Early in 2022 I had the unexpected pleasure of receiving an invitation to a Sicilian wedding in mid-June. I accepted, and, needless to say, it was a marvelous experience. Since this was my first time attending a wedding in Sicily (or Italy for that matter), I was very curious about the state of wedding attire. …
The more formal side of casual: what should I wear at a Sicilian wedding? Read More »
Nearly two years ago I wrote about the increasing likelihood of a geopolitical shift disrupting the upward growth curve of the luxury industry. At the time, I believed the geopolitics of luxury was closer to becoming a top of mind issue than ever before. The carnage and bloodshed in Ukraine has sadly proven this to …
It might seem premature to float the idea of “big luxury”. After all, luxury and technology are two vastly different industries. And why worry about big luxury when we are still in the early days of dealing with big tech? But it is well worth investigating since both industries share one key feature – both …
Big luxury – is the luxury industry becoming the next big tech? Read More »
Given our digital age, this should be good times for older, heritage brands. After all, it is easy for consumers to spot a brand from the distant or not so distant past and post about it in social media. Unfortunately, heritage brands seem to be dropping left and right with no slowdown in sight. This …
I’m pleased to announce that the first Sleevehead Briefing has been published and the topic is the quintessential English menswear brand Alfred Dunhill. This is a follow-up to my recent article and homage to Dunhill as the world’s first modern luxury brand. Too often, luxury brands are described breezily and superficially. Brands like Dunhill, Chanel …
Earlier this year I learned that longtime NYC tailor Nino Corvato retired and sold his business to fellow tailor Pedro Tapia last year. This came as a bit of a surprise to me since in my previous conversations with Mr. Corvato it seemed he had a few more years ahead of him. However, the pandemic …
On or about December 1910 human character changed. Virginia Woolf, Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown (1924) History is rarely a linear and logical progression of events. The insular and exclusive world of luxury brands is a case in point. If you were to name the biggest and most famous luxury brand today, most of us …
An homage to Alfred Dunhill – the world’s first modern luxury brand Read More »
Many thanks to Tim Mureau for forwarding this video by Paul Hollywood. The video is not only a wonderful introduction to Sicilian food such as cannoli, cassata, arancini and street food but also to Sicilian history. What is less well-known is that understanding Sicilian food is perhaps the ideal way to understand the uniqueness of Sicilian …
How to understand Sicilian tailoring through food Read More »
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