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This is a modern version of a Byron, the British poets’ preferred tie. Very similar to the Lavalliere, it only differs because of its length and its fabric, which is usually lighter.

Long live V.E.R.D.I.! -Vittorio Emanuele Re ( king ) D’Italia ( of Italy ). This motto by the patriots of the Italian unification  – risurgence – sounds certainly rather tired nowadays. When it comes to the tie though a certain amount of patriotism would be easily justified: 2 out of …

Sometimes the tie happens to become a livery, a uniform, a flag even. An important statement, appropriate for important meetings. Amongst the better known the presidential ties spring to mind: the summit ties, diplomatic flagships. Only when meeting “Madame guillotine” sovereigns would lose their ties: only a blip, an exception …

Artistic research in 1900 opens with “Fauvism”, an explosive current emphasizing painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism, of which Matisse became a leader. It was only the beginning of the rejection by the artists of the contemporary society’s greyness and which led …

Music and colour don’t deal with concepts or information. They deal with perceptions or as the romantics would say, with feelings. It is in this dimension that fashion grows its roots and influences: passionate shades, silk fingers. For the hypersensitive romantic, genuine friendship means not being able to be seen …