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I recall reading about some Victorian dandy who insisted on polishing his shoes with Champagne.That's not water - it's Dom Perignon.
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I recall reading about some Victorian dandy who insisted on polishing his shoes with Champagne.That's not water - it's Dom Perignon.
(bengal-stripe @ July 01 2005,05:39) That's not water - it's Dom Perignon.Quote:
I thought Lobbs was founded in the 1850s, after Brummell had died -- broke, insane and incontinent -- in a French asylum?Beau Brummell in the English Regency period.
When he ordered John Lobb boots he would insist the boots then be put out in the storefront window for about a year in order to make them look slightly aged.
Originally Posted by LabelKing,July 01 2005,13:56Quote:
Google reports that John Lobb was founded in 1849.He died penniless and insane in Caen in 1840.
He died penniless and insane in Caen in 1840.According to Wikipedia:
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Heh.Where to buy these magazines?