My fellow blogger Hugo of Parisian Gentleman has informed me that Cifonelli will be in New York City next week. Lorenzo Cifonelli will be taking visitors at the Plaza Athenée Hotel (Madison and 64th) on Monday and Tuesday. Anyone who is interested to meet him is welcome to stop by. For more info on this […]
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In case some of you were wondering whether Cifonelli does classic well, I present exhibit A to the prosecution: SaveSave
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In February 2008, I visited Paris and did a little tour of Cifonelli and Camps de Luca. I happened to be in Paris again last weekend and had the very good fortune of meeting a fellow blogger, Hugo of Parisian Gentleman, probably the most well-known men’s clothing blog in France. Hugo very kindly invited me
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In this recessionary environment, it’s been fairly common to hear of consumers trading down to more inexpensive alternatives. But what about consumers trading up for quality at a price level an order of magnitude higher? It seems a bit unlikely but this seems to be what is happening in the women’s footwear market. More and
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Earlier this week, I received a pair of Foster shoes – a three eyelet Norwegian stitched apron derby with a lovely dark chestnut finish carrying just a touch of russet brown (less reddish than the photos suggest). They turned out spectacularly well in terms of fit and finish. Conventional wisdom says the Italians have superior
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During the summer, I visited the shop of Edward Sexton at 26 Beauchamp Place in Knightsbridge. Sexton is perhaps the most well-known London tailor not physically on the Savile Row. But he has of course deep roots through his association with Nutter’s of Savile Row. Times have changed but the cutter behind it all remains.
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I happened to be in London again this month and visited Welsh & Jefferies, a tailor at the north end of Savile Row. As I tend to do, I walked in without an appointment and ended up having a very cordial and friendly chat with James Cottrell, who was working on a jacket at the
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Other tidbits from my visit on the Row this month. I dropped by Anderson & Sheppard to check on a suit and was wearing a two-piece suit made by an American tailor. The managing director Mr. Hitchcock took note of it, requested to take a closer look and said it was the “best looking suit
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