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Interview with Réginald-Jérôme de Mans Part II
We are proud to present to you the second part of our interview with Réginald-Jérôme de Mans, menswear writer, bespoke connoisseur and inveterate seeker. Check out his is tumblr Obey Feline.
Read or re-read part I here.
FTDF: Do you believe that the community emerged because at some point a generation of fathers or grandfathers stopped teaching their sons and grandsons how to dress?
RJ: There's a necessarily political aspect to a question like this. This is not the Paris of Père Goriot, lacking fathers and father figures. What I mean is that many of the people asserting that a generational break is a reason for why we dress so badly are theorizing that this generational break is why the world is going to hell today, that we turned our back on authority, tradition, morality and all sorts of other values in the 1960s and 1970s and that this is why things are so fucked up now. They play coy when asked what the particular bad things that contributed to this and that should be rolled back are: whether it had to do with women no longer being only sex objects and caregivers, or with dark-skinned people no longer knowing their place, and so on.The thing is, the same rat races, obsessiveness, one-upmanship and solipsism exist in forums dedicated to all kinds of topics, not just men's clothing – in fact, any male-dominated internet forum, whether for stereos, martial arts, lovers of certain musical instruments, watches, and so on. Part of male psyche is to have this obsession over needlessly trivial. It does not spring from one generation's abandonment of elegance – which is not the same thing as the simple ways of how to dress, which is the insinuation. Between 1960 and 1990 we did not forget how to put on clothes or wear them, even if we turned our back on elegance. And forums are not the surrogates to those missing fathers. Perhaps to missing paragons of elegance, but that is disturbing. So we are not the Paris of Père Goriot, but that of Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (An iGent High and Low), missing our lost fop Lucien de Rubempré.
FTDF: How would you describe your personal style?
RJ: Alas, I think that any of us who have earned reputations on the Internet will be classified as dandies or fops, whether we like that title or not, for the simple fact of caring how we dress and taking pleasure in our clothes. So I would describe my personal style as dandified, because all of us are; colorful; slightly over-the-top.
We all want to see ourselves as the last holdouts for some lost idea of elegance… or perhaps that's just me and my atavistic fantasies. But I daresay I don't quite come across that way, not as elegant as I would like to be.
FTDF: How much of an impact did the internet have on your knowledge and on your personal style?
RJ: It's obviously been influential in terms of the interactions I've had with people who were knowledgeable and information received that I could empirically test and verify. The Internet brought me and us into contact with a variety of people we never would have been able to meet otherwise, many with a great deal of knowledge. Still, as always, there's a need to test and consider the source through personal experience and preference. I occasionally got taken in by the forum vogues, like the one for fresco in 2006 and the cordovan thing in 2008, among others. Japanese knives, too, in 2009. And nowadays, it's useful to see what new developments there are at various shops and makers I'm interested in, reading between the lines.
FTDF: What is elegance as far as you are concerned?
RJ: That's a surprisingly difficult question. I've been thinking of a definition of style as I've been working on my book, and the conclusion I've come to is that style is inspiration, no more and no less. I'm also reminded of Bryan Ferry's rather neat definition of what makes a gentleman, 20 years ago: "good manners and handmade shoes." I would submit that in that case handmade can include hand-guided through machine, as with Edward Green. But elegance? I've thought of one hypothetical definition: the ability to dress with the greatest care and the greatest inspiration, and then to forget what you have on and simply be yourself. But elegance doesn't always involve care. Outside of clothing, it implies simplicity and clarity, like a good mathematical proof. But in clothing, a complicated ensemble (to avoid using the dreaded word "outfit") can also be elegant in some circumstances. So it's rather more complicated or ineffable than I would have thought. Handsome is as handsome does, as the old saying goes.I can't stand them now, but I often think of the line from an old Jane's Addiction song, "I wish I knew everyone's nickname, all their slang and all their sayings. Every way to show affection, how to dress to fit the occasion." That sort of control and flexibility, to me, always seemed something to aspire to – some ideal of courtesy and near-omniscience, in order to be obliging to one's fellows. Perhaps that in some degree is a kind of elegance.
FTDF: You have met and been a customer to many tailors and shoemakers, what can you tell us about the relationship one is to develop with craftsmen/artisans?
RJ: What is most important is trust. Find someone you can trust, and then trust him or her and don't second guess him or her. Unfortunately, it is extremely hard to find a maker you can trust. Trust doesn't mean unquestioningly accepting whatever someone produces for you. It means trusting that person to get it right or make it right.
Some people have suggested that a good craftsman is one who is unfailingly polite and accommodating, while others have suggested the opposite, that real craftsmen are brusque and brutal. I have known genial artisans and gruff ones who each carried out great work, just as I've known artisans both good and bad who bad-mouthed their competitors or who were always gracious about them. As a customer, not a trained craftsman, I know that no matter how much I have learned about how something is made, I am a layperson. Thus, I have to rely on the maker and cannot keep second-guessing him. Unfortunately, whether you can trust someone or not is not something you always find out before you receive your order. In the end, you have to rely on the opinion of someone you can trust.
When something goes wrong, as it inevitably will, a good craftsman will make it right, if you give him the opportunity to.
But, also inevitably, you will never get exactly what you wanted in a bespoke order, because you can never fully communicate the image you had in your mind to the person who will make it. It is important to recognize that ideals are always different from their execution, imperfect because it is real. That does not mean that something artisanal must be badly made, imprecisely made or irregular in order to be craft-made or artisanal. That is a lie of long standing perpetuated by the Internet.
FTDF: How do you feel about Savile Row nowadays?
