Marlon Brando

Reading time: less than a minute | Written by Ben Branch | May 7th 2012

Possibly the most iconic rough-round-the-edges actor of the mid-20th century, he went on to make the Schott Perfecto jacket an icon in it’s own right.

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Published by Ben Branch - May 7th 2012

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