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by Canali, the tailored cuts of Massimo rebecchi’s<br />
jackets which bring the 1950s back to life<br />
and the taste for the dolce vita. the Fratelli rossetti<br />
have revisited two coloured shoes and navy<br />
blue next to optical white as worn by Cary grant<br />
and gregory peck. Marina yachting has returned<br />
to the classic montgomery in light material and<br />
dandy style accessories such as the Mark/giusti<br />
ipad holders in leather are there too. and then<br />
there are the edun brand dinner jackets, andrea<br />
pompilio’s pastel colours which combine sportswear<br />
and classic tastes and henry guillame’s<br />
printed shirts for Carven. Fashion week and pitti<br />
have shown us this. now we’re waiting for the<br />
autumn-winter collections and in the meantime<br />
all we can do is enjoy i am a dandy. the various<br />
gentlemen in it are involved in the most varied<br />
professions all over the world: there’s a russian illustrator,<br />
a brooklyn doctor, an english journalist,<br />
a japanese entrepreneur. Mr. Matt Fox, Mr. gay<br />
talese and Mr. sven raphael schneider are just<br />
some of the names of these picturesque personalities<br />
who tell their stories on the pages of this<br />
book while they pose for photographs in houses<br />
furnished like museums. bohemianism, aestheticism<br />
and decadentism seem to have come back<br />
to life and are currently reinventing modern male<br />
tastes. because it isn’t true that women only like<br />
muscles and virility. at the end of the day, that<br />
air of narcissism and ambiguity has always been<br />
intriguing. the timeless charm of the dandy.<br />
www.gestalten.com<br />
on the leFt:<br />
yoUng rUssian illUstrator<br />
Mr. fyoDor a. pavlov<br />
and detail oF his troUsers;<br />
the italian<br />
Mr. MassiMiliano<br />
Mocchia Di coGGiola;<br />
Mr. haMish BoWless<br />
in a pink tie. on this page:<br />
detail oF Mr. haMish<br />
BoWless’ gilet<br />
and Mr. Kevin WanG,<br />
graphiC designer,<br />
in a blUe jaCket<br />
with preCioUs jewellery.<br />
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