RJ: I like it. Why not? Where else has a neighborhood survived where several dozen different tailors have their shops and can make you each something beautifully handcrafted in the traditional manner? From Henry Poole to Meyer & Mortimer, through so many others. The real bespoke tailors left in Paris can be counted on one hand and certain of them I would not trust as far as I could throw them with that same hand. It's very easy to dismiss it, as some of the professionally motivated bloggers have, with rumors impugning the tailors of offshoring or anything else. But there are still a number of very good tailors in and around Savile Row who will make a wonderful bespoke suit, hand cut, hand canvassed and hand sewn in the important places. What almost all of them, or almost all of the larger ones, have had to do to survive is find a secondary revenue stream. In the case of Anderson & Sheppard, it is their new haberdashery selling ready-to-wear. In the case of Gieves & Hawkes, it has been numerous ready-to-wear licenses, foreign licenses in the Far East, diffusion lines of trendy ready-to-wear, and so on. Henry Poole had for a number of years a Japanese ready-to-wear license. Gieves & Hawkes and Kilgour have foreign owners with deep pockets willing to bank on them. Norton & Sons has an MBA owner who launched a trendy, inaccessibly priced ready-to-wear line and raises their profile by appearing on reality shows like The Sewing Bee and so on. At the core of many of the remaining houses is still the bespoke – certainly at Poole, where I was a customer for several years and where the cut and service were impeccable. The danger for much of Savile Row, frankly, is following the French route where bespoke is simply a miroir aux alouettes, smoke and mirrors because it is so small a part of the business and so deterrently expensive that almost no one actually uses it. Instead, it is something used to sell the ready-to-wear, a branding exercise. That is the case at several very fashionable French brands with very, very expensive bespoke offers that get a lot of press without there being, or needing to be, a real bespoke clientele. As a marketing tool, all that is needed is the possibility of bespoke.
The alternate route that a few of the smaller Savile Row houses have taken is to re-establish themselves as Savile Row-trained and bred, but without a physical store in the Row, instead carrying out fittings at the premises of the cloth merchants who for decades have allowed that as a courtesy.
But if I had my druthers, that is, if I knew I would not be castrated by my wife for ordering more suits, I would go to Camps de Luca for the pleasure of trying them but to Steed for the wonder that is an excellently cut and fitted Savile Row suit.
FTDF: Could you talk to us about your attachment for Edward Green?
RJ: My love for Edward Green is irrational. Until the 125 last, I actually had a very slightly better fit in Crockett & Jones. But ever since I got a chance to examine Edward Green shoes in person, they've just been my ideal of the English shoe. Back in 2001 I got a chance to look at the Edward Green Westminster and the John Lobb Paris William, each house's classic double-monk-strap model, side by side. The Green just looked right, and the Lobb looked off. Since then, I've noticed that Edward Green's shoes, both in the proportions of their lasts and of their patterns, just had a perfection to them. The leather quality, the finishing and the construction are on the whole better than any other English maker's – John Lobb Paris may use some arguably better leathers, but Green's construction and durability are slightly better than any other English ready-to-wear maker's I've tried. In addition, Green's vast catalog of models, of last shapes, and the flexibility they had for special orders are amazing. Now they've gotten wiser and force many orders into the Top Drawer program at a soberingly high price, but the work is beautiful.There's a lot of foolishness online about handwelted footwear and the importance of that over Goodyear welting (which by definition is carried out by a Goodyear machine), as well as the overstated dangers of gemming. Good hand welting is going to add thousands of dollars to the price of a shoe, for the possibility of perhaps one or two more resolings than a well-maintained Goodyear-welted shoe of quality. Not all Goodyear-welted shoes are of equivalent quality, but Edward Green is among the best of them, and in my experience the finishing and stitching are better than on the other English shoemakers, while the design, subjectively, to me is better than any – John Lobb ready-to-wear is either a bad attempt to copy Berluti or overly finicky versions of the classics Green carries off with panache; Weston is excellent in quality but the styles are less to my taste; Carmina is good quality but nowhere near as well finished; Saint Crispins and Vass rely heavily on their handwork as selling points, but the styles are less accessible to me than Green. Berluti is overpriced and lost whatever specialness it had when its colors and patination used to be a rarity. Green can create with Goodyear welting shoes that are at least as elegant and slim as Berluti in its Blake stitching – and Berluti prices its Goodyear-welted models higher than its Blake-stitched models on the assertion that Goodyear welting is better.Green can do the perfect unlined loafer as well as the most beautiful lace-up business shoes or magnificent boots, with such a level of finish that even my bespoke shoemakers (such as Cleverley or Delos) have thought the Green ready-to-wear shoes I was wearing were bespoke.FTDF: What advice would you give to neo iGents?
RJ: Well, as above, that's a very freighted term, so I would tell them to take a long look in the mirror and think hard about what they are doing with their lives. Then I would give them the advice that the resident rebels had in high school. They had long hair and dressed transgressively and did politically provocative things, and they said to question everything. Regardless of the rest, it's damn good advice. Learn to think critically and you may become a less happy person, but perhaps a better informed one. Empirical evidence and personal experience are irreplaceable. And I would remind them that the RJ cat (2'5", 10.1 lb) has a posse.
We wish to thank Réginald-Jérôme for his kindness, his knowledge and his sense of humor.
Paris, July 2015. All rights reserved.
Sources: Google Image, Réginald-Jérôme de Mans, Edward Green, Skoaktiebolaget, Akira Sorimachi
Profilo Italiano Sartoriale
Avis aux amateurs de costumes, notre ami Beppe de Profilo Italiano propose depuis quelques mois une nouvelle offre su misura fabriquée bien entendue en Italie dans les règles de l'art. Le nombre de points à la main sur ce produit est impressionnant et réjouira les amateurs du genre. La construction quant à elle est typique du sud de l'Italie donc plutôt souple et peu structurée.
A 1 800€ le costume et 1 300€ la veste, cette offre est bien entendue réservée à certains budgets mais, sur le marché parisien, elle demeure très compétitive au regard du produit proposé. Les délais de commande sont d'environ un mois et un grand choix de tissus est bien entendu disponible. Beppe accepte par ailleurs les clients apportant leurs propres coupes de tissu.
Nous ne pouvons donc que vous recommander d'aller jeter un œil à ce produit par simple curiosité ou afin de discuter concrètement avec Beppe de tout ce qu'il est possible de réaliser.
Profilo Italiano
115, rue du Cherche Midi
75006 Paris
Drake's S/S 2015 Lookbook by Akira Sorimachi
Source: Drake's
Interview with Adriano Dirnelli, menswear blogger and connoisseur
We are proud to present to you an interview with Adriano Dirnelli, founder of the blog Dirnelli and contributing editor on Parisian Gentleman, menswear enthusiast and bespoke connoisseur.
Lire l'interview en française: ICI
FTDF: When did you become interested in tailored clothing?
