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Dressing For Life

The bittersweet pleasure of getting my son sartorially prepared for the world

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Apr 08, 2021
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That’s my son Matthew, and yes, the shoes: I know. He is as eccentric as his father.

This afternoon I took him to my menswear shop to get him outfitted for office work. I will be leaving for Budapest next weekend, where I will work on a fellowship at the Danube Institute. Matt will join me in early May, where he will be working on an unpaid internship t…

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