In this recent London Lounge thread, Nicholas Antongiovanni, author of The Suit, has ably furnished what might be the single best all-in-one guide to wedding attire from the bridegroom’s prospective. It’s also an excellent, well-illustrated primer on the essential distinctions between day and evening semi-formal and formal wear. Didactic interventions like these may help thwart […]
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I haven’t browsed The Fedora Lounge much recently but this is a great thread featuring scans of 1930s styles from the pages of Esquire.
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There is I think a common fallacy about clothing. Most men (and women for that matter) dress to please themselves or to please other people. This quote from Epictetus in Richard Torregrassa’s new style book, Cary Grant: A Celebration of Style, illustrates a rather more compelling take on clothing: Know first who you are, and
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From the author of the recently published book The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men’s Style, here are two interviews he gave recently on the book and general thoughts on men’s clothing: Interview part 1 Interview part 2
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Cleverley medallion wholecut As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. And what a rare thing it is to see it done well. The same with taste. It is rare to see a single person possess the sense and sensibility to appreciate the finer things in life. It seems even rarer for two people
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A practical note today. Here’s a guide to tying the three basic knots (four in hand, half windsor and windsor) and another reference. As a teenager, I got the four-in-hand fairly quickly but the bow tie and windsor knots took some time to learn (e.g. inverting the diagrams, standing in front of the mirror). Finally,
One could do a lot worse than learn from tutee’s perceptive observation in an AskAndy discussion thread on shirt and tie matching. He argues that if your shirt and tie combination is lighter than the suit then the effect is more formal. On the other hand, if it is darker than the suit, the combination
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Prince Michael of Kent For a number of years, I had always avoided thick knots like the Windsor knot. Perhaps it was due to a cautionary sentence by Alan Flusser – the de facto style reference for many men today – in one of his books or perhaps a source I have now forgotten. Whatever
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