I recently had the pleasure of attending a Haspel event in NYC this spring. Founded in 1909, Haspel is an American brand and most men know the label for its RTW seersucker suits. What I saw at the show were hefty washed wools made into casual sports jackets and very vintage looking suits. The common […]
It seems the Italians have always had a leg up on everyone else in terms of marketing flair and enthusiasm for menswear. However, I think it must said that the British have come into their own as of late. Led by the British Fashion Council, the British menswear industry has decided to compete head to
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Although it’s been a few years since the publication of Cary Grant: A Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa, I thought it timely to revisit CG’s legacy. In particular, I had recently finished reading two memoirs of CG, one by his wife Dyan Cannon and another by his only child, Jennifer Grant. As I was
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Below are photos from my recent trip to London. I stopped by the London outpost of the Neapolitan tiemaker E. Marinella and decided to pull the trigger on a bespoke tie. There is no minimum for bespoke orders but they start at 110 GBP per tie or 20 GBP more than RTW and take about
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Torsten Grunwald has written a nice review of my guidebook (review in English) to Sicilian tailors on his English blog, The Journal of Style, as well as his Danish language blog (review in Danish). Coincidentally, Torsten vacationed some years ago in Sicily and came across a couple of tailors in Catania and Siracusa but decided
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It was a couple of years ago when I first heard that a couple of former Kilgour cutters had decamped for Douglas Hayward on Mount Street. But it was only on my most recent London trip that I managed to finally stop by. And it was long overdue. Hayward is located in Mayfair on Mount
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I recently received a sample coat from the new performance outerwear brand called Salence. They have a new line of outerwear that blends high spec, technical performance outerwear with the wearability and usability of daily streetwear. The coat I received is the Gantry model in peppercorn and retails for $595. Overall, I think this
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I’m happy to report that Will Boehlke of A Suitable Wardrobe has reviewed my guide. You can read his review here. He writes the Guide is “an interesting tale of a tailoring experience far from New York, London and Rome in both space and time”. I agree most wholeheartedly. What I write about is a
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