The hand of the artisan
After long gestation, The Rake magazine has finally launched its coffee-table book, Hand of the Artisan: The Soul of Italian Luxury. It is a tour through 17 different Italian manufacturers, heavily illustrated with handsome, technical and usually bla...
The hand of the artisan
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Please advise whether I can buy a copy of this beautiful book. Perfumed thoughts Prudence www.prudence-parfumeur.com...
Confusing seven-fold ties
A seven-fold tie doesn’t necessarily have seven folds anymore. That isn’t because of corporate marketing and shortcuts (though the ‘VII fold’ from a certain manufacturer might qualify for that description). Rather, different w...
Confusing seven-fold ties
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It depends what you mean by quality. It takes more time, silk and perhaps skill to make a seven fold, but the materials and methods are the same. There's no objective benefit, it's just a nice artistic object...
