Michael Alden of The London Lounge has posted a video of his recent visit with John Hitchcock, the managing director of Anderson & Sheppard, one of the great names in bespoke men’s tailoring. In addition to describing the A&S style and methods of making elegant men’s clothes, Hitchcock verified something that I’ve suspected for some [...]
Continue Reading...Yes, yes, yes, I know, not more tweed. Yes, more tweed. Sorry, I love the stuff.
My friends at Bookster have a few new bullets in their gun. They’ve got several new fabrics on their site, but the ones I find the most interesting are some Porter & Harding Thornproof Donegals. Donegal is a relatively soft [...]
I was almost exactly right with my prognostication, Bookster sent me an e-mail this morning informing me that they had despatched my Wooster suit. Perhaps I’ll have something next week!
Continue Reading...They have sort of an odd feeling, it’s a sueded leather that’s extremely soft to the touch. They appear to be quite well-made, however, and fit…well… like a glove. Which is really the point, isn’t it?
You can see the spots that identify it as either carpincho or peccary very well in this photo.
Chester Jefferies does [...]
Back in July I ordered a pseudo-Chesterfield overcoat from my friends at Bookster. I’ve been impatiently waiting for quite a while for its delivery, but today was the day. And I was surprised that today was the day, seeing as how the package tracking insists that the coat is still in New York, which it [...]
Continue Reading...I’ve long been a fan of The Art of Manliness, their feed has been in my sidebar since day one. It pleased but did not surprise me to learn that Brett is a Mad Man. Today Brett posted The Mad Men Guide to a Manly Haircut.
Don Draper and the other men at Sterling Cooper have [...]
I’ve not noticed this showing up on the Brooks Brothers website yet, but it’s an unexpected display of marketing acumen on their part. This is the Brooks Brothers Mad Men suit designed not by Thom Browne (thank God) but the show’s costume designer, Janie Bryant.
Since I can’t find a description of the suit on Brooks’ [...]
This handsome fellow is a carpincho, also known as a capybara. They have two great distinctions, one is that they are the world’s largest rodent. The second, and the reason he graces our page today, is that carpincho leather makes a fine pair of gloves because it only stretches in one direction.
A while back I [...]
I’ve been stingy with my dwindling supply of the brilliant and inexplicably discontinued Aramis Havana cologne for months, but now I can apply with abandon again because Aramis have reissued Havana in its Gentlemen’s Collection.
In addition to Havana (1994), Aramis are reissuing several other fragrances in their catalog, including Aramis 900 (1974), Devin (1977), JHL [...]
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