Creativity in dressing requires a basic familiarity with tradition against which to improvise. In contemporary evening dress, men today generally lack that core knowledge but feel free nonetheless to pursue creative variations of black tie. “Pursue” is the operative word as it seems the achievement of true creativity in black tie events for men is […]
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I thought I should add a brief entry on shopping in Vietnam for those interested in women’s clothing, accessories, home furnishings and handicrafts. Both Saigon and Hanoi pack in a large number of such retail stores in the central district. In Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon), the place to go is Dong Khoi Rd,
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Asian tailors can be a good option and value – assuming you are local to them (or they visit your city regularly) and you are comfortable with a high level of directed involvement and oversight in the bespoke process. Hong Kong In my recent trip to Asia, my first stop was Hong Kong. I visited
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Below is a recent Charlie Rose interview of James Levine, conductor of the luminous Boston Symphony, Daniel Barenboim, former music director of the mighty Chicago Symphony and centenarian American composer Elliott Carter. At 100 years old, I give Carter leeway in his dress but I do note his charming use of suspenders. Note the jacket
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This is the final, belated installment of the Italy trip I took back in February. My sartorial itinerary in Naples took me along: Via Morelli, Via della Cavallerizza, Via dei Mille, Via Filangieri, Via Chiaia, Via Toledo, Galleria Umberto. Rubinacci Rubinacci seems the most commercially savvy of the sartoria I saw in Naples. It certainly
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In the past couple of years, I’ve received more than a few messages, comments or emails from folks interested in becoming a bench tailor, i.e. someone who can cut and sew garments. More specifically, they’re interested in becoming an apprentice to a working tailor. I don’t have much original advice except to approach the best
Becoming a tailor/cutter today: How do I become an apprentice? Read More »
After a few years of mostly reading and posting occasionally to the various men’s clothing forums, I began to feel my interest flagging a bit. This is natural as the number of times we can meritoriously debate a “RTW v. bespoke” thread is limited. But this Styleforum thread, in the waning days of a sobering
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I came across a fellow blogger AstoriaUnderground, who put in a nice mention about visiting Sleevehead. In one of her recent entries, she also mentioned Burdastyle, which is a site dedicated toward “open source sewing” and patterns for women’s clothing. This is an intriguing and brilliant idea I think. It’s a mashup of the open
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