Gianni Agnelli

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

-Honore de Balzac

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Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:26 pm

Agnelli looks particularly elegant in monotones.

In the first photo, with enlarged photo link below it , do you notice something unusual ?


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iammatt
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Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:29 pm

Different shoes for different feet?
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Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:31 pm

Mismatched shoes? The one on his right foot may be orthopedic or covering an injury.
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Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:30 pm

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.
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Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:43 pm

Yes, the different shoes, but manic's explanation of an accident appears to clarify the matter.

Those are both good looking Summer suits.
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Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:29 pm

3-button, suit coat sleeve on SB: Caraceni, Rome imperative.
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Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:40 pm

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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Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:22 am

It appears to be some sort of a vintage Vacheron Constantin or Audemars Piguet watch.
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Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:40 am

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.
Makes him look like a second-grader.
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:54 am

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.
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:58 pm

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.
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.
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:02 pm

Haydn wrote:
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.
I have similar difficulties, mostly with certain compounds in tanning fluids. I wear a pocket watch...
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:27 pm

Yes, me too.

I'm allergic to the metal buckles on my watches.
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Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:58 am

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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Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:24 pm

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.
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