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  This is a brilliant, if haphazard, way to wear a scarf, typical of a person who has to leave in a hurry, for example a tenor acclaimed by his public of admirers.

        THE DEPARTURE OF JACOB – MOSAIC DATABLE TO 1172-1174 – CATHEDRAL, MONREALE   This is a beautiful example of XII century masculine apparel with some elements of classical tradition and others of oriental origin. A wide chlamys fastened on the right shoulder, skirt with vitta, that …

  The ceremonial scarf is part of the habit of this Hopi priest with his flute, photographed in Oraibi in 1901. Woven by men, it presents the typical embroidery pattern of the loincloths or thongs. It is believed that the geometric designs represent the mask of one of the Kacina …

  Designs embroidered with elk fur on a box of birch bark, most likely by Lorette Huron, around 1860. The human figure is portrayed with the traditional costume: shirt with a scarf and red stockings with garters at the knee. Encouraged by missionaries, the Hurons created many artifacts of that …

The socialite best known for being Lapo Elkann’s fiancee and the actress/socialite: two examples of a contemporary chic style pushed to the extreme, yet never going beyond it. This is the secret of style: a sense of proportion which does not however mean boredom and melancholy good sense, but rather …