Trends do exist. Among those is the center stage positioning of British heritage menswear and manufacture in the last 18 months or so. Last year I wrote an entry on UK heritage menswear and designing an English sartorial vacation. Likewise, the observant folks at Esquire felt it was time to put the spotlight back on […]
A grand tour of British heritage menswear and makes Read More »
Viennese bespoke has hit the mainstream press. Thanks to an alert Styleforum reader, I came across this New York Times article on bespoke tailor Knize, shoemaker Scheer and milliner Mühlbauer. In 2005, I began writing about Knize and have updated with additional posts (see below). I also recently visited Jon Green’s bespoke shop on the
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At some point in one’s life, wearing a leather jacket just makes sense. For some, it’s the need for speed that calls. For others, it is the look, weight, feel and smell of a leather jacket that has no substitute. Indeed, some men have made the leather jacket an indispensable part of pop culture, appealing
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Courtesy of Everyguyed artist Barbara Pala, the two e-cards below should cover whether you are a single gent or happily paired off already: SaveSave
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The Graduate (1967) is one of my favorite movies and possibly my favorite film of the 1960s. In the last 20 minutes of the film, the protagonist, Benjamin Braddock, wears an eggshell white hooded windbreaker (see above) as he races up and down California to win over Elaine, the daughter of the wife (Mrs. Robinson)
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A very nice Budapester featuring a goiser (aka goyser or “goiserer”) welt by shoemaker Koronya. Additional links – Styleforum thread on Budapester model above – Styleforum thread on split v. reverse welt
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Fifty years after the event, Life recently released previously unpublished photos of John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inauguration. While JFK may not liked wearing hats, he did wear the traditional top hat on the day of his inauguration. JFK wearing top hat JFK in morning dress w/cashmere stripes trousers JFK standing in morning coat JFK in
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I came across this September 2010 Irish Times article on Sicilian tailors. The article makes an astonishing claim, which, if true, speaks to a wonderful sartorial state of affairs in existence half a century ago. In postwar Italy, the author of the article estimates there were approximately 100,000 tailors serving about 85 per cent of
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