The accountant who created the first book of fashion

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Very interesting article and the pictures are, imo, stunning. Well, maybe not the one of Matthaeus Schwarz without clothes!

... in an extraordinary undertaking spanning 40 years a style-obsessed accountant from Augsburg in Germany recorded in detail what he wore, creating what historians now think is the world's first fashion book.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22766029.
 

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Fascinating article.
 
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