Sprezzatura: You are doing it wrong.

My reaction to the news that yet another person is about to start pontificating on mens style on the internet ranges from *facepalm* to *foreheaddesk*. This one, however, may be different. In what I believe to be one of his first posts on Slate, Troy Patterson addresses one of the questions that we hear the most in these circles, namely, “Can I get away with this?”. To which he provides one of the most reasonable,Read More

What’s a $4,000 suit worth?

I am occasionally contacted about my services as a bespoke tailor and I have to try to explain that, while it is something I very much enjoy doing, I only do it for the fun of it, and not as a business. Why? You just can’t make decent money doing it. The NY times ran a short piece about tailoring and economies of scale. Which is a better explanation of why the RTW industry isRead More

IACDE World Convention

This year’s world convention of the International Association of Clothing Designers and Executives will be in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on the 4th and 5th of May. The theme of this convention is fast fashion, and we will be visiting the design center of one of the world’s leaders in fast fashion, Zara/Inditex. Also on the program are presentations by- Jesus Echevarria- Zara, Inditex corporate presentationLodovico Zandegu- Boglioli,Speed in luxuryDr. Karl Hendrik Magnus- McKinsey &Read More

Been busy lately

There have been a lot of questions lately which I promise to get to at some point, but I’m on the road these days so it’s a bit nuts. So in the meantime, some buttonholes.

The very last of the vendon

This time I mean it. So I had some scraps. And maybe a bit too much coffee. I don’t like most of what Thom Browne does, but I understand why he does it. And all those guys who you see in the Sartorialist’s Pitti photos. It’s not that we’re trying to get photographed (ok maybe some are). It’s just that those of us who are surrounded by grey and navy suits day in, and dayRead More

Men of the Cloth

This has been some time in the making but it’s in the final push to finish it. The film maker has made an appeal for donations to help her finish. If you liked the trailer and want to see the rest of it completed, you can go here to make a donation. I did. MEN OF THE CLOTH IndieGoGo Video from Vicki Vasilopoulos on Vimeo.