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" Isaac Hindin-Miller is in Europe covering the spring/summer 2014 men&amp;#039;s shows. This is the first of a series of ongoing dispatches, filed yesterday from day two of Pitti Uomo, Isaac&amp;#039;s first time in attendance at the famed trade show. The eagle has landed. I repeat, the eagle has landed. After a quick jaunt over the Atlantic aboard one of American Airlines&amp;#039; finest (not to mention a couple of express trains to central Rome and then Florence), I walked through Pitti Uomo&amp;#039;s hallowed gates for the very first time this afternoon. What a spectacle. You know how you only ever see street style photos from Pitti and you can never really tell how many people are there or how big it is? Take it from me: It&amp;#039;s like going to a basketball semifinal or an almost-famous band&amp;#039;s concert. The venue itself is vast and there are at least 5,000 people roaming about. Crazy town. I walked around for a good 45 minutes before I spotted someone I knew (my mate Lance, who&amp;#039;s over here covering Pitti for Why You Mad?!), but from then on, it was like watching a #menswear connect-the-dots happen in real life. Here was Nick Wooster; there was Richard Haines. Brian and Matt from Carson Street Clothiers sat chatting on that famed sloped ledge as Scott Schuman gave us a thumbs up, and Bruce Pask passed by dressed in vintage Prada and carrying, appropriately, a New York Times logo tote. Highlights on the clothing front included Carlos Castillo of Man 1924 (that guy nails worn-in chic like nobody I&amp;#039;ve ever seen), all the shoes at Crockett and Jones, meeting Brunello Cucinelli and his male model body double, the ties at Drakes, and the hats at Super Duper. I went nuts with a disposable camera, which I&amp;#039;ll attempt to develop tomorrow in Milan. Until then, stay tuned. Isaac Hindin-Miller is a writer living in New York. He blogs here and Instagrams here. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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