The bespokesman – cut from a different cloth
Saving money on clothes normally involves compromising on quality, but tailor Thomas Mahon’s revolutionary new made-to-measure service is an exception to this rule. Mahon learned his trade at Anderson & Sheppard but has had his own business since 1995, and he cuts his clothes in the ‘soft’ style that is A&S’ trademark. The beauty of this is that Mahon’s clothes are incredibly comfortable, as well as looking good. [Read more...]
April 5th, 2011
The Bespokesman: Budd-u-like to continue
The London bespoke scene was recently rocked by the news that Budd Shirtmakers (which is also a purveyor of world class ties, socks, pyjamas and dressing gowns) has been bought by the group of investors that owns Huntsman. [Read more...]
March 22nd, 2011
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The bespokesman – Christmas in February
There are few events in an adult’s life that can hold a candle to the joy one felt as a child on Christmas day, but for me the bi-annual launch of Michael Drakes’ new tie collection is one, and possibly even the one. [Read more...]
February 9th, 2011
Lionel Messi in a dinner jacket
Because I have a handful of summer weddings pencilled into this year’s diary I’m, perhaps inevitably, wondering whether I have an excuse to order a new suit, or two. [Read more...]
January 13th, 2011
The bespokesman: 18 sartorial resolutions for 2011
Despite our best intentions – if not our best efforts – our new year’s resolutions regularly fall by the wayside before January’s up. This year, we’re determined to see our resolutions through, with particular focus on those with a sartorial ilk, outlined here by Esquire’s tailoring expert, the Bespokesman. [Read more...]
January 10th, 2011
Book of the week – Rubinacci and the Story of Neapolitan Tailoring
This year has seen the publication of some fine and important books. I’ve spent nine years anticipating Jonathan Frantzen’s Freedom, while others, like Proust’s Overcoat by Lorenza Foschini and The General by Jonathan Fenby rather crept up on me. However, the book of the year, in tailoring terms, is undoubtedly Rubinacci and the Story of Neapolitan Tailoring by Nick Foulkes. [Read more...]
January 4th, 2011
The Bespokesman -Think Pink
It’s amazing that in the 21st century pink clothes are still widely considered to be dubiously effeminate or posh. Given the freedom with which men dress these days it’s incredible that a common colour can remain controversial. [Read more...]
November 24th, 2010
The Bespokesman – Sebago Fairhaven boot
Where do you take a trend that can be fairly described as ‘rinsed’ when, as a brand, it’s your bread and butter? The answer for Sebago, which can lay reasonable claim to being the brand that invented the deck shoe, is into a range of boots and shoes that conjoin the current appetite for workwear with the lightweight sole from its deck shoes. [Read more...]
November 3rd, 2010
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