Dirnelli: It all really started when I realized the importance of how we dress. It influences how you are perceived by others, but also how you perceive yourself. When I started my own company 12 years ago (I do have a job other than being a #menswear blogger) I had to meet and convince clients, I realized that confidence – that we necessarily convey to others – was very much related to clothing. Actually, when you wear a nice suit which fits you well you feel more confident. It is as if nothing could happen to you and therefore you are more likely to attract clients and land new business.
That's when I started to be really keen on menswear, in an analytical, almost scientific way, because let's face it, like any good blogger I am obsessive and kind of a geek when it comes to it. Dressing The Man by Alan Flusser was very enlightening and influential. It taught me most of what I know on the matter and I still refer to it on a regular basis. I recommend it to all readers.
FTDF: Did the internet play any part in your learning process?
Dirnelli: As surprising as it may sound I only came to it later, reading good blogs like yours and Parisian Gentleman as well as forums such as Styleforum.
The great thing with the internet is that it allows all members of the #menswear community to quickly get to know each other. It makes you feel a lot better to know that you are not alone when you are surrounded daily by poorly dressed people who are suspicious of any man interested in clothing and style. If I remember correctly, Michael Alden once assessed that only 20 000 people in the World were interested in Bespoke Tailoring. Well, thanks to the internet we all get to know each other by names!
Ebay also played a great part in my learning process. It gave me the opportunity to buy and test many suits, new or vintage from lots of different tailors and renowned RTW makers. I had a crazy period when I thrifted almost every bespoke garment that was on Ebay. Internet has allowed me to easily acquire an impressive wardrobe for only a fraction of the price.
However, thank you God, my period of bulimic buying is behind me, I have finally calmed down, much to the relief of my wife. Nowadays brands offer me to test their garments because not every blogger has such an impressive wardrobe at home in order to make comparisons!
FTDF: Do you give much importance to rules when it comes to dressing?
Dirnelli: Rules are an essential starting point. It is crucial to know them at first. They are like a safety net for beginners. If you respect them you are almost sure to be properly dressed and at the very least much better than average.
Of course once you know them all, they become a straightjacket and are not as relevant. This is when you need to go beyond the rules, to explore new territories and to adapt them to your liking so you can develop your personal style and find the right balance. Copy first then create. Cover the basics before you go further.
It must also be said that when it comes to dressing, theory is one thing and practice is another. Regarding pattern mixing for instance: you can carefully follow the theory and still fail completely in practice. This is the magic of the art of dressing well somehow! Sometimes stepping out of the theory leads to something very relevant in practice, you don't even know how it worked. These are the most enjoyable moments of the daily sartorial adventure of deciding your outfit of the day! I recently managed to associate lavender and beige in an outfit although it should not be possible but it ultimately worked well because the dominant colors of the outfit were light gray, navy and sky blue which are the three great pillars of menswear colorimetry. I could write pages on the matter…
FTDF: What do you think of Parisian tailors?
Dirnelli: I have great respect for Camps De Luca and Cifonelli and given my experience, I believe I can confidently say that Parisian tailors are among the best in the world, if not the best. They do not yet have the worldwide recognition they deserve on the internet because they are ignored by most Anglo-American blogs and forums. These IGents tend to focus only on what they know or what they think they know, namely Savile Row. Americans have also developed a particular taste for Italian tailoring in recent years so that Neapolitan tailors are now over-represented on the internet unlike French tailors who most of the time remain unsung heroes.
That is why I try, through my own English written blog, to put to the fore the savoir-faire of French tailors and French craftsmen. The quality of their work, their accuracy, their effort and their attention to detail are unmatched by Savile Row and Italian tailors. It is not even close.
It is also refreshing to see that the "French school" of tailoring has given birth to a new generation of tailors, foreigners, such as Kenjiro Suzuki for instance, who come to Paris to master or develop their craft.
French tailoring is often criticized for its classicism or conservatism but I am appalled by this criticism. As far as tailoring is concerned I believe that being classic is a good thing. Classic does not mean rigid. This new generation of bespoke customers which swoons over the Drape Cut of Anderson & Sheppard or the shoulder line of a Rubinacci should be reminded that Claude François danced in Camps De Luca.
FTDF: The Cifonelli silhouette was deemed too feminine by Yukio Akamine. What is your view on this?
Dirnelli: I would start by reminding our readers that Cifonelli has a unique history like no other Parisian tailor. Thus it would be wrong to consider Cifo' as a typical French tailor. Cifonelli happens to be based in Paris but it does not stand for the French school of tailoring. It is rather a mix of influences from Rome, Paris and London. Cifonelli is the only tailor in Paris where everything is still measured in inches, because Lorenzo and Massimo's grandfather had been trained in Savile Row before returning to Italy. That's why Cifonelli stands apart; its cut is a blend of attributes of multiple backgrounds which create a unique style. Furthermore, it is one of the most innovative tailors in terms of designs. They are always looking to improve the cut and as I said before their attention to details is second to none. Looking at their work and garments it cannot be said that French tailors are conservative.
I don't think for a second that their cut and the one of French tailors in general can be considered too feminine. Quite the contrary, with ropped and fairly broad shoulders and a defined chest accentuated by a nipped waist, the French cut is prototypically masculine. Come on, do not force me to speak ill of Savile Row… I still prefer the Italians, and I note with an amused smile that nowadays Chittleborough & Morgan seems to be really inspired by some elements of the Parisian bespoke style. Even Simon Crompton of Permanent Style, the advocate of the Row seems to have rediscovered Parisian bespoke tailoring recently.
FTDF: Why do French tailors suffer from this reputation of boring classicism? Why are they so underrated?
Dirnelli: As I said earlier the accusation of classicism is unfounded and unfair. It is also due to a lack of marketing skills. I like to say that the French have the savoir-faire, the expertise but unlike the Americans they don't know how to sell it. The famous Parisian lapel known as the "fish mouth lapel" actually refers to a distant past. Parisian style is supposedly blamed for having remained immobile and unfazed by modernity. However, I recently looked at a Hart Shaffner & Marx ad from the 1920's featuring a fish mouth lapel similar to the one used today by Smalto. It is very rare to see such a lapel on a jacket nowadays, it has almost become avant-garde. When I wear a fish mouth lapel these days I know that I am wearing something that is quite unknown to most men under forty. Besides, when I cross the path of a man wearing a suit with such a lapel, it immediately catches my eye because it is quite uncommon these days. But it will come back in style, everything does eventually. I'm either old fashioned or avant-garde. Menswear is a spinning wheel that never stops.
