Somewhere, there's a picture of him with his buttons unbuttoned. Agnelli copied the look from him.
Ha. I'd forgotten all about this. First Monty, then Agnelli, then the sainted Johns, S and G. Anyone else? I have mixed feelings. If there's a rather insipid look and feel to the collar (which there so often is) I unbutton. With a Makers on the other hand I tend to keep the buttons fastened for the roll.
I think Monty may have gone in for a little sprezzatura.
'New York, New York, Forty-Second Street
Hustlers hustle and pimps pimp the beat
Monty Clift is recognized at dawn
Ain't got no shoes and his clothes are torn...'