The top hat he habitually wore in public made him taller still. You couldn’t miss him in a crowd. The 16th president wore the top hat in war and peace, on the stump and in Washington ...

Footwear follows the same rhythm—Rio sneakers explode in rainbow suede, Anagram slides come in candy colors or with a kitten ...

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