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ABOVE, A THANK yOU LETTER
FROM john john kEnnEdy
TO luCiAno BARBERA AFTER
THE FORMER VISITED THEN
PRESIDENT Bill Clinton
IN BARBERA DESIGNED
CLOTHES.
ELEGANCE AND STyLE
ARE IN BARBERA’S DNA:
“I WAS 24 yEARS OLD
AND My TAILOR, LEGENDARy
MILANESE mARio pozzi TOOK
SIX MONTHS TO MAKE ME
A SUIT. WHEN I PUT IT ON IN
HIS PRESENCE I UNDERSTOOD
WHAT A MASTERPIECE HE’D
MADE ME. HE TOLD ME
TO WEAR IT FOR AT LEAST TWO
DAyS, GO AROUND IN IT, EAT
IN IT AND yOU’LL SEE THEN
THAT IT’S NOT SIMPLy A SUIT
BUT yOUR SUIT”.
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