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Fresco and a Leica over tea.
Having tea at the Dorchester in London back in September of last year. Makes me fondly remember how much I love fresco and then look forward to spring. The tonal striations in this slate blue example...
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Not quite so simple.
One thing I learned back in my high school art class is that it’s difficult to draw what you actually see. The mind tends to translate everything into basic shapes and symbols. So, unless we train...
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Pitti for the fool. This is the real stuff, folks.
In continuation from yesterday’s discussion, here are two more examples of the “Italian uniform” done really right. You can always count on Beppe Modenese to bring the elegance. In both cases, he uses...
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Authenticity.
Kensuke Ishizu was not American, and he certainly never attended an Ivy League university. Yet, in bringing Ivy style to Japan after World War II, he played a key role in safeguarding the classic...
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Handsome bastards. It’s the blue shirts.
Neophytes like to experiment and easily lose sight of what simply makes sense. Hence, they stray from the simple blue shirt and turn to all manners of bizarre. I’m not sure why. You could wear nothing...
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“This is not the chambray you’re looking for.”
As some of you may know, I’m embarking on a project to replace my tattered shirt wardrobe. For my new solid blue shirts, I chose Simonnot Godard’s chambray–the stuff of internet legend. It’s...
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Burn, baby, burn!
In my last post, we discussed the revelation that Simonnot Godard sells at least two different sorts of chambray. For most of the people who randomly stumble on this blog, that is surely the least...
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How do you roll?
All this recent chambray talk has me thinking of other sartorial riddles wrapped in enigmas–namely, the ideal roll for a buttondown collar. Yeah, I’ll admit it: I have no idea what people mean when...
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Exuberantly irrational.
I have a sickness. I am a bespoke junkie. Anything that can be custom ordered and requires a lengthy, involved process will hit the spot. The lengthier and more involved the process . . . oh yeah,...
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Good bespoke is not perfect bespoke.
Five days after getting my new Cleverleys, I still haven’t had a chance to wear them outside the apartment thanks to the snow. However, I’ve been trying them on indoors and noticed a few minor things...
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