11 20:13:34
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
If a maker of custom clothes is not in a position to name-drop customers from, like, the current millennium, then he might as well just forget that tactic and rely on his talents. Boasting about clients who have been deceased for 20 years+ tends to be pointless.
"‘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
#169 2006-09-11 20:26:33
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
yeah let's not discuss the unimportant or invoke the mad and let's get back to discussing Richard's book. I am almost done and ready to contribute. I have to say so far I am most entertained and impressed.
#170 2006-09-11 21:51:29
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
OK. Sorry dudes -- it just blows my mind how liberal some can be with the facts.
But back to Rich's opus.....
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#171 2006-09-12 20:16:28
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
A question for Richard (or anyone else). The first bespoke shirts I ever bought were from a company called Webster Brothers of Cornhill, London. They claimed to have made shirts for Cary Grant, I always wondered about this is there any truth in it? I suppose it was always possible that what they really meant was that some member of staff had worked somewhere that had made shirts for CG.
#172 2006-09-13 01:00:27
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
Richard, to veer off the sartorial for just a moment, good for you in not jumping on the "Cary Grant was gay" bandwagon and for being a contrarian in asserting that he was not gay, as CG asserted all his life. Rumor, innuendo, and speculation are one thing, while fact and reality are quite another.
"‘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
#173 2006-09-13 23:06:31
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
Just received my copy of the book today. Nicely done, Richard. Very substantial in look, feel, and content, and a good balance between text and photos, most of which I've not seen previously. Love the brown houndstooth jacket with the grey trousers, which is so reflective of my own taste. Interesting correspondence between Stephen Lachter and Mrs. Grant about CG's
shirts--The dude did, in fact, make CG's shirts, which he, modestly, never told me. Looking forward to diving into the book!
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"‘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
#174 2006-09-15 14:26:50
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
I just received it today. A beauty of a book with many high grade photographs. I will commence reading over a scotch tonight.
#175 2006-09-15 23:27:04
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Re: Cary Grant a Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.