Parisian tailors may also be overlooked because of their particularly high price tags. Their lack of marketing skills also explains it. The battle for market shares is now played on the internet, that's where their future customers are. If French tailors had more American customers maybe they would gain a wider recognition around the World. Lorenzo Cifonelli frequently travels to the United States but Marc De Luca has never held a trunk show there.
Lastly, I notice with despair that Parisian tailors act as if they were "Gallic tribes"; they know little about each other and do not seem to want to gather their forces in order to protect their craft, unlike the English who founded an association on the Row to defend their common interests against the usurpers of some big RTW brands. Nowadays, the customers of French Bespoke tailors are either in Russia, China or the Gulf, but no longer in France, alas. With our declining GDP, we can no longer afford to pay the ever higher prices of a bespoke suit in Paris; unfortunately I believe that these prices have not yet peaked. I bet that despite the stratospheric prices of Camps or Cifo bespoke today, in ten years we will look back at the current prices with nostalgia, the good old days when Parisian bespoke was still affordable…
FTDF: Let's talk about your blog. How did you get the idea of creating it? What do you get from it?
Dirnelli: I thought about keeping a blog when I began accumulating a lot of suits. I said to myself: "How will I remember if this outfit works or not?" What is the point of having lots of clothes if you always end up wearing the same uniform? I wanted to push myself to experiment and to learn from the process.
Therefore, I told myself that I would take a picture of what I wore each day. Then I would know which garments would work well together, which outfit would work and it would stop me from always automatically pairing the same pants with the same shirt, etc. With 200 suits, and as many shirts and ties in my wardrobe, I challenged myself to never wear the same outfit twice. But how could I remember if I didn't keep track? Hence my blog, which at first was meant to be purely personal. However much to my surprise, it quickly gained followers, mostly bespoke enthusiasts and igents from all over the world. I honestly never thought I would have any success doing this. I have now people from around the world asking me for advice on how to dress, what to buy, etc. It is pretty fun.
Keeping this blog has enabled me to refine and develop my personal style and to learn more about my tastes. There is nothing better than seeing your outfit caught on camera in order to analyze what worked and what didn't. Mark my words, it teaches you humility. Readers often show you no mercy when they let you know what they think. I thought and wore some outfits only because I knew I was going to photograph them. For instance, I've had the white linen suit I wore last Pitti for almost a year in my wardrobe. I didn't know when I would have the opportunity to wear it. In front of all the best street style photographers of the world in Firenze a few weeks ago, it seemed quite right (laughs)…
On a more serious note, keeping this sartorial blog requires more than just preparing your daily outfit. Readers who have been following me from the start tell me that my style has greatly improved over the last two years. It is down to the discipline and effort I put in keeping this blog. When I started it I would never wear a pocket square. The blog has pushed me to try wearing one in order to figure out what I liked and disliked about this accessory. It is now part of my style even though I used to be against pocket squares a couple of years back. The same thing can be said about patterns; I am much less conservative than I was initially. It also made me figure that when you wear a flamboyant garment or accessory you need to tone it down with a plain one in order to create balance.
Neither dandy nor conservative, that's my motto. But my personal style is constantly evolving and impacted by the inspiring outfits which I get to see on various blogs. Some guys, especially in Scandinavia (who knew?), just have an amazing sense of style. Thanks to the internet we get to see it.
FTDF: You are known for being a bespoke enthusiast but you are also quite keen on RTW. It is quite uncommon since it is usually one way or the other. Did you have this open minded approach to clothing from the start or was it something you developed overtime?
Dirnelli: I have always despised guys who proudly wore a hideous big watch simply because it was the most expensive around. Expensive does not necessarily equal to beautiful. Lesser known brands can offer a beautiful product, with a very good value for money, you need taste and education to get it. My motto is "best for less". Any guy can dress well if he has the money (sort of)… However dressing well on a budget requires dedication and creativity. Finding the three hundred dollar watch which seems to be worth three thousands, that's the challenge. It takes time and requires taste. It is an uphill battle but it is loads of fun.
I have the deepest sympathy and respect for those in menswear who seek the best balance between looks and spending. I am not even talking about worth; I am not talking about quality; quality of manufacture is something else. You may be surprised but I don't care much about that. Paraphrasing Alan Flusser's philosophy, I have often written on my blog that a well-fitting RTW fused suit is always better than an ill-fitting bespoke suit. The most expensive brands do not necessarily offer the best silhouette. You must be able to recognize a beautiful silhouette regardless of the price.
That is why my interest in clothes goes well beyond bespoke tailoring. I am interested in most brands, even the most basic RTW ones as long as they offer something that I find relevant style-wise. I own some beautiful garments that cost me almost nothing and I also own a few expensive garments which are not up to par. One needs to be honest and lucid about this. Some customers are sometimes completely blinded by the price they paid. They go to great lengths to persuade themselves that their jacket is well cut because it cost them an arm and a leg…
I often debate on the matter with fellow IGents and #menswear bloggers. Some consider that a very expensive bespoke garment with imperfections is the ultimate chic because it is a testament to the handwork, it adds to its uniqueness. I strongly disagree. I actually own an Italian bespoke suit cut by a House which I will not name that has a pocket higher than the other. When I think about how much it cost me, such an approximation makes me mad… Neapolitans sell it with a lot of charm, but at least French tailors are less dubious when such things happen.
FTDF: Don't you regret that you open mindedness isn't shared by all? Don't you think that the bespoke community is a bit exclusive?
Dirnelli: I don't know if I can be said to be open minded when I obsess so much about details, but thanks anyway. I'm very open when it comes to comparing the pros and cons of bespoke and RTW. I see merit in both and I think that paradoxically MTM or more precisely what we call in France "Demi mesure" is usually the most disappointing offer; I could prove it almost scientifically if I were given the time. I subscribe to the idea that a suit should never outshine the man who wears it. I don't believe in peacocking. Clothes should only be a reflection of who you are, they are the frame of the picture that is you.
When you have a genuine interest in menswear, you tend go beyond the superficiality of garments. Dressing well raises deep issues such as self-respect, respect of others, appearance standards in society, etc. Behind a façade of futility, the way one dresses is much deeper than we might think. Thanks to menswear, I often make great and fascinating encounters with very genuine people.
