Long before the internet, London had the "Macaroni Print Shop." In the 1770s, cartoonist Mary Darly turned the public shaming of flamboyant men into a literal industry. 

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In the mid-1960s, Giorgio Armani began a revolution by stripping the suit of its rigid history. Under Nino Cerruti’s mentorship at Hitman, he mastered a subtractive technique.

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Celebrating Billy Porter on his birthday.
The black velvet tuxedo gown Billy Porter wore to the 2019 Oscars has become one of the defining red-carpet looks of the century. 
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