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Created by Cristoforo A. Magliozzi ’11 and Currier HoCo Social Chairs Alex P. McAdams ’11, and Mark E. Piana ’11, the catchy rap voiceover constantly refers to a fundamental principle: “I want to live in Currier for the rest of my life...
...Junya Watanabe Man brown tweed jacket ($1,595), red-and-white gingham shirt ($380) and brown corduroy pants with leather patch pockets ($465; Comme des Garçons N.Y., 212-604-9200) 2 Loro Piana baby cashmere scarf ($775; loropiana.com 3 Alfredo Häberli for Alias Taormina chair in Kvadrat fabric ($940; aliasusa.com 4 J. Crew tweed fedora hat ($68; jcrew.com 5 Etro nylon and tweed men's bag ($1,400; etro.it) 6 Alexander Olch blue and gray herringbone tie ($160; Bergdorf Goodman Men's, 212-753-7300) 7 Harrys of London Mansion slippers ($650; San Giorgio Shoes...
When Marks & Spencer put Brooks Brothers up for sale in early 2001, Del Vecchio pounced, eventually netting the company for $225 million. Out went the fused sports coats, denim pants and two-ply made-in-Mexico sweaters. In came the $2,000 suits, Loro Piana cashmeres and alligator-skin handbags. Mark-down sales became something that happened only twice a year. And brand-education classes?covering everything from company history to the way a sweater is made?were instituted for managers and salesclerks alike...
...name is Jerry Lee Lewis from a-Louisiana I'm gonna do ya'a little boogie on this here piana Do it mighty fine, gonna make you shake it I'll make ya do it and make ya do it until till ya break It's called the Lewis boogie in the Lewis way Oh Lord I do my little boogie-woogie every day. -recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis, early...
...buttonholes, Clark Gable for the best eyelashes she ever saw. And if the tall stories about kings and playboys often ravel, the shrewdness and impersonal good humor of the storyteller are intact. Cole Porter, of course, wrote a couplet about Vreeland: "Here's Diana/ Sittin' on the piana." And that's where she has been, swinging her legs, for most of the century...