From Hats to Suits On a recent visit to New York City, I went up to 57th St to visit the hatshop of Worth & Worth.My intent was to find a nice straw hat – a natural, unbleached Panama – which I did, thanks to the solicitous help of proprietor Orlando Palacios.Orlando did a fine […]
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I picked up the completed two piece suit today and took a shot of the storefront before I left. Harold clearly takes pride in his work. The lapel has a nice belly and fullness to its shape (My sense is that he’d make a superb looking shawl collared dinner jacket). On the trousers, he adds
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I stopped by Novex today for my second fitting. All in all, the fit was extremely good – Harold breezed through the standard ‘punch list’ for a jacket fitting – collar fit, front and back balance, jacket length, sleeve pitch, button stance and gorge. The admirable characteristics I noted in my earlier entry remain –
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Giacomo Trabalza and Jack Taylor are the two preeminent bespoke tailors in Los Angeles. I have long been wondering if there might be a third in the city of their caliber and reputation. There just might be and the tailor’s shop is called Novex. In this AskAndy thread on Novex, Panzeraxe describes running across it
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I think one of the most widely held assumptions of men’s clothing aficionados is the belief that softly tailored jackets offer more freedom of movement and comfort than structured jackets. And why not? It seems intuitively obvious. However, as many a philosopher can confess, unexamined beliefs are often the cause of much misunderstanding and misinformation.
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Blogs can provide short-term sales spikes and perhaps even smooth out the seasonality of sales in the bespoke tailoring business and provide a predictable demand curve. Of course, the most well-known and successful example of this is Thomas Mahon and his blog the English Cut. Beyond simply sustaining a business, he actually grew and expanded
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Courtesy of harrybee in this AskAndy thread, I came across a brief video interview of Brian Lishak of Richard Anderson. This is a brief but wonderful introduction to what makes a successful tailor (even if you stumble into the trade by accident as Lishak did).
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This AskAndy thread contains some excellent analysis and brainstorming on the economics of tailoring today. Essentially there are two options: demand stimulation (e.g. better marketing and branding) and supply chain efficiencies (e.g. outsourcing or automation). An example of both would be Kilgour, which has rebranded itself as a luxury apparel brand and introduced a more
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