A Bespoke Balancing Act
Ordering clothes can be, for all its pleasures, a slightly stressful process. Except for those with bottomless pockets, each order is a decision that needs to be maximized in myriad ways. Navigating the balancing acts of fancy v. practicality and arrogance v. uselessness is no easy task, but here is the little I have learned on my relatively short journey.
Bastian and Barneys – Credit Where It’s Due
You’ve got to give credit where it’s due. I am often critical of so-called “designer tailoring” when it (often) misses the mark. But the latest collection from Michael Bastian and Barney’s, exclusively previewed yesterday on The GQ Eye, knocks the genre out of the park.
Laurence Fellows, Another Look
Over the weekend Derek posted a link at Put This On to a few dozen Laurence Fellows illustrations. The standards were all there, the ones that get tossed around all the time, but there were also a few I had never seen before. As usual, there are lessons to be learned.
The Logic of Drape
There are reasons for almost everything in dress. A reason why ties are tied as they are, a reason why shoes are constructed the way they are, and a reason why suits are cut particular ways. The drape cut is an astonishingly logical style, and it’s worth taking a closer look at just why it’s so amazing.
Veblen and the Handmade
Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class is one of the great books on the role of “things” in our lives. In fewer than 300 pages, Veblen articulates a clear theory of material culture and coins more than a few commonly used terms. Here are just a few thoughts on one of his very small ideas.