FTDF: What do you think of menswear in Paris?
Dirnelli: In Paris we tend to be too influenced by fashion. The rules of classic menswear which are the roots of the timeless style we all aim for are too often overlooked here. That is not the case in England and Italy for instance. Scandinavians and Japanese have a lot more style than we do. When you see them at Pitti, they are in a league of their own. I am not talking about dandyism or exuberance. I am talking about classic business clothes. That is the heart of the matter. In France we could greatly improve. It might be a shocking thing to say but a Spanish or a Greek sharp dresser seem to have more style than a French one these days. Many countries have upped their elegance standards in the last few years while we seem to keep going backwards.
In France we tend to be narrow-minded when it comes to clothing. For instance, if I wear a very classic navy double breasted suit to a business meeting in Paris it may draw attention. Even though it doesn't fall in the eccentric category by any means it is already too bold for the Parisian business world which considers that black is a beautiful color for a business suit…
FTDF: How do you rate the selection of suits available to Parisian men?
Dirnelli: Don't get me wrong; between the tailors and the different shops we have here, it is possible to dress well. It is definitely not Italy with its many retailers. The main problem in Paris is the chronic incompetence of the sales associates. The advice of a good salesman can be crucial when elegance is concerned. Trained and knowledgeable salesmen could very well be the cure for most Parisian men.
Take the Armoury for instance; what they are doing in Hong Kong and now in New York is amazing. Even if you've never set foot in their shop you can still feel their passion and their love for good products from a thousand miles away even though they are "just retailers". Hats off to them, their endeavor should inspire many retailers especially here in Paris.
FTDF: What are the trends that get on your nerves? Which ones do you subscribe to?
Dirnelli: I currently hate the flipped on purpose shirt collar trend. I have seen many guys do it in Firenze… Guys, you need to stop doing that A.S.A.P.
Some trends can annoy you at first but then you finally understand and accept them: wearing the narrower blade of your tie longer than the larger blade for instance. It does work well with knit ties. I was skeptical at first of wearing a button down shirt with the collar unbuttoned like Agnelli, but it sometimes works very well in the right context.
I used to find patched pockets irrelevant on most garments but I have now learned to like them on some jackets.
However, I cannot see a business suit worn well with sneakers. It does not work as far I am concerned. The super tight, super short silhouette where the jacket sleeve fits like a diving suit does not get my vote either.
When you are genuinely interested in classic menswear, you tend to quickly realize that certain rules must not be bent too much in order to maintain a balanced silhouette. When you go too far, your suits immediately becomes associated to a period. Nevertheless, it is sometimes interesting to wear clothes that are in fashion. Sometimes I buy a jacket and I think to myself: "I like it now, we will see if I still do in five years." You need diversity in your wardrobe in order to have garments which suit your different moods.
FTDF: How important is it to know a good alteration tailor?
Dirnelli: It is crucial indeed. Just for the record I've lost more than 40 pounds since I've started the blog two years ago. Having spent as much as I have on my wardrobe you can easily imagine the consequences I was facing. Finding a good alteration tailor was a necessity for me otherwise I would have had to start from scratch… However, readers should be aware that alteration tailors aren't really used to deal with precise and uncompromising customers. It is actually quite difficult to find one with genuine tailoring skills. But now that I have, I sometimes get results from alterations that satisfy me more than what I get when commissioning a bespoke garment. Of course this process takes quite a lot of time, you have to develop a strong relationship with your alteration tailor because one alteration sometimes needs to be corrected several times in order to get the result you want. You guessed it, I'm their worst nightmare! One should take into account that alteration tailors regardless of their skills are not stylists, you need to affirm your taste and be aware of what kind of alteration can be made on each garment in order to guide them and get the fit that you want in the end. Lastly, do not be fazed by the reluctance they can express from time to time.
FTDF: Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give to the young Dirnelli?
Dirnelli: Watch your weight and your diet. When you are slim, clothes instantly look a lot better. It took me two years to fix twenty years of excess. Given all the money I have invested in buying clothes it was really worth it. My clothes now fit me better than ever.
I would avoid accumulating as many clothes. Although it has allowed me to discover and put to the test many makers and brands if I were to do it again, I would avoid reckless spending. Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.
Lastly, I would get interested in wearing odd jackets a lot sooner. Indeed, you can quickly master the art of wearing a suit with its range of colors and few patterns. However wearing odd jackets is a much more complicated endeavor. It may be the work of a lifetime. Actually, only a few people do it well. But on the evening, on the weekends or on vacations it is often appropriate to wear an odd jacket… that is why you need to learn how to wear it.
We thank Adriano Dirnelli for his kindness, his sense of humor and his time.
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The more I've seen of the film, the more I'm crossing my fingers (even the disturbingly broken ones) that Universal has pulled off a stylish and freaky remake of "The Wolfman." Benecio Del Toro approached this as a passion project, and I love that it's a no-joke Monster Kid wearing Rick Baker's make-up in this one. I still wish I could have seen what Mark Romanek would have done with the material, but considering when Joe Johnston stepped into the process, this sort of is Romanek's film. He made a lot of the big choices that will influence what you see onscreen a week from Friday.
Toshi's become a big fan of the original Universal "The Wolfman" in the last few months. It started when his godfather gave him a series of monster books, each one highlighting a different classic monster. He's had me reading them to him at bedtime almost non-stop, and he's particularly drawn to the plight of "Lorren Tablet," as played by Lon Chaney Jr. I get it. There's something heartbreaking about a monster who doesn't want to be a monster, and if this new film gets that part of it right, that'll go a long way towards making the film work. Lawrence Talbot always resonated for me as a kid, and it's interesting to see that my little budding film nerd feels the same way. It'll be a looooooong time before he ever lays eyes on this new film, of course, since it's an R-rated take on the material, but for now, he's happy to watch the final fight from "Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman" over and over, cheering as he does so.
In the meantime, we've got seven new clips from the film to hold you over. Yeah, that's right. I said seven. That's a big chunk of movie to check out, and Universal's pulling out all the stops to see if they can be the film to finally push "Avatar" off its number one perch. I have no idea what order these fall in the film chronologically, but let's start with the clips that mainly emphasize Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) in his human form.
