Sartorial Notes
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Sartorial Notes
4y ago
Porfirio Rubirosa.
In his biography In My Own Fashion (1987) designer Oleg Cassini writes about “the last playboy”, Porfirio Rubirosa (1909-1965). I haven’t come across a better portrait. It also tells a thing or two about Oleg Cassini himself.
Oleg Cassini on Porfirio Rubirosa:
“When I think of the man who truly embodied the spirit of those times, Porfirio Rubirosa is the one who comes to mind. He was an apotheosis, the ultimate playboy, a strange combination – one of the few Don Juans I’ve ever met who was a man’s man and a ladies’ man. Rubi was an athlete – he played polo and boxed ..read more