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2. Aloysius (teddy bear) - Wikipedia

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   Aloysius is Lord Sebastian Flyte's teddy bear in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, published in 1945. Aloysius is with Sebastian as he gets a "haircut" the first time the novel's protagonist, Charles Ryder, sees Sebastian at Oxford University .

3. Nudie Cohn - Wikipedia

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   Nuta Kotlyarenko (Ukrainian: Нута Котляренко; December 15, 1902 – May 9, 1984), known professionally as Nudie Cohn, was a Ukrainian-American tailor who designed decorative rhinestone-covered suits, known popularly as "Nudie Suits", and other elaborate outfits for some of the most famous celebrities of his era.

4. Peacock revolution - Wikipedia

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   Suits were commonly worn, particularly in Edwardian or continental Europe's style of tailoring, [3] [4] and in unconventional textiles including corduroy, paisley and brocade. [5] Suits also often incorporated bright colours, vivid patterns, embroidery, slim fits, large lapels, cravats , Nehru jackets , frilly shirts and kipper ties .

5. History of suits - Wikipedia

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   A few suit makers continued to make waistcoats, but these tended to be cut low and often had only four buttons. The waistline on the suit coat moved down again in the 1980s to a position well below the waist. By 1985-1986, three-piece suits were on the way out and making way for cut double-breasted and two-piece single-breasted suits.

6. Men at Arms (Waugh novel) - Wikipedia

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   Crouchback meets Brigadier Ben Ritchie-Hook, a fire eater (probably based on Lieutenant General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, a college friend of Waugh's father-in-law whom Waugh knew somewhat from his club) and Apthorpe, a very eccentric fellow officer; in an episode of high farce, the two have a battle of wits and military discipline over an ...

7. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold - Wikipedia

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   The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold is a novel by the British writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in July 1957.It is Waugh's penultimate full-length work of fiction, which the author called his "mad book"—a largely autobiographical account of a period of hallucinations caused by bromide intoxication that he experienced in the early months of 1954, recounted through his protagonist Gilbert Pinfold.