Cliff Grodd R.I.P.

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

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Cufflink79
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Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:35 pm

A really neat and elegant gentleman, who was also a man's man.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/busin ... ?src=busln

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Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:27 pm

When I was poor and without a shop [much like I am now] Mr. Grodd let me use his workroom for 6 months. He was Old School. F.Shattuck..
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Sun Jun 06, 2010 5:37 am

From the NYT obituary:
"'I abhor dullness and resist flamboyance,” Mr. Grodd told The New York Times in 1985.

This seems to be a near-perfect summation of good taste.
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