LabelKing
Stylish Dinosaur
- Joined
- May 24, 2002
- Messages
- 25,421
- Reaction score
- 268
-
Hi, I am the owner and main administrator of Styleforum. If you find the forum useful and fun, please help support it by buying through the posted links on the forum. Our main, very popular sales thread, where the latest and best sales are listed, are posted HERE
Purchases made through some of our links earns a commission for the forum and allows us to do the work of maintaining and improving it. Finally, thanks for being a part of this community. We realize that there are many choices today on the internet, and we have all of you to thank for making Styleforum the foremost destination for discussions of menswear. -
This site contains affiliate links for which Styleforum may be compensated.
-
STYLE. COMMUNITY. GREAT CLOTHING.
Bored of counting likes on social networks? At Styleforum, you’ll find rousing discussions that go beyond strings of emojis.
Click Here to join Styleforum's thousands of style enthusiasts today!
Styleforum is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.
The lost language of Italian parasols and the men who made them.
- Thread starter LabelKing
- Start date
- Watchers 0
mic
Senior Member
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2010
- Messages
- 367
- Reaction score
- 4
Fascinating.Originally Posted by Kent Wang
It would be quite hilarious if those ornery old men had deliberately told the linguist incorrect definitions.
Sadly, we'll never know.
My paternal ancestors came from the border of Italy and Switzerland... I wonder if they used some of these words in their daily activities.
Thanks for the link, LabelKing.
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2007
- Messages
- 25,700
- Reaction score
- 180
Very interesting, thank you.
- B
- B
LabelKing
Stylish Dinosaur
- Joined
- May 24, 2002
- Messages
- 25,421
- Reaction score
- 268
I enjoy The Paris Review quite a bit; there was a rather fetching fur collared overcoat that belonged to Marcel Proust that was featured on its blog recentlyOriginally Posted by barims
Yes, I did see that. According to Gore Vidal in Palimpsest, in Paris he once met the Arab manager of Marcel Proust's personal brothel. Proust would have each room outfitted with a small peephole so he could watch in on the proceedings usually outfitted in the aforementioned fur coat.
LabelKing
Stylish Dinosaur
- Joined
- May 24, 2002
- Messages
- 25,421
- Reaction score
- 268
^ I shall have to order itOriginally Posted by barims
It's a rather introspective book punctuated with his trademark chattiness--he claims to have never bottomed and never seen the same boy twice whilst making jabs at people like Anais Nin. There's also a particularly amusing, and slightly sad, anecdote of E.M.Forster. Not quite as breezy as Paul Bowles's Without Stopping--called Without Telling by Jane Bowles--which reads like a Who's Who of the midcentury intellectual elite.
Holdfast
Stylish Dinosaur
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2006
- Messages
- 10,559
- Reaction score
- 6,354
http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/08/24/rain-men/Originally Posted by LabelKing
Fascinating article. Thank you for the link.
majorhancock
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2010
- Messages
- 77
- Reaction score
- 42
Fascinating.
But let's please make a distinction between parasols ("against the sun") and parapluies ("against the rain"), which are two very different accoutrements.
Parasols -- which, by the way, are used rather frequently here in Los Angeles against the scorching Southern California sun, although mostly by older women of Asiatic or Eastern European persuasion -- need not be waterproof and can (and usually are) made of paper. The parapluie (our umbrella) needs to be made of something less permeable, such as vinyl. (What are they made of in Piemonte?)
That being said, does anyone know where to obtain one of these "lissome" Piemontese ombrelle here in the States??
But let's please make a distinction between parasols ("against the sun") and parapluies ("against the rain"), which are two very different accoutrements.
Parasols -- which, by the way, are used rather frequently here in Los Angeles against the scorching Southern California sun, although mostly by older women of Asiatic or Eastern European persuasion -- need not be waterproof and can (and usually are) made of paper. The parapluie (our umbrella) needs to be made of something less permeable, such as vinyl. (What are they made of in Piemonte?)
That being said, does anyone know where to obtain one of these "lissome" Piemontese ombrelle here in the States??
FEATURED PRODUCTS
-
LuxeSwap Auction - Kiton Napoli 100% GUANACO Camel Flannel DB Top Coat
A virtual unicorn, this 100% pure Guanaco double breasted top coat by Kiton combines one of the worlds rarest fabrics with one of the worlds most exclusive brands. Retail on this item was deep in the double digits, and is being offered at auction with a $9.99 starting bid with no reserve.
-
Nicks Boots - Wickett & Craig English Bridle Veg Tan Leather - $759
These boots are made from 6.5 oz Wickett & Craig English Bridle Leather. This tannery has been making leather the old fashioned way since 1867. Each side can take about six weeks to produce, making it a significantly longer production time than most leather on the market.
-
Besnard - Made to Order Trousers - $351 Design your ideal pair of trousers by selecting a fabric, deciding between single or double pleats, choosing a zip or button fly, and opting for side adjusters or belt loops.
Similar threads
