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  THAT ONE CUSTUMER OUT OF THREE LOVES E-commerce, more and more online labels. Marchetti, from Yoox: “The snobbisms are behind us” Could there be anything better? The best of made in Italy delivered to your home, you try it on in peace in your bedroom, in front of your …

A philosopher, an architect, their wives and my brother. All happy people. I no longer know what we ate. When, during lunch, I was asked how much the prize was I realized for the first time that no money came with that prize. Now my humiliation seemed vile insolence more …

Clothes swapping is the new shopping trend. It began with home-based fashion swap parties, but now swap-shops are starting to open everywhere. The goal is to keep up with fashion without going bankrupt. Forget about those old second-hand shops; swap-shops are starting to open in Italy too, following up (5 …

(Tours 1729- Paris 1850) Balzac in his” Traitè de la vie élégante” goes back to Brummel. Brummel’s ideas on elegance had definitely taken hold. His arguments inspired magazines like “La moda” and Balzac recalls them insisting on the relation between clothing and architecture. Balzac borrows from Brummel, besides the idea …

“It’s like I was saying, darling,” Vera said, taking an elevated tone, even more British than usual, “The costumes for Follies were by Chanel. And do you know what Coco told me? ‘Chérie (that’s what she called me in those days, ma chérie), keep in mind that the clothes influence …