A vintage Paul Stuart tie with a linen fedora and pocket square from Engineered Garments. When I have the time later, I’ll take a few more shots of the tie which has an exceptionally thick lining – they sure don’t make them like this anymore.
Category: Men’s Clothing (page 31 of 74)
From the late 1940’s. Common hat models were the Stetsonian, the Diplomat, the Vogue, and the Casual.
New sale find: brown dyed 1008 straight leg jeans from Gilded Age. Made in Japan, the fabric is very interesting and is already fading on some edges around the pockets and seams.
Despite some really great workmanship, Gilded Age doesn’t get much attention by anyone as its products are usually very expensive and retail distribution has not been well thought out. Further muddling up the consumer perception, they also made the odd decision of splitting up their origins of manufacturer – some products are made in Japan, but the rest in China. While Ralph Lauren’s RRL could get away with something like this, a small boutique brand cannot.
Marketing is also off. From the label attached to my jeans: “Compares favorably to any made in United States and enjoy a great reputation. Only the very best materials that money can buy are used in their manufacture.”
This strikes me as bad way to sell your brand, especially when you’re selling luxury goods – there is not much for high end denim that is produced here in the United States anymore and the statement above makes it sound like the jeans are only second best.
I am very happy with this particular pair though, and look forward to how the fading on these might turn out in a year or so from now. Read more
A classic film, in many ways: “To Catch a Thief is a 1955 romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis and John Williams. The movie is set on the French Riviera, and was based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David F. Dodge.”
In some of the earlier scenes, Grant is wearing a pullover and handkerchief – this was a last minute wardrobe change that was done after Hitchcock learned that the button down collar shirts Grant was wearing did not exist in France during the time period the movie was set in.
More images from the Woolrich Woolen Mills presentation in Italy.
NOWNESS has a nice feature on Piaget today, with photography from Douglas Friedman and a short story by Bret Easton Ellis. It’s interesting to see that their factory workspace looks very much like a scientific laboratory.
Though Piaget is one of many watchmakers to have sprung from the Swiss Alps, it has a unique place within the history of horology: since 1957 (when it produced the 2mm-thick Calibre 9P) the brand has been famed for its super-slim watch movements, a tradition carried to this day in recent models such as the Calibre 600P (at 3.5mm, the thinnest tourbillon movement in the world). But this is not Piaget’s only innovation: due to the lightness and slimness of its designs the company became one of the earliest to transform the watch into a fully-fledged fashion accessory in the 60s, when Piaget placed miniature clock faces (in lapis, azul, turquoise and tiger’s eye) in a range of increasingly extravagant rings, cuffs, cufflinks and necklaces.
Seeing how Seattle might skip summer altogether this year, it was very timely that these boots just showed up. Made on the Plaza last in dark brown suede, they’re probably the nicest custom job that I’ve seen from Alden yet. More pictures at leathersoulhawaii.com.
A future version that I’d like to have would be the same model in a light brown or tan scotch grain leather. A pair of dress chukka boots made on the Plaza last in the same chocolate suede would be nice as well.
Just put jetted pockets on it. From Ermenegildo Zegna’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection.
Jetted pockets belong on dinner jackets only. On sportcoats, stick to flap or patch pockets.
Some obscure options from Japan.
On a side note, I’ve been wearing my Selima Rivington’s more often lately and I’ve come to appreciate their lighter weight compared my Persol’s – thinking I might like another pair in tortoise, I was surprised to see that J.Crew is now charging $75 more for them than they were a year ago. I don’t know the reason behind the increase, but it seems they were priced more competitively in sub $250 market as they’re better made than Wayfarers, but are not quite as good as Oliver Peoples.
The guys at Très Bien have uploaded photos from their recent buying trip to Pitti Uomo – check out the set on flickr and get some sneak peaks at spring/summer collections from Engineered Garments, Nigel Cabourn, Mark McNairy, and more.
