Giacomo Trabalza, a tailoring fixture in Los Angeles, passed away last week. I was traveling last week and learned about it in this Styleforum thread. This leaves only a handful of old school bench tailors who can legitimately be called “Hollywood” tailors. I am not sure whether his shop will continue on in some form. […]
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Before springtime finally arrives, I’m putting up some parting winter photos of Savile Row from my most recent trip to London back in February: Gieves & Hawkes Maurice Sedwell Richard James The camouflage jacket on the right reminds me of a story a tailor shared with me recently about a customer who ordered a dinner
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Among tweed aficionados, Breanish Tweed is high on the list of favored weavers. Woven in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Breanish woolens are unique in several ways. They are handwoven on a single width Hattersley loom from natural yarns that are also warped by hand. Until recently, much of Breanish production went primarily to designer
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If you need a pair of workhorse dress or dress casual shoes in this tough economy, read on. Recrafting option For recrafting, all you need is a nearby Goodwill, Salvation Army or thrift shop and a little luck. If you have a favorite thrift shop, you’ve probably seen an occasional pair of Allen-Edmonds or Alden
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Pardon the pun on the movie title but I could not resist. If you are customer of Savile Row, the chances are very good that you are in effect a sartorial child of Lesser. In other words, you have already ordered (or will at one point) a suit made up in Lesser cloth. Even luckier
Children of a “Lesser” god: A chance encounter with Henry Lesser Read More »
In these challenging economic times, one might imagine a grim mood gripping Savile Row. Indeed, last week as I stood on a stoop looking down into the basement of Hardy Amies I spied a pile of discarded moving boxes sitting below a sample sale sign in the window. The couturier had been in the press
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In this blog post, Lauren Goldstein Crowe, a luxury goods consultant, decries the moribund state of men’s shoes. She may be right that it’s moribund but then she laments “Where, oh where, is the Christian Louboutin of men’s footwear?” Louboutin is of course the well-known “high-end” women’s shoe designer. Apparently he and Manolo Blahnik sell
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Happy new year and best wishes for 2009. This is my fourth year of developing this blog and it has evolved from its modest origins thanks to other bloggers, a truly international audience of readers and the always entertaining and informative world of online men’s clothing forums. Given yesterday’s post, I thought it might be
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