Gianni Agnelli
Different shoes for different feet?
Mismatched shoes? The one on his right foot may be orthopedic or covering an injury.
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He suffered a terrible car accident when he was 30 and to save his leg they had to remove most of the muscle from his calf hence, the orthopedic footwear and a desire for the comfortable Tod's.
3-button, suit coat sleeve on SB: Caraceni, Rome imperative.
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I never liked the watch over the shirt cuff, particularly when his imitators do it. Someone told me that it started for a practical reason; he liked his shirts to have very tight cuffs to the point where his watch could not fit so one day he just placed it on top and everyone in Itay followed. I don't know if this is urban legend or not, but it is an interesting expanation.
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It appears to be some sort of a vintage Vacheron Constantin or Audemars Piguet watch.
Makes him look like a second-grader.manicturncoat wrote:I never liked the watch over the shirt cuff, particularly when his imitators do it. Someone told me that it started for a practical reason; he liked his shirts to have very tight cuffs to the point where his watch could not fit so one day he just placed it on top and everyone in Itay followed. I don't know if this is urban legend or not, but it is an interesting expanation.
Mr. Agnelli had a skin allergy to various metals. The watch over the cuff was as practical for Mr. Agnelli as it is silly when worn by lesser mortals without said allergy - that is to be said, .very.manicturncoat wrote:I never liked the watch over the shirt cuff, particularly when his imitators do it. Someone told me that it started for a practical reason; he liked his shirts to have very tight cuffs to the point where his watch could not fit so one day he just placed it on top and everyone in Itay followed. I don't know if this is urban legend or not, but it is an interesting expanation.
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Thank you for the clarification. I wonder about the other Agnelli quirks, like the tie outside the sweater, whose beginnings may have been just as practical but, nonetheless, has found plenty of imitators in Italy.Haydn wrote: Mr. Agnelli had a skin allergy to various metals. The watch over the cuff was as practical for Mr. Agnelli as it is silly when worn by lesser mortals without said allergy - that is to be said, .very.
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I have similar difficulties, mostly with certain compounds in tanning fluids. I wear a pocket watch...Haydn wrote:Mr. Agnelli had a skin allergy to various metals. The watch over the cuff was as practical for Mr. Agnelli as it is silly when worn by lesser mortals without said allergy - that is to be said, .very.manicturncoat wrote:I never liked the watch over the shirt cuff, particularly when his imitators do it. Someone told me that it started for a practical reason; he liked his shirts to have very tight cuffs to the point where his watch could not fit so one day he just placed it on top and everyone in Itay followed. I don't know if this is urban legend or not, but it is an interesting expanation.
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I'm verging, however, into dangerous territory. I found a brilliantly restored 1951 Omega Seamaster yesterday, in an apparently rare Art Deco style...about $700 Australian Dollars...oh my...
If you like it, buy it for god`s sake. In contrast to the thousands of Italians sporting the wacth-over-the-cuffs look, you at least have a cause to do so.I'm verging, however, into dangerous territory. I found a brilliantly restored 1951 Omega Seamaster yesterday, in an apparently rare Art Deco style...about $700 Australian Dollars...oh my
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