During my recent trip to Hong Kong, I also took a day trip to the gambling fantasy land of Macau. However, unlike most of the visitors, I wasn’t so interested in the casinos. Instead, I walked around the historic area of the Largo do Senado (see picture below) and stumbled across the shops of a […]
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As you might recall from my trip last year, I visited AMHC and placed an initial order for a tweed sportscoat with Norman, the front man of the shop. I chose a John Hardy Alsport 16oz tweed, lining and buttons in that initial visit. I let AMHC do their thing and did not give much
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I recently stayed about a week in Philadelphia and visited or walked by a few establishments. I stopped by Wayne Edwards, an independent men’s retail shop, and chatted with the owner Wayne and his assistant Franz on a recent weekend. They carry RTW business and sportswear and also do MTM (Isaia). I was curious to
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Bespoke English shoemaker Foster & Son are back in the States this spring with more enticing new samples and accessories. I visited Sarah Adlam and Emma Lakin on their last day here in Los Angeles but you can catch them in the following cities in the days ahead: San Francisco Friday 8th May 9.00am –
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The idea of clothing as a uniform is a historically rooted one and quite appealing. Comfort through conformity has worked for men for ages. Nothing wrong with adhering to a reliable formula for dressing. It’s worked in a military setting for centuries and has crossed over repeatedly into the business/civilian sector. However, I’ve always have
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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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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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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 »
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