Linen! 25 Aug 2012 | 09:52 pm

Another approach to Style 19 Aug 2012 | 03:09 am

HAD I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet...

The Bench 25 Jan 2012 | 01:10 am

It looks like an ordinary table and is often made of solid wood like oak or walnut. These tables are generally many generations old. You will be hard pressed to find a new one. And antiques never come...

Jeans 12 Jan 2012 | 02:59 am

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The Elegant Illusion. Happy New Year! 7 Jan 2012 | 03:28 am

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The first serious step in bespoke 29 Sep 2011 | 12:28 am

Great coat Oscar! Oscar Wilde has one of his more earnest characters remark that “a well tied tie is the first serious step in life.” That may well be, but the first serious step in bespoke tailoring...

The classic double breasted coat 8 Aug 2011 | 11:37 pm

This double breasted coat exemplifies my ideas regarding good styling. Made in the London Lounge atelier, the mid gray hopsack cloth has been cut into a 6 x 2 double breasted coat with the notch place...

The essence of chic 1 Jul 2011 | 12:32 am

Chic, the enfant terrible of fashion jargon, is an adjective often used incorrectly. It’s not beautiful, pretty, elegant, understated, suave, flashy, and it’s not a la mode or debonair, so, zut alors ...

Dragnet Style 30 Jun 2011 | 12:53 am

“It’s not a pretty picture, Gannon. They start out as boys sneaking to look at pictures of Fred Astaire, Cary Grant and Gary Cooper. A few years later you’ll find them hiding in their grandfather’s cl...

Are you blue or are you grey? 29 Jun 2011 | 06:27 am

There are blue men and grey men. Each return to their favorite colors as swallows to San Capistrano. They return to one of these colors for a variety of reasons. For the business environment, or occa...