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Teen Behind the Louvre Heist ‘Fedora Man’ Photo Embraces His Mystery Moment
- On October 19, Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, 15, visited the Louvre Museum, Paris with his mother Félicité and grandfather and was unknowingly photographed near police by Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus.
- As all eyes turned to the Louvre after last month's jewel heist, internet users quickly nicknamed the sharply dressed figure 'Fedora Man' and speculated he was a detective, insider, or AI.
- A fashion note: Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux's 1940s-inspired style began less than a year ago, featuring a fedora honoring Jean Moulin and a vintage Russian watch bought in Calcutta.
- Nearly 6,000,000 views later, an Associated Press photo turned Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux into an international curiosity as his vintage look spread at his no-uniform school and drew media outlets including The New York Times.
- He then leaned into the mystery, initially silent as theories swirled, then switched his Instagram account from private to public, letting the image offer a gentler counterpoint to the theft of the French crown jewels at the Louvre.
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New Revelations on the Louvre Heist: A Very Bad Joke
A young man of rare elegance has been the talk of the town since the Louvre robbery. Spotted by chance in a press photo in the hours following the heist, he boldly sports a felt hat, waistcoat, and tie, which he wears with noble confidence and that certain je ne sais quoi that is the unmistakable mark of men who instinctively know what class is. His presence at the scene was fortuitous, but nothing in life is entirely by chance: the fifteen-year…
The photo of a young man with a hat, taken in front of the Louvre Museum on the day of the burglary, went around the world. Internet users invented a life for this man, who just revealed who he was. ...
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Total News Sources165
Leaning Left47Leaning Right20Center46Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Left
Bias Distribution
- 41% of the sources lean Left
41% Center
L 41%
C 41%
R 18%
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