tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post4669162375567257327..comments2024-03-28T07:52:07.647-04:00Comments on venezia blog: The Mountains of VeniceSteven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-4755701048548118552016-07-07T09:27:27.456-04:002016-07-07T09:27:27.456-04:00But if you'll excuse the generalization, the c...But if you'll excuse the generalization, the classic American look for a man over, say, 30 in a button-front shirt is a small checked shirt in some subdued color (often blue). The boxier cut and color and pattern of such shirts are distinct from any that I've seen Venetians wear. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-8645620729036175082016-07-07T09:21:58.815-04:002016-07-07T09:21:58.815-04:00I'm not sure I can explain it too much further...I'm not sure I can explain it too much further, Anon, but the difference between a Venetian and the typical North American can be pretty easy to see. For example, I'm not surprised to see a kind of typical retired Venetian man wearing red trousers with an orange shirt. Not the red and orange of the old Barnum and Bailey Circus, but the red and orange you might see in a 16th-century Venetian painting; Veronese tones, and quite pleasing together. Whereas, having just returned from the US, I think that such a color combination would only be undertaken by the most adventurous or whimsical of Americans: perhaps a certain kind of guy at a certain kind of golf and country club. North Americans can sometimes go for bold colors--a certain range of bold colors is part of the whole "preppy" aesthetic--but they aren't typically combined with the kind of Renaissance sense of painterliness to which Italian men of all classes can seem to aspire. And, generally, the average American man--whether retired or otherwise--has a pretty strong aversion to bold colors, and certainly to potentially disastrous combinations of them. But perhaps this is because, as one person suggests in the post, the light in North America is so different from that of Italy, and certain colors that might look beautiful in the latter look ugly in the former. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-19498753784412211162016-06-18T20:45:30.715-04:002016-06-18T20:45:30.715-04:00I'm intrigued by your comment that you can tel...I'm intrigued by your comment that you can tell the origin of a person in Venice by the colours they wear. Would you care to explain that further? How would you tell the difference between a Venetian and a North American visitor, for instance?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-56510267782024338972015-09-04T14:37:14.297-04:002015-09-04T14:37:14.297-04:00Thank you, Rosalind. I can understand your enthusi...Thank you, Rosalind. I can understand your enthusiasm for the area, even though I was never really a "mountain" kind of person before (I preferred the sea). We were all rather crestfallen when we had to leave, wishing we could stay at least a little longer. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-48004074962778030372015-08-31T00:55:53.435-04:002015-08-31T00:55:53.435-04:00Thank you the these interesting comments on Veniti...Thank you the these interesting comments on Venitian-ness. You raised a number of very interesting points.<br />The Ritten in particular and Südtirol in general are my absolute favorites as holiday destinations. Again I side with Sandro.Rosalindnoreply@blogger.com