Pitti Uomo 89 - A spectacular Fashion-Art composite, or How the elegant man feels like a cathedral.The most glamorous and stunner stage of man's vanity, equipped with historical decorum of centuries-old splendence dome of Brunelleschi, Fountain of Neptune and heavenly doors of Ghiberti, unconditionally and without exaggeration is Pitti Uomo in Florence. Such a pleasure of fashion and nutritious jummy is difficult to see and taste elsewhere... The alimentaria aspect of fashion ... 'Eat, pray and love' turns into 'Eat, pray and dress'. Pitti Uomo gives stage not so much of the foisted fashion trends, but it's more like a chivalrous tournament between men who is the most elegant. That's why the eyes are crossed like rapiers and the arrogance is followed by unconcealed curiosity. But the protagonist is not so the elegant man but the taste... Of course, this would be very annoying if not framing such a permissiveness of fashion manners, which brought them closer to the higher art. We remember Prada's munching hay goats, Jean Paul Gaultier with skull installation in the medical museum and Yves Saint Laurent in the Uffizi Gallery... It is dangerous to appear at this fashion event - the Russian edition of GQ even gives advice how the gentlemen should dress to go to this spectacular fashion show without worries. I was dressed in a double-breasted suit in eggplant color from my own collection Max & Moriz, produced by Richmart, a walking stick with a silver hydra head and I was sipping pinot noir from my silver goblet. I was asked by an elegant Italian who I am actually. I calmly replied: 'A monument with a budget for restoration'. Living cultural heritage.