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#1 2008-08-16 09:51:54
- Marc Grayson
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Tailor Fears For Future
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E4DD143FF935A1575AC0A96F958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/S/Sewing
"‘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
#2 2008-08-16 12:24:37
- captainpreppy
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Re: Tailor Fears For Future
As I recall, this link was posted on one of the other fora (AAAC, I think). I remember it because of the tailor's claim that it took him 560 hours of labor to make a suit, which seems far fetched. I suspect a misquote or misprint there.
#3 2008-08-16 21:52:34
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Tailor Fears For Future
"‘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
#5 2008-08-21 07:25:27
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Tailor Fears For Future
"‘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
#6 2008-08-21 07:39:04
- Dorian
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Re: Tailor Fears For Future
i wonder if anyone has a graph showing the decline of tailors in various countries or worldwide over the years. would be very interesting
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
#7 2008-08-22 09:47:19
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Tailor Fears For Future
"‘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 2008-08-22 10:17:51
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Tailor Fears For Future
"‘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