The word “elegance” comes from the Latin “eligere”, to select. Not by chance the true gentleman is often a connoisseur, meaning “someone able to choose”. Integral to choose is to know. Knowing what you are wearing and when to wear it can help the aspiring gentleman not only to succeed (or to fail, depending on […]
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The unwritten code of elegance
Every man who wants to pride himself in being a gentleman must know what I would call “the basic rules of elegance”. They are unwritten, ancient rules, taught in family, through books or by simply spending time with other elegant gentlemen. These, with some opportune changes, can be applied also nowadays. First of all, we […]
“Elegance is not to be noticed, but to be remembered”
Our ancestors, in fact, during the hunt were standing for long hours to wait that little sign that signaled the presence of prey or, even worse, a predator. A tuft of grass that moves too quickly, a shadow passes stealth in the distance: all small signs that our predecessors have learned quickly to notice and […]