How different the selling of them would be today Countess were it still such that a pipe was almost a requisite fashion accessory.

Just a little trivia for you: going back into the 30’s and 40’s one Italian firm were turning out 50,000 pipes per day - no mistake - per day!! They had 860 highly skilled artisans and 95% of them were women. They all worked for about 12-14 hours per day. The brand disappeared somewhere I think in the 80’s, but is making a comeback today under the stewardship of Savinelli of Italy. A pipe making company is considered sizeable today if they make above 200,000 pipes per year - three days work at Rossi.

The market has lost immense weight and we can’t hold Jenny Craig responsible 🙂

Great piece of old film by the way.

Melina.