First, there's this quiet moment in which he warns Gwen (Emily Blunt) that she needs to leave for her own safety:
Next, we see Lawrence and his father Sir John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins) the morning after a rampage, as Lawrence realizes what's occurred:
Now, maybe it's just me, but I have a feeling making out with Emily Blunt would make me more likely to turn into a big Tex Avery-style wolf, not less likely:
In this clip, some villagers come a-calling, and Sir John steps in to help his son:
Okay, you ready for some monster footage? This is, after all, a monster movie. So first, let's see a bit of the transformation. And by a bit, I really mean just a tease:
And then how about a wee bit of his London rampage?
Holy cow, that looked like a Wolfman!
Finally, let's wrap it up with Emily Blunt, begging a gypsy woman for help, because this wouldn't be a "Wolfman" movie if it didn't have some gypsy women in it:
She's beautiful, and she's helpful. That Emily Blunt's quite the catch.
Expect more coverage of the movie next week, including my review, and then you'll be able to check it out for yourself when "The Wolfman" arrives in theaters on February 12th. Just in time for Valentine's Day, because nothing says "I love you" like a silver bullet.
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We are less than a week away from the sport's next big event, as eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight crown against Timothy Bradley this coming Saturday, June 9th, inside of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
An undefeated champion himself at 140 pounds, Bradley seems to have a fearless mindset with his move up in weight in pursuit of dethroning one of the sport's premier fighters. And despite being a clear underdog, there has been a special kind of aura coming from Bradley's camp down in Indio, California for the past few months.
After speaking with Bradley's trainer Joel Diaz late Saturday night, he seemed eager to close shop and move their operation to Las Vegas in the coming days.
"Everything's positive," Diaz would state. "I feel very positive, especially after closing camp [on Saturday]. With his performance, I have no doubt and my confidence is really, really high. He closed camp really strong overall. Three different sparring guys. He closed the last round like it was the first."
Bradley's last sparring session saw him in with undefeated lightweight Luis Ramos Jr., Sinaloa's Marvin Quintero, and former champion Julio Diaz. Diaz expects Bradley to have a light workout in Indio early Monday before the team makes the trek to Las Vegas later that afternoon.
Bradley will hit the main lobby of the MGM Grand on Tuesday around Noon for his grand arrival to Las Vegas and while in the city, Diaz will look to keep his charge sharp with some modest workouts at the Top Rank Gym as fight week creeps closer.
Diaz has been keeping up the recent 24/7 Pacquiao-Bradley showcases on HBO and admits that the exposure is a definite benefit.
"It's a great experience," Diaz continued. "People are getting to know Tim Bradley as a person, not just as a fighter. People, they start giving you a little more credit. When they don't know you as a person, they just see you as a fighter."
The reception from fans was even more evident last night, according to Diaz.
On the undercard of the Showtime-televised Antonio Tarver-Lateef Kayode bout at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Diaz led undefeated junior welterweight prospect Omar Figueroa into battle as he stopped Tyler Ziolkowski in one round.
And while perhaps being a bit of an unknown commodity prior, Diaz can now appreciate the fact that he is gaining a level of respect for his many years in the trenches with Bradley.
"Just walking out of the arena and getting all those positive comments from people watching 24/7," stated Diaz. "Getting to know Tim, getting to know me, and you know it's good. People see you different. They sort of pay more attention to what you do and they realize the kind of work you do."
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Bradley's DOME will impact this fight!!! To the cards due to a head butting extravaganza!!!Comment by mathed on 06-04-2012
[QUOTE=doper209;12203877]lol might as well start making that thread[/QUOTE] I'll think about that on Sunday, the 10th...I'm pretty sure I won't be losing any sleep over a Bradley KO.....Pac isn't going to have a walk in the park.Comment by doper209 on 06-04-2012
[QUOTE=mathed;12203864]Which ever makes you feel better. We'll see next week...if Bradley gets crushed, I'll make a thread in honor of Pac's untouchable greatness. I Bradley makes Pac look like ish...well, I'll leave that up to YOU guys. :beerchug:[/QUOTE] lol might…Comment by mathed on 06-04-2012
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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly hotel with restaurant and outdoor pool
Located in a shopping district, this family-friendly hotel is within 9 mi (15 km) of Perry's Bridge Reptile Park, Elephant Whispers, and Hazyview Elephant Sanctuary. Hazyview Elephant Sanctuary and Shangana Cultural Village are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Each day guests can enjoy a complimentary manager's reception. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
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ICMA-RC Investment company Hard to get your money. 30% with-holdings Need no other signature to join, but to withdraw I need eviction notice notarized. Internet
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I have an appeal with workmen comp. I have $869.00 in a 401k. I applied for a hardship disbursement of my money 'cause bills started piling up. THEY told me I need an Eviction notice that is notarized from my landlady. I explained that I could pay the rent or food and other bills. I did not need a co-signer to join but when I need the money...a ripoff. I told them my deposition for workmen comp was in May, and by then I'll probably be homeless. These are heartless people.
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preg_replace_callback() function. Quickly moving the function out and passing the callback function name as a sting (e.g. 'TAGS_callback') seemed to work but there are lots of calls to
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It's been a week since I've been able to upload images to my blog. Everytime I upload an image or any other type I get an HTTP error in the uploader. I haven't had much luck using the browser uploader because everytime I do, it comes up as page not found. I've looked everywhere for a solution and so far I haven't had any luck. Some of the procedures that I did was creating a .htaccess file, deactivated all plugins, and reinstalled wordpress. After all that it still doesn't work. The weird part is it was working for me perfectly last weekend but I'm not sure if I might of upgraded a plugin through WordPress Automatic Updater built in 2.7 that might of broke the media uploader.
I do have Adobe Flash Player 10 and I did read around and it says that its incompatible with WP 2.7. Could this be my problem?


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Synonyms of puritan in English:
today's puritans impede frank talk about sexuality
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In my humble opinion, aikido is meant for dealing with people that we don't want to hurt. It's great for dealing with Grandpa when he's off his meds and gets violent. It's great for dealing with Uncle Larry when he's drunk. It's great for dealing with a sixteen year old kid who hasn't seen enough injury and death to know how stupid his actions are. With enough practice, aikido gets both parties home alive without injury.
In my albeit limited experience, aikido sensei ask us
to do everything we've been doing all our lives. I knew how to slap the dogs**t out of somebody long before my first tae kwon do class, but I had to work really hard for a long time to learn how to enter without fear.
