WSJ - Gianni Agnelli, the Godfather of Style

[Cantabrigian]

Guess the Journal has converted itse'f into a stylemag (see also the article ET poasted on Naples steez via Japan).


Gianni Agnelli, the Godfather of Style


This one is worth reading
1. for a few interesting annecdotes about his life
2. The last few lines--

"A lot of Italians—really good business people—try to be like him," says Rabensteiner. "He's Gianni Agnelli, after all. An icon. But nobody gets it—nobody. It's not the clothes. It's the character, the way. You can be inspired by him, but you have to do it by finding your own style. It's not only the beauty of putting the watch over the shirt; it's something unique, the elegance in his mind...
The few times I've seen a person with the watch outside the shirt, it has, to me, looked ridiculous. Because you know it's a person doing a copy. And the person doing a copy is almost always the wrong person."

 

[poorsod]

Here is the earlier thread

http://www.styleforum.net/t/362111/whats-the-big-deal-about-gianni-agnelli#post_6593625

 

[Cantabrigian]

Thank you.

swear I looked to see if there were a threak on this already. The front page moves too fast for me...

 

[Grammaton Cleric]



Thank you.

swear I looked to see if there were a threak on this already. The front page moves too fast for me...

30 years from now, they'll be doing a similar article on your avatar.

 

[Cantabrigian]

The fact that you're not wrong makes me hope not to see another 30 years.

 

[Grammaton Cleric]



The fact that you're not wrong makes me hope not to see another 30 years.

You mean you don't own a tie with a big "7" on it? And a wallet chain?

Liar!

 

[Cantabrigian]

You gotta chain your wallet. Only by drawing attention to youself can you blend in enough to avoid getting jacked.