In Appreciation of the Faier Hue I posit that pink is the most underappreciated color in a gentleman’s pallet these days. A century old gender bias has forced too many men to keep pink at bay. For others, it remains a curiosity to be admired on others but they dare not try it themselves. Others […]
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The Marketing Genius of Alessandro Michele
Alessandro Michele is a visionary designer, that’s almost unanimously agreed upon in the fashion world. But the mastermind behind Gucci’s ascent over the past four years also has a genius for marketing. More specifically, co-opting the organically created cultural marketing of the brand that already existed by embracing the use of the Gucci name by […]
Robert Redford is Cool
Robert Redford is objectively cool in the truest sense – removed from any context of time, place or perspective. But what does that really mean? The term cool is universal and ubiquitous. Calling something cool should be a platitude by now but it has defied that cultural pitfall of over-satiation. Cool has retained its significance […]
Sprezzatura
A Perfect Word for Willful Imperfection English is a mutt of a language. Cobbled together over centuries from various European ancestors, English has relied on a wonderful habit of stealing words with no direct translation. In that way, English has become a sort of showcase for fun and useful words from other languages. My favorite […]