Well said. While I understand the idea of learning how to impose control on people by learning proper striking form or how to deal with a tight-muscled attacker (ie-compared with the often ultra relaxed attacks we often see in Aikido), my experience is that it's not so hard to knock the dogs**t out of someone (I haven't heard it said that way in quite some time; ah to reminisce!). The difficulty comes with trying to out-coordinate your attacker...if that makes sense.
In my mind, the different martial arts aren't tools for fighting (ie- resolving a conflict with a desired result) as much as they are tools for learning how to fight and in that sense, having a good teacher is more important than having the right tool (being that these particular tools share many of the same properties and uses). To get a little pedantic, comparing different arts isn't like simply comparing hammers and screwdrivers, unless you're talking about prying something apart (ie-flathead vs the claw end of a hammer). Both can do it, but knowing how to use your own particular tool of choice is far more crucial than having the "right" tool. In the same sense, we're all just learning how to use the same form (ie-body and mind) with precision and potency. Having the right guide is what's important...and the quality of that will vary in every art and is relative to each individual student's learning style. One teacher can be perfect for one student but not another; same thing goes for the form/art itself.
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It's tea time! The 52ND annual Archbold Auxiliary Tea will be held at the Spring Creek Farms and the entire facility has been opened up for tours. This event is free and open to the public with donations accepted. Proceeds from this year's Tea will be designated for the resource center in the new Lewis Hall Singletary Oncology Center.
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The widespread selling of shares, resulting in falling prices.
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If you're thinking about a career in law but haven't landed one of your top-choice university places, now is not the time to stop pursuing your dream job. According to recruitment firm High Flyers, the median starting salary for a graduate joining a law firm last year was £38,000 and leading law firms are now offering a quarter more than they did before the recession hit in 2008.
So if you have applied for a law degree but missed out, it is definitely worth looking into Clearing to land your place. Ucas figures show that more than 50,000 students found a place at university after going through Clearing last year – including on law degrees – so no matter how disappointed you are right now, there's every chance you'll be at university come September.
The University of Law (ULaw), the UK's leading professional law school, has trained more lawyers than any other law school and has a number of places available through Clearing. Imogen Burton, Director of Business Development at ULaw, says: "The number of places will depend on the quality of the applicants, so call the admissions team to check this out."
The general entry requirement for all ULaw degrees is three A-levels at grades ABB (320 Ucas points), but all applicants are judged on a case-by-case basis.
The University has a range of law courses available and students can study in one of seven centres across the UK (London Bloomsbury, Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, Manchester and York).
ULaw also offers a two-year accelerated LL.B, enabling graduates to enter the jobs market a year early. The two-year course costs £9,000 a year and the traditional three-year course £6,000 a year. The two-year LL.B is offered at all seven national centres, while the three-year LL.B is based in London Bloomsbury.
So why choose the University of Law? Unlike many other law schools, ULaw offers a clear pathway to develop the practical skills that lead to employment. "We have a track record of strong employment prospects for our students," says Burton. "Eighty-nine percent of our postgraduate LPC graduates get training contracts or other legal work within a few months of graduation."
ULaw also has exclusive training arrangements with more than 30 major law firms, including three of the world's largest. So if you are looking for a career in law via Clearing, ULaw should be your first call.
Students looking to apply to ULaw through Clearing should call the admissions team on 0800 0680 053. International students should dial: + 44 1483 216024.
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gunbroker.com Opened an account and was charged a fee for no apparent reason. I have been trying to close this account and stop additional charges, but with no response! Internet
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Nazriya Nazim is the newsmaker of the week. The actress, from nowhere, hit the headlines when she announced on her Facebook account that she filed a case against the makers of Naiyaandi for using a body double without her permission. On Tuesday (October 8), the story took an ugly turn with her meeting the Chennai Police Commissioner and making shocking allegations against the director. But the entire drama has raised doubts over the controversial episode and made people to wonder whether it is a publicity stunt.
The actress has maintained a clean image all these years. If we trace back her history, we'll not find a single cheap incident in her career. This factor made people to believe her what she was saying in the beginning. But when they came to know about which sequence she was talking about, it surprised many because the scene was neither vulgar nor there was something to worry about. It was a sequnce where hero touches the navel of the heroine.
According to Nazriya Nazim, she was not part of the scene and director Sarkunam shot the scene with a body double. She had refused to act the scene, since she was not comfortable doing it and it was not in the best interest of her family and community. Continue reading the story on the slideshow...


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AUSTIN, Texas (Texas Media Collective) - Late this past Friday, the Texas Senate voted 19-11 for harsh anti-abortion measures that include a 20-week ban on abortions, with no exemptions for rape or incest.
The vote came after Republicans shot down 20 amendments, offered by such Democratic state senators as filibuster star Wendy Davis, Kirk Watson, and Rodney Ellis, that in the main focused on women's health issues. Republican Gov. Rick Perry is expected to sign the bill quickly into law.
The law will allow abortions only in state-of-the-art surgical centers, limit where and when women may take abortion-inducing pills, and ban abortions after 20 weeks.
Out of the state's 47 abortion clinics, only five reportedly meet the new requirements to remain open. The 47 clinics provide wellness visits, cancer screenings, sex education, birth control, and abortions.
During the final debate, Sen. Ellis pointed out that the State of Texas, run by Republicans, turned down a large sum of Obamacare health funding. "Supposedly, your abortion bill is about quality of care of women, but then you turn down that much money, that would be a third of our current budget," he said.
In a state Capitol where gun wearing is allowed for licensed owners, visitors wanting to watch the final Senate debate had their bags searched by security guards who removed anything remotely throwable - including tampons.
Guards viewed the tampons as possible projectiles, although how much damage a tampon could do thrown from the gallery is debatable. Guards stopped the tampon seizures once visitors, by way of sarcastic tweets and online postings, alerted the public.
Down on the Senate floor, more serious matters prevailed. Sen. Watson called the anti-abortion bill a "poster child for Big Government regulation." He said, "Let's be honest what this bill is about. It's bogus. Its true agenda ... is to reduce access to safe and legal abortion procedures ... It's a power grab."
