An interesting life spans diverse boundaries and embraces the sense of having done things – veni, vedi, vici. This is perhaps what the most interesting man in the world would look like in the flesh. Whether at home, on the slopes, behind the wheel, taking a leisurely swing on the greens or briskly trotting one […]
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Daniel Eckler at Everyguyed.com contacted me recently and let me know that Sleevehead has been nominated for a 2010 Cravats Award in the category of “best classic style blog”. We’re in distinguished company along with A Suitable Wardrobe and the English Cut. If you enjoy reading my blog, feel free to vote for Sleevehead as
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Mr. Majd is an Iranian-American writer and journalist and has also worked in the music industry. GQ’s Glenn O’Brien thinks he is the best-dressed man in the world. Below you can see Majd sporting a 20 year old Hermes sports jacket with patches added later by the author himself. [Photo unavailable] In the embedded video
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In terms of developing a sense of style, most of us do not have it all figured out so a second opinion from a trusted source is at times helpful. But then the question becomes who is that trusted source? Online discussion forums like Styleforum and Ask Andy have their place. The “what are you
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Below is a beige Martin Margiela goatskin suede jacket, which caught my eye on Yoox.com. Essentially, Margiela has taken the cotton safari jacket, an iconic, perhaps even kitschy piece, and urbanized it by changing out the fabric and streamlining a few of the details. The result is a more flexible item of clothing since it
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A few double-breasted examples from the Japanese RTW brand Ring Jacket. The Armoury, a new store in Hong Kong, has a nice profile of Ring in English. This 4×2 DB I like: Below is a single breasted jacket. I suppose the case can be made that SBs can take boldly shaped peaks. Even so,
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This 2004 StyleForum thread takes a nostalgic walk down memory lane and recounts the top New York City menswear shops of yesteryear, which have long since closed for business. The line-up included American trad / Ivy League stalwarts (Chipp, Tripler), tailors (Dunhill Tailors), shirts and accessories (Sulka), and Manhattan outposts of Continental European haberdashers (Knize).
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This past summer I visited Santa Monica bespoke tailor Enzo Caruso and laid out my idea for my next commission – a relaxed double-breasted (DB) suit inspired by the drape cut. I have certainly appreciated the DB in a Platonic way (i.e. the idea and form of the DB). However, I have never really taken
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