Crockett & Jones have opened a handsome new boutique in Paris – their third in the city. Besides their two other stores, this new store is fittingly in the Le Marais neighborhood. SaveSave Fitting because Le Marais is a wonderfully walkable district even within a city that created the flaneur. To enjoy Le Marais […]
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Last week I had the pleasure of attending the summer edition of Pitti Uomo in Florence for a day and a half. Thirty-six hours are not nearly enough time to visit 1,200+ exhibitors at the show. But in my brief time at Pitti 90 I enjoyed conversing with a number of exhibitors and their representatives
I packed a copy of True Style by Bruce Boyer on my flight to Paris last fall and optimistically thought I would have time to read it before Christmas 2015. Unfortunately, my studies prevented me from reading this terrific new volume on menswear until recently. Put simply, this is the best introduction and guide to
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Please fill out my survey of 2 classic menswear brands – Dunhill and Zegna – for an academic research project I’m working on. This is an anonymous survey hosted by SurveyMonkey and should take no more 2-3 minutes. Thank you!
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I headed over to Brooklyn today and chatted with Joseph Genuardi who is featured in the recent documentary Men of the Cloth. Joseph is currently head tailor at Martin Greenfield Clothiers, a leading US manufacturer of hand-tailored men’s clothing. Not only did Joseph show me the different workshop areas of the nearly century old building,
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Last week Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott hosted a preview of the “Savile Row and America” exhibition at the British Embassy in Washington, DC. After kindly receiving a media invite, I booked my train ticket and was looking forward to attending but unfortunately my train got cancelled due to the tragic Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia the
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Happy new year! I recently took my first menswear sewing class which focused on cutting, sewing and finishing a men’s dress shirt. The class ended last month and here’s the result – a shirt made from inexpensive cotton shirting sourced in NYC’s Garment District ($2/yard) and constructed after many hours in front of a cutting
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I came across this useful history of the necktie by Fashion Institute of Technology professor Chloe Chapin:
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