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#1 2006-11-14 05:59:21
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The Heeling Power Of Berluti Shoes
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#2 2006-11-14 09:06:11
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Re: The Heeling Power Of Berluti Shoes
#4 2006-11-15 01:24:25
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Re: The Heeling Power Of Berluti Shoes
Berlutis are initially seductive shoes. Their styling, patina, marketing.
But I've grown tired of them as, with time, they appear a bit delicate, a bit fashion, and look a bit out of place with many suits and sports coats.
In contrast, the EGs grow more and more appealing to me.
Their rounded toe, fine leather polished in conservative colors, presence, are more successful , in my view, with the more substantial suits/sports coats.
The toe is central; I used to be a fan of pointy but now like the rounded English forms better, even the 888 is fine.
I think that about a half dozen EGs in various lasts, leathers and colors would be about all I would ever need in shoes.
#6 2006-11-15 16:38:14
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Re: The Heeling Power Of Berluti Shoes
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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
#8 2006-11-15 21:14:32
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Re: The Heeling Power Of Berluti Shoes
"‘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
#10 2006-11-15 21:57:19
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Re: The Heeling Power Of Berluti Shoes
"‘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
#11 2006-11-15 22:25:12
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Re: The Heeling Power Of Berluti Shoes
Perelman also changes tailors with the near-frequency with which he changes
wives---When I had visited with New York tailor Nino Corvato some years ago, he showed me around his operation and pointed out a sport jacket in the process of being made for Perelman and one of his lieutenants, Howard Gittis. Earlier, Perelman used a competing tailor, Gianni Campagna, to whom he returned shortly after using Corvato. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Perelman returned to Corvato or has gone elsewhere.
"‘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
#13 2006-11-16 05:01:59
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Re: The Heeling Power Of Berluti Shoes
"‘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