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Roman holiday - pics of 40s Italian men's clothing

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Lucky Strike

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By chance, I found a very nice exhibition about daily life in Italy in the earliest post-war period. Lots of art, posters, stills and clips from the neo-realist films, etc., and quite a few period costumes. It was inside the Vittorio Emmanuele monument:
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For iammatt's side in the key-hole lapel buttonhole debate:
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Note the odd-looking piped patch pocket on this suit:
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Fur-collared men's (I asked) overcoat:
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