No Rebellion Here | Vintage Triumph Ads

    “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”   –Thomas Paine   ~*~                

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Le Corbusier | The Father of “International Style” Design

* “Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.” * –Le Corbusier ~*~ ** “To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.” * –Le Corbusier * * “The home should be the [...]

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Cecil Beaton | Fashion Slave from the Cradle to the Grave

  “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary”  –Cecil Beaton ~*~                          

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The Legacy of Ralph Lauren | Polo University

  “People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.”   –Ralph Lauren ~*~      

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Formally Speaking | What a Gentleman Knows About Dressing with Style

  “Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”  –Oscar Wilde   ~*~            

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Crimes Against Tartan | Punishable by Death

  “Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.”  –Woody Allen   In this case, I have to agree.   ~*~      

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Short Pattern of Excellence | 1953

  “Edward VIII replaced his fly buttons with a zip, a revolutionary move; and his Fair Isle pullovers, shorts and Windsor knots were considered by some to foreshadow the end of Empire.”  –Angus McGill   ~*~                

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Spring Has Sprung | Vintage GQ Gets Their Color On.

  “Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?” –George Gobel   ~*~    

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Vintage Valley of the Dolls | Best Dressed

  Our little friend has a better wardrobe than most people I know– and they’re in the business. Go ahead– throw on that Duffle coat and plaid cap, buddy.   ~*~

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Bigger is Better | Snazzy 1970s Dress Shirts Via Vintage Esquire Magazine

  “In the 1970s, bigger was better when it came to collars, neckwear, jewelry, and all body hair.”   –JP   ~*~  

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