Dandies

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Famous journalist and author Gay Talese confesses his love of tailored suits and expensive shoes in a video for Men.Style.Com's Style Sages series. Sample soundbite: "These shoes cost me about $2,800. These shoes. $2,800 for these stupid shoes. But they're beautiful." [Men.Style.com via Kottke]