Richard Torregrossa is the author of Cary Grant: A Celebration of Style, and six other books. He often writes about politics, cultural issues, and other topics as seen through the lens of style for The Financial Times of London, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washingtonian, and many other publications. He is also a consulting editor for OnTheFly.com, which offers "solutions for the modern gentleman." He has just completed a new book, which is due out soon. For more information visit www.richardtorregrossa.com.

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Phat Bill and The Politics of Style

Posted April 28, 2008 | 12:05 PM (EST)


Size doesn't matter; thickness does. Just ask Bill Clinton who has suddenly started wearing fat ties with cutaway collars.

Recently, while stumping for his wife and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the former President wore a veddy British cutaway collar with a Windsor-knotted neck tie--a pointed departure from the...

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