Notes on cloth, construction, occasion, and the art of dressing well.
The trouser waistband is not only vital from a functionality perspective but also from a stylistic one. This central component can determine how your dress shirt fits with the rest of your ensemble, how comfortable you are while you wear it, and how proportional the entire suit looks up close and from afar.
In both formal and casual realms, pockets have been standard features on most articles of clothing, and as a result, even if we don't realize it, we tend to take them for granted. The ease at which we carry our personal items with us today, however, was not always a given.
While we're always ecstatic to greet them after a long day at the office, we might not be so thrilled all the time with how much pet hair and animal dander can get stuck to not only our clothes but also pretty much everything. But these extra considerations are well worth the companionship, and in this article we'll iron out what you can do to keep your formal wear looking neat and sharp if you're one of the lucky ones who happen to live in a pet household.
When most people go out shopping for a new suit, the first thing that comes to mind is how it looks. But just as style is a vital selling point, so are structural integrity and accurate measurements. A custom suit is only as good as the customer and the tailor want it to be.
This month, we’re thinking about the difference between a suit that fits and one that belongs to you. Notes on cloth, construction, occasion, and the quiet details that make it personal.
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When properly maintained and cared for, both formal and casual clothing can last years, if not decades. But every now and again, especially with heavy use, suits can eventually lose their luster over time.
While it might be too late to get fitted for a custom suit if your grand evening event is tomorrow, you can better plan ahead in the future. By going with a custom tailor, perhaps a month in advance for the sake of example, you'll have more time to select your fabric, your color, the style of your suit, and get the best measurements possible for your body type and comfort level.
It's no surprise that the standard two-piece suit has become the dominant fashion trend in most formal settings around the world, especially as formal wear has lost a little bit of its former midcentury glory and prestige. With office dress codes skewing more casual—even more so as of late—and white-tie events going all but extinct, formal wear has become more minimalist, uniform, and simplified. But the three-piece suit is an alternative means to meet that former formal glory halfway.
