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Performance apparel is one of the few bright spots in apparel manufacturing where the US is still at the forefront. This is a short video by performance sock manufacturer Dahlgren that gives a quick primer on the fiber characteristics that affect moisture management. The specific application here is socks but the science behind it is
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As a general rule, I find men dressing better these days than even just a few years ago. Even so, very few of us wear tuxedos regularly. What prompted this particular post is an upcoming formal event celebrating a major milestone in my company’s history. We’re organizing a reception and dinner with our clients and
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The intricate and painstaking handwork that goes into trimming out military dress uniforms and smoking jackets makes embroidery perhaps the most couture-like of any single aspect of menswear, current or historical. One of the leading suppliers of hand embroidery is Hand & Lock. I’m tempted to say the following two videos go, well, hand in
I had the pleasure of reading Gentlemen of Style by Sven Raphael Schneider of the Gentleman’s Gazette, which was published recently as a free e-book. Some of you who feverishly mined the men’s clothing discussion forums in the exciting, early days circa 2004 may remember one poster who went by the name of “etutee”. He
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I have successfully concluded my recent search for what English tailors call “corded silk” for facings or lapels of dinner jackets or tuxedos. This is the less common alternative to silk satin, which has a bit of a sheen and less elegant in my view. Corded silk has more pronounced cross-grain ribbing, which absorbs and
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…is perhaps almost as impossible to find as “a man without qualities”. I mentioned recently in a tweet that I’ve taken the step of enrolling in a textile quality management class. I’m doing so because quality is an oft-used but rather poorly understood word in the consumer world of menswear. Even among men’s clothing aficionados,
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Last week I visited Tip-Top Fabrics in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and learned that they recently received a shipment of Carlo Barbera worsted flannel…in five shades of grey. Weight is probably in the 13oz range. I picked up a suiting length of the darkest grey and a trouser length in a mid-grey. Tempted to go back and
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