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Ah, the Esquire Big Black Book
Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:54:36 +0000Ok, so it’s time to balance things up. In a previous post I reviewed a style programme only available in the UK. Now it’s time for a magazine you can only get in the US. Last year I chanced across the Esquire Big Black Book while in New York on business. I couldn’t believe my luck [...]Autumn Scents
Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:51:03 +0000It was through gothic arches and a carpet of leaves I strode; past withered branches, long handled brooms and mossy stone. The autumn scent of a distant pyre was lively in the early evening air; the ‘glorious death’ had come. It wasn’t until I had scrambled my house key from my pocket, stomped my way [...]British Style Genius: Paul Smith and Train Sets
Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:04:35 +0000Men’s style appears to be a hot topic over at Broadcasting House. The BBC recently showed its second menswear-related series in as many months, with the original series on Savile Row being followed up by one called British Style Genius. The overlap with the previous series was obvious, with the same narrator and the initial section [...]Gieves & Hawkes These Days
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:11:59 +0000“You really should” someone told me “check out Gieves & Hawkes these days. They’ve got some interesting things and they’re trying to appeal to a sort of… younger generation.” Warning sirens started to sound. An ancient, world famous tailor? Clothier of some of the most colourful characters in military history? Having to appeal to a [...]Buenos Aires Style
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:14:40 +0000I was fortunate enough to be in Buenos Aires last week for work, and was able to appreciate a city renowned for its style as well as its steak. Argentine men have much of the casual, easy style of their south European cousins. A photo sent to me of a lawyer I was interviewing showed him [...]The Colours of Autumn: Paul Stuart
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:19:37 +0000Summer was heralded for me in a subtle, sophisticated way by the palate of Paul Stuart, as reported in previous post A Fresher Take on Summer. In that article I compared the subtlty and still unusual colour combinations of Paul Stuart with the bolder, and certainly no less inspiring Ralph Lauren approach. Fortunately for me and [...]Brideshead Overstated
Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:41:54 +0000There was always something a little fishy about the choice of Castle Howard as the setting, once again, for Brideshead; the seat of the aristocratic family, the subject of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. That the film makers of the feature length version simply had to choose this famous baroque pile in Yorkshire for the family [...]Ralph Lauren Service: The Tailor’s Tips
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:44:38 +0000As a final instalment to my report on after-sales service at Ralph Lauren, I thought it would be useful to recount some of the tips and lessons that Jaan, the in-house tailor at the flagship store, had to offer. I had written in a previous posting that shoulders are the hardest thing to alter on the [...]GANT Rediscovered
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:48:14 +0000When last in New York, I took some time to stroll along Fifth Avenue and wound up stopping at the GANT flagship store. While this may not sound like an overly significant event, for me it was an eye-opening experience. While an unfair characterization, my gut reaction to the GANT brand has long been something to [...]White Nights
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:53:34 +0000On Saturday night, when I attended the grand reception of a wedding, I realised something I have suspected for quite some time: I prefer white tie to black tie. I cannot help it. As I was comparing the lines of the gentlemen dressed in tails to those dressed in shorter jackets I couldn’t help but [...]
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