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Permanent Style

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The Style Essentials
Contents
  1. Which office are you?
  2. Which jacket office are you?
  3. Seven levels of formality
  4. Wearing warm and cold colours
  5. High/low dressing
  6. Five paradigms of casual clothing
  7. A casual capsule: The Valstarino
  8. How to wear trainers
  9. Tips for the heat
  10. Dressing for skin colour
  11. Jacket and jeans
  12. The jacket/trousers uniform
  13. Should your belt match your shoes?
  14. What is sprezzatura?

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