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A brief history of Parisian tailoring

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By Marcos Eliades and Réginald-Jérome de Mans French tailors have never enjoyed the same recognition as the English or the Italians. England became pre-eminent due to its style setters in royalty and its military preeminence post-Waterloo; t... > Read more
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