Tom Ford. It has been a long awaited change of season, as Europe has been in strange warp of the wet and the overcast (with France having 50 percent less sunshine this spring than average). With the perpetual inundation of blogs, television shows, and movies where well-dressed men prevail, it’s hard not to notice how [...] Read more – ‘Summer, Finally — Men in White’
Of the Obsolescence of Man Editorial by Hugo Jacomet (Wonderful) translation by Joseph Nexon As Parisian Gentleman attracts multiplying and ever more intense projects and requests (writing projects, conferences, master-classes, Parisian Gentleman events, films), I must confess to still being surprised at the breadth of the “sartorial phenomenon” on the internet and by the worldwide [...] Read more – ‘Of the Obsolescence of Man’
Yves Saint Laurent with his signature Wayfarer glasses, strong side part and bespoke suiting made a name for himself with his interpretation of haute couture. His take on Fashion versus style: «Fashions fade…style is eternal». DO THE FASHION VS. STYLE QUOTES EVER STOP ? Like a child put to the grindstone to learn the multiplication [...] Read more – ‘Is “fashion” a Dirty Word ?’
When first hearing the phrase suit silhouette, it sounds a bit odd. By itself, the word silhouette brings to mind blackened outlines of corset-clad ladies from the Victorian era blotched onto starchy white paper, or is a reminder of earlier days as a child, forming shadows shaped like rabbits, projected onto the bedroom wall with [...] Read more – ‘The Suit Silhouette and the Cutter’
Gentlemen, as you know, we were in Dubai and Hong Kong this last week for the screening events of La Beauté du Geste with Maison Corthay. As these events were, one more time, nothing short of wonderful, we will of course be delighted to share with you a full picture report in the coming days. During the [...] Read more – ‘Camel leather creations of Corthay – by guest contributor Eric Musgrave’
By Sonya Glyn Nicholson Some things are difficult to explain. I know a lawyer who shut down his law business one day and became a ranger in the army. I know a neighbor who sold most of her belongings one weekend, and left on Monday to live on an Indian reservation. I know a sales [...] Read more – ‘No Girls Allowed ?’
by Sonya Glyn Nicholson, PG Senior Editor. It’s surprising to notice that so many people with exquisite taste fail to notice the importance of a good collar fit with no “collar gap”. In my own experience, I have been slow to pay attention to collar gaps on suits, especially when mesmerized by an otherwise incredible [...] Read more – ‘Zero Collar Gap : The Third Signal of a (good) Handmade Suit’
The thing we know about men is that if they love a certain thing, then they are capable of immersing themselves in the subject of their affection until they become gurus in their own right. And, it is a little fascinating for women to watch this drive that men have to pursue and grasp technical information about [...] Read more – ‘A Shoulder That Sings: The Second Signal of a Handmade Suit’
Cuffs, Ruffs & Contours: dressing men’s necks by Dr Benjamin Wild (http://linleywild.com/) Charley: The young ones have no manners. The other day at the carwash, a young man looked me up and down and asked me if I was a natural blonde. George: What did you say? Charley: I looked him straight in the eye [...] Read more – ‘Cuffs, Ruffs & Contours: dressing men’s necks’
Gentlemen, For PG, as well as for the benefit of several magazines to which I now regularly contribute, I have taken it upon myself to dedicate several hours every Sunday purely to seeking out “gems” of the art of shoemaking from around the world. And even if I can, I believe, claim to be an [...] Read more – ‘Let there be light !’
Sometimes when we experience something magnificent, it is difficult to return to the old way of doing things. When we become accustomed to drinking good wine, it seems meaningless to drink cheap tasting wine. When we experience a job that gives us the freedom to create-at-will and brings us fulfillment, it is difficult to change [...] Read more – ‘The Lapel Roll: The First Signal of a Handmade Suit’
NOT YOUR MOTHER’S SUIT The words “woman’s suit” sounds a bit banal compared to the words “men’s suit”. After all, women began wearing suits based on the frame of reference given to them by men in suits. Because of this, there is at times, an automatic association with a woman in a suit having a certain “masculine [...] Read more – ‘The Bespoke Suit for Women: Trending or Here To Stay?’
Marcoliani Milano By Sonya Glyn Nicholson. A small joy in life — matching socks with no holes. A bigger joy in life — all of the above with socks made from quality materials, design and fit. Socks have come to be seen as much as an accessory as a functional piece. Not so long ago, [...] Read more – ‘Socks – Necessity or Accessory?’
TOO EMOTIONAL ? There is a noticeable decline in the amount of emotion we use when we communicate with each other. It seems that somehow, there is an accepted perception that showing feelings of sentimentality, passion, hurt, and shame is…embarrassing (even weak). A flatliner is a more recent term that is used to describe a person [...] Read more – ‘Injecting emotion into a world of “flatliners”’
By Sonya Glyn Nicholson. Don’t deal in lies. Don’t give way to hating. And no matter how tough the going gets… hold on. Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) gave boys everywhere expert advice on how to become a man in behavior and character in his well-known poem,”IF”. Kipling’s dictum to young men everywhere sticks in my [...] Read more – ‘The white shirt – Telling the men from the boys’
THE STYLE & SYMBOLISM OF FRED ASTAIRE, GARY COOPER & CARY GRANT By Benjamin Wild. http://linleywild.com Man’s stock appears to be falling. He is suffering a public relations crisis. As recent as three years ago, Hanna Rosin contemplated ‘The End of Man’, as his physical size and strength are of little consequence in our post-industrial [...] Read more – ‘Astaire, Cooper and Grant. They don’t make them like that anymore…’
Gentlemen, today we are delighted to publish a very nice first contribution by Benjamin Wild, an inspiring author and blogger that our team has recently discovered. The quality of his blog – Linleywild - is nothing short of wonderful and provides some insightful, pertinent and slightly cynical thoughts on men’s style from an educated commentator’s perspective. Dr [...] Read more – ‘The suit is dead, long live the suit ! By Benjamin Wild’
by: Sonya Glyn Nicholson Articles that pitch how women feel about the way men dress can be met with little, if any, enthusiasm. Usually, these recycled articles are scanned for key points and forgotten within minutes after reading. In fact, when I was commissioned to write this article, I felt a little flushed, maybe even [...] Read more – ‘Men and Their Clothes — What Women Think’
Gentlemen, we just returned from a four-day trip to Savile Row in which we had the honor to participate in the “Bespoke Tailors Benevolent Association” (BTBA) dinner, at the invitation of Anda Rowland (Anderson & Sheppard) and Michael and William Skinner (Dege & Skinner), of whom we warmly thank. As always, the stay in London [...] Read more – ‘The return from Savile Row’
