“I’m often asked for advice or an opinion about clothes, and I alway…”

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“I’m often asked for advice or an opinion about clothes, and I always try to answer the best I can, but I’m not inclined to regard myself as an authority on the subject.”

Cary Grant · 1968 · essay · GQ

The opening of his own bylined essay on men's dress.

Cary Grant, "Cary Grant on Style", GQ, Winter 1967-68; written originally for This Week magazine in the early 1960s.

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