THE CURATED LIFE
OLD SOLES: La Manual Alpargatera has been selling espadrilles in Barcelona since the 1940s.
LA MANUAL ALPARGATERA
NOËL COWARD’S verdict on the Duke of Windsor was damning: “He had the charm of the world, with nothing whatever to back it up.” Besides being harsh, that judgment is not quite accurate. Coward, a keen observer of the superficial, should have known better than to overlook the duke’s great talent: He was the standout sartorial innovator of his age.