"WE MUST DESTROY ALL PASSÉIST CLOTHES, and everything about them which is tight-fitting, colourless, funereal, decadent, boring and unhygienic. As far as materials are concerned, we must abolish: wishywashy, pretty-pretty, gloomy, and neutral colours, along with patterns composed of lines, checks and spots."
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(Manuscript, 1913); as quoted at dekorera.tumblr: Futurist manifesto of men's clothing
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Giacomo Balla
Giacomo Balla (July 18, 1871 – March 1, 1958) was an Italian artist: art-teacher, painter and poet, who participated in the Futurist art movement.
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