When reading about suits, one can find quite a bit of fussy, fashionable nonsense. Edicts about the amount of buttons, the ones that should be done up and the correct width of ties. While some of these make a great deal of sense (meaning I subscribe to them) others are just passed from person to person without much intervening thought. Indeed, some of these, at one time, did make sense but in today’s world veer into obsolescence. The basic rules of fit, texture and color remain fundamental. Some of the other stuff can be dispensed with.
Category Archive: bespoke
Sep 27
Williams British Handmade
Few things are as functional as luggage. Unless you have someone to carry it for you, you want it to be as practical as possible. If you have someone to carry it for you, why would you be concerned with how it looks? It’s about as unlikely a target for a Dali-esque makeover as one …
Sep 15
The Naked Closet
Of all the things I had to toss out in the past week, the very easiest to deal with was my clothes. It might be because I didn’t have to toss any of them out. I had already rationalized my closet. It’s been purged of everything except bespoke and work uniforms. Though it will doubtless continue to …
Aug 21
Rosy Fingered Dawn
I’ve been feeling strangely restless of late and last night, at about 2 am, I asked the wife if she intended to be awake until dawn. Like me, she’s a night owl and usually goes to bed shortly before the sun comes out. ”What time is dawn?” she asked. I checked the weather network …
Jul 02
Queen’s Park Anti-Cop Picnic
Mar 02
Buy Design: More Pics
I thought about blogging about the Buy Design campaign and the photoshoot but I can’t remember much about the shoot and I don’t really understand the charity. It supplies poor people with new clothes? Some sort of sweaters for hobos initiative? Frankly, I’m not sure I approve of that. If paupers have new clothes, how …
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