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Finding a Style Identity

August 26, 2014

by Alan Cornett.   Finding your own style is about communicating through clothes what you want to project about yourself. We might think of Tom Wolfe’s white suits or Andy Warhol’s Brooks Brothers ...

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Stand Up Straight. No, Straighter

August 19, 2014

by David Isle.   In my last post on clothes and the body, I discussed the dropped shoulder, a very common defect. I have bad news: this is by no means the only affliction that modern life has visit...

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How a Suit Jacket or Sport Coat Should Fit

March 22, 2014

By Derek Guy.    Many men have given up on suit jackets, and for good reason. Most of them look like Willy Loman in one. Some, however, look tremendous with their jacket on; the difference is in ho...

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Towards a Better Business Casual

January 17, 2014

by David Isle.   “Business casual” is a nebulous purgatory. Nobody really knows what it means, except that it doesn't include the increasingly rare suit and tie, and it doesn't descend quite to the...

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How Pants Should Fit

January 10, 2014

by William Phips.   A handmade jacket is undoubtedly the highest expression of the tailor’s art. Nothing else a man wears requires the skill and care that go into cutting, sewing and shaping a coat...

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What to Wear to the Office Holiday Party

December 12, 2013

by David Isle.   'Tis the season to be gaudy. It's the time of year when every mall spins saccharine holiday music every shopping hour of the day, every annoyingly over-energetic neighbor covers th...

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The Five Tie Wardrobe

November 26, 2013

by David Isle.   “Wear a tie” is kind of like “start with a joke.” It's good advice, but you have to know your audience and occasion to execute it properly, and missteps can be disastrous. As with ...

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The Art of Valstar

September 16, 2013

by Derek Guy Valstar is mostly known today as the Italian company who came up with a casual, sporty take on the classic A-1 blouson – a type of flight jacket with a button front and stand-up, knitt...

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