Republican Sen. Dan Patrick claimed during the debate, "I listen to the word of God in this issue." After describing voting for the restrictions as the Christian thing to do, he added: "Are we a nation that stands for a Judeo-Christian ethic, or are we not?"
Fellow Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat and, like Patrick, a born-again Christian, countered, "I believe you've crossed the line. Don't question the faith of any member on this floor. It has no place in this discussion."
Lisa, an activist who attended much of the session, commented, "What someone does with their own body is extremely personal. Why do we want to criminalize women on top of everything else they must decide? These laws will not stop abortions in Texas or anywhere else; they will only make them unsafe."
Lisa happens to be Jewish. She said, "I feel that the government shouldn't be able to put their religious beliefs in my health care. They are imposing their faith on me to the point that they'll make me a criminal if I don't act the way they want on this ... Now women are having to decide if they're going to break the law or not."
A young Latina who lives in Central Texas, and didn't want her name used, attended one of the hearings leading up to the final vote.
She had never before been in the Senate chambers. "I had no idea what to expect," she said. "It upset me, watching them vote on something they shouldn't use the law for. I have family in the Valley [the Rio Grande valley at the southernmost tip of Texas], so this definitely affects them ... driving all day to get to someplace that'll treat a woman with dignity. These Republicans, they don't think they have to live by the rules on making honest money ... but we've got to live by their rules on religion and sex, stuff like that. It's crazy."
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HttpResponse._get_content is broken for iterables (HttpResponse._is_string = False)
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Passing an iterable to HttpResponse(), the iterable gets iterated over and joined once for EVERY call to _get_content. Quite a bit of middleware, including django's own Common middleware, accesses response.content, so this gotcha hits just about everyone who passes an iterator to HttpResponse.
The attached patch simply converts the iterable to a string and caches it on the first call to _get_content (by converting the response from an iterable response to a string response.) If you go to all the trouble to convert the iterable to a string, there's no point doing it again and again.
However, if you want to do any streaming, you must set USE_ETAGS = False in your settings, and avoid any 3rd party middleware that acceses response.content. That is you can have streaming, or you can have etags, but not both unless you do your own etags. Not a big deal, but gets to be really annoying if you have more middleware doing stuff with .content. There should really be a way mark an HttpResponse as DO NOT CALL .content UNDER PAIN OF DEATH... (and make _get_content raise an exception in this case) but I leave that as a problem for someone else.
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A bed is an important purchase, especially when you consider that the average person spends about a third of his or her entire life in bed. Choosing the right bed is vital in terms of comfort and aesthetics; this is why many people are deciding to buy faux leather beds these days.
With so much choice when it comes to leather beds, it can be difficult to know which the best one for you is. The type of bed you buy will depend on a number of considerations including personal preferences, budget, and level of comfort required. Faux leather beds are available in a range of sizes and look fantastic, making them ideal for any home.
What is Faux Leather? Faux leather is a popular alternative to genuine leather. There are many forms of faux leather available. We have explained these various types in brief at PU, PVC, Bonded, Faux and Imitation Leather Explained. The great thing about cheap faux leather is that it is inexpensive, yet looks fantastic. This is what makes it the perfect choice for those who want the luxurious feel without having to spend a small fortune. It's always a good idea to take a look at our Faux Leather VS Real Leather Pros and Cons guide, if you're undecided on what suits your needs best.
At BedSOS, we have a fantastic range of leather beds guaranteed to look fantastic in your home. Whether you are looking for a single bed for a guest room or a king size bed for your bedroom, we have the perfect style to suit.
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I have had to call customer service numerous time so I know how they try to BS you to get you off the phone. So I asked how will it fall off in 72 hours. It is not pending authorization, it is showing settled. Which means the ATM bank has the money. Which I dont understand since I received the declined slip. He advised that it was showing pending on his end and it should be back on my card in 72 hours. That did not happen and when I called back was advised that it was settled and had to file a dispute.
Which meant I had to fax them a signed letter requesting a dispute and it takes 60 - 90 days to settle a dispute. I was advised that someone from the dispute department would call me in 48 hours. That did not happen. I called again. BTW I have called them 6 times at this point at 95 cents per call. The CSR advised me that it was received on 12/13 but did not go to dispute department until 12/15 and it will be 60 - 90 after sent to dispute department. I am unemployed and $80 is alot of money right now in my life. I asked to speak to a manager.
The manger got on the phone and just LIED. She first advised that the fax was not received. I called her a lie and informed her what the CSR infomed me. She told me I must have heard her wrong. After some unpleasant dialogue back and forth she put me on hold and came back to tell me that in fact it was received on 12/15. Still a lie. Bottom line is my money is being used by somebody else other than me for 60 more BUSINESS DAYS after 12/15. HOPEFULLY. I will call back tomorrow and find out where they are with the dispute.
I will call the ATM bank to see if they have received anything from Wired PLASTIC. This is one of many complaints. As soon as I receive my money I will no longer use them....enough is enoughOne more thing the CSRs are located in India and you can barely understand what they are saying. The majority of the conversation is spent with me asking the person on the phone to repeat. Sometimes if you asked for a manager you might get an American speaking person. I beleive the call center is in India.
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Crossword-solving computer program WebCrow has defeated 25 human competitors in a puzzle competition in Riva del Garda, Italy.
Crossword-solving computer program WebCrow has defeated 25 human competitors in a puzzle competition in Riva del Garda, Italy.
Researchers at the University of South Florida say they plan to conduct a study on the psychosocial effects of Internet social networks on youth.
Dulles, Va., software company AOL has released a beta version of its OpenRide broadband client.
Redmond, Wash., software giant Microsoft announced it would use AMD's virtualization technology for an upcoming service pack.
Australians are living longer but a new study shows that disability rates are rising among the aged.
The British journal Nature plans changes to an article that described a method of creating embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryos.
Public health officials in Massachusetts are being criticized after the death of a 9-year-old boy from mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis.
Bipolar disorder causes twice as much lost time on the job as does the far more prevalent depressive disorder, a study found.
About 25 per cent of us will experience the effects of anxiety disorders at some point in our lives, with sometimes dire repercussions for friends, family and our own well-being. Yet little is known about the molecular mechanisms ...
TDK, a world leader in digital recording solutions, has reached a landmark in the development of recordable blue laser technology, achieving a groundbreaking capacity of 200GB. Surpassing existing optical media technologies ...


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