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Elegance, Remembered
A Reverent Tribute to the Icons We Lost in 2025
Dec 26, 2025 • Patrick Gunn
Confessions of an Independent Filmmaker
How I Building a Film, a World, and a Philosophy for Under $1,000
Dec 11, 2025 • Patrick Gunn

November 2025

The Man Who Cannot Be Broken
Lessons From the Most Unbreakable Character in Modern Literature
Nov 27, 2025 • Patrick Gunn
Above the Clouds, Beneath Our Standards
How Air Travel Lost Its Soul
Nov 20, 2025 • Patrick Gunn
The Failed Suit
When the Sacred Garment of the 21st Century Refused to Behave
Nov 18, 2025 • Patrick Gunn
Capital Dream
The Seduction of Champagne, Chauffeurs and the Cult of the 1980s Yuppie
Nov 11, 2025 • Patrick Gunn
The Flâneur Wears Prada
Miuccia, Menswear, and the Silhouette of the Intellectual Gentleman
Nov 6, 2025 • Patrick Gunn
Modern Times, Antonioni’s Way
A trilogy of disconnection that defined the 1960s and quietly defines us still.
Nov 4, 2025 • Patrick Gunn
The Cost of Being Yourself
On Alienation, Identity, and the Lonely Art of Refinement
Nov 1, 2025 • Patrick Gunn

September 2025

Why Mid-Century Was Humanity’s Last Great Frontier
Even amid Cold War tension, discrimination, and fragility
Sep 27, 2025 • Patrick Gunn
Narrative Capital: The Secret Behind Icons
The One Asset Every Legend, Billionaire, and Cultural Giant Shares
Sep 19, 2025 • Patrick Gunn
Why You Need to Care About How You Look
It determines the reality around you
Sep 12, 2025 • Patrick Gunn
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