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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So why wear a hat in 2009? Good question. First, let’s address the easy answer to that question. It should be no surprise that hats attract the creative, “downtown” element. Having said that, I find it rather ironic that the brimmed hat – the sartorial marker of conformity in the 19th and early 20th century
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One more thing about Madrid. A few months ago I came across The Pleasure Seekers, a 1964 “chick flick” about three American gals in Madrid. A kind of Mad Men from the female point of view but more comically inclined, if you see the analogy. The commonality is that both Pleasure Seekers and Mad Men
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I had a chance to stop by Madrid, Spain recently and enjoyed my stay in this stylish city, especially certain districts like the Salamanca area where the photo below was taken. What I like about this gentleman is the candidness and lack of affect in wearing his tan Teba jacket. The Teba is just a
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Currently, my favorite men’s magazines are Men’s Ex (published in Japanese and available at Kinokuniya and Mitsuwa) and The Rake (published in English). Below are are a couple of sample shots from the September 2008 issue of Men’s Ex. They illustrate nicely the difference between soft and structured shoulders and variations between. The Rake is
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In recent weeks, an intellectual dispute with the ‘denimification’ of clothing has surfaced up to the mainstream media. Exhibit A is journalist Daniel Akst’s Wall Street Journal op-ed piece describing the pernicious assault of denim on sartorial taste. He argues that the principal crime of denim is “undifferentiated dressing”. Picking up where Akst leaves off,
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Ah, the 1970s – it was the best of times and the worst of times. In terms of good clothes and decent style, it was perhaps more of the latter. While I suspect many would agree with this assessment, the 70s were not a complete loss. Take the slowly disappearing art of the roast. Style
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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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