Gentlemen, Let us continue our summer meanderings throughout the words used (and abused) by gentlemen as semantic building blocks to translate the impressions and emotions they experience in the visual field associated with the objects of our sartorial passion. In that regards, we shall use this series as an opportunity to pay tribute to the [...] Read more – ‘At the heart of luxury: words’
Gentlemen, At 13, Savile Row, as well as in a few corners and departments stores worldwide, it will soon be possible to acquire ready-to-wear labelled “Richard Anderson, Savile Row”. As we are, as you know, fierce advocates for sartorial and traditional bespoke tailoring culture, we are always suspicious when a prominent shop of Savile Row [...] Read more – ‘Richard Anderson launches first line of ready-to-wear’
Gentlemen, It is our pleasure to report on the (very) recent arrival of (very) talented Manolo Costa on Madison Avenue, in the very heart of Manhattan. This name is familiar to insiders of the limited world of men’s elegance. Before launching on his solo bespoke journey, Manolo was the dresser/stylist/advisor to the most prestigious clients [...] Read more – ‘Manolo Costa: The new generation of bespoke tailoring in New York’
Gentlemen, Until now, we had never had the opportunity (or the inspiration?) to introduce Neapolitan ISAIA. But today August 13th 2012, we have resolved to pay due tribute to its absolutely breath taking new Spring/Summer 2013 collection! Here is a small selection which the words colourful, bold and flamboyant can only begin to describe: Not [...] Read more – ‘ISAIA S/S 2012: a festival of colours!’
Gentlemen, Regular PG readers know how highly we think of Neapolitan label Cesare Attolini, whose name was inscribed long ago among our global sartorial canons. Beyond reproach (with the possible exception of the skyrocketing of its in department stores), Attolini has created yet again another Fall-Winter collection remarkable in all aspects. With its very sleek [...] Read more – ‘Attolini 2012/2013 collection delivers an aesthetic shock’
Gentlemen, Let us continue our summer semantic meanderings through the wonderful world of words used to shape, express, fashion and attempt at rendering the impressions, emotions and other aesthetic feelings linked to our lives as passionate aesthetes. Tonight, we shall tackle (to say the least) what I personally consider as one of the linchpins of [...] Read more – ‘Elegance and the art of nuance’
Gentlemen, It has been a while since I started contemplating the idea of writing a small series entirely dedicated to the words we use in our desperate (and maybe useless) attempts to qualify elegance as we see it , most often fortuitously. The idea underlying this small series is absolutely NOT to assemble an umpteenth [...] Read more – ‘Words of elegance, elegance of words’
Gentlemen, This brief article aims at informing you that the very prolific, PG close friend, Editor-at-Large at The Rake, BBC fashion critic, curator, preservationist and one of the most acclaimed writer on masculine style (author of “Savile Row” and “The Royal Ascot”, among others), James Sherwood, is about to deliver his last opus, namely ”The Perfect [...] Read more – ‘New book by James Sherwood: “The Perfect Gentleman”’
Gentlemen, For an important book to be released this winter for the 50th anniversary of an iconic bespoke house, and to the publication of which I am honoured to participate as a guest writer, I was asked a particularly complex question: How does one define French chic? As I must admit to having been slightly [...] Read more – ‘How does one define French Chic?’
Gentlemen, As you know, for the last two years, the Cifonellis have been honouring us with the very first photos of the prototypes of the creations of the gregarious and talented Lorenzo Cifonelli. Featured today are two splendid double-breasted suits with stupendous character, of course, exceptionally well-constructed. “Clyde”, the first jacket, surprises with 40s gangster [...] Read more – ‘PG Exclusive: two new Cifonelli sports jackets’
Gentlemen, In the last few days, British cyclists have literally been on top of the cycling world thanks to the first British victory in the history of the Tour de France. What’s more, two sons of Albion stepped on the podium for this race. These important news on the other shore of the Channel brings [...] Read more – ‘Timothy Everest and cycling: a love story’
Gentlemen, Although only in existence for three and a half years, PG has already been considered for some time as a pioneering leader in its field of expertise, thanks to the compounded effect of the incredible time distortion caused by spellbinding speeds on the information highway and of the new passion of gents for their [...] Read more – ‘On the spirit of PG’
Gentlemen, I am often asked on the controversial subject of tie knots in general and on my favorite knot in particular. Here is what I consider to be THE most interesting, becoming and practical… but not the easiest to achieve. Meet Old Bertie, that our friend Marc Guyot views, consistent with his nature and quintessential [...] Read more – ‘The perfect knot’
Gentlemen, As you are undoubtedly aware of, the Maison Moynat, famous maker of crates and travel accessories founded in 1849 and gone to latency in the seventies, has risen from his ashes. Last December, it opened a very beautiful retail point on Rue Saint Honoré (officially the historical turf of Parisian crate makers). Very recently, [...] Read more – ‘PG Selection: HOLDALL bag by the Maison Moynat (Paris)’
Gentlemen, For Parisian Gentlemen and various magazines, I take my round edges, bespoke suits and tab collar shirts round the world in a quest for exceptional labels and workshops. Little did I know that one of my most significant aesthetic and sartorial shocks would be delivered by an address dedicated to masculine elegance in… Brussels, [...] Read more – ‘Elegance, measure and excess: the wonderful world of Pierre Degand’
Gentlemen, we are delighted to share with you some very inspiring abstracts of E. G. Bulwer-Lytton’s book “Pelham or, The adventures of a gentleman“ published in… 1828 ! Different era, different culture, but very interesting to read. Enjoy ! “And here, as I am weary of tailors, let me reflect a little upon that divine [...] Read more – ‘Chosen abstracts of “The adventures of a gentleman” (1828)’
Gentlemen, I’m happy to share this wonderful thought thanks to THE SARTORIAL NERD website. “When I was young there were beatniks. Hippies. Punks. Gangsters. Now you’re a hacktivist. Which I would probably be if I was 20. Shuttin’ down MasterCard. But there’s no look to that lifestyle! Besides just wearing a bad outfit with bad [...] Read more – ‘Quote of the day’
Gentlemen, Today, we shall briefly inform you of the existence of a fascinating movie that immerses us in the closeness of Anthony Delos’s workshop near Saumur in the Maine and Loire. Needless to say, spending 40 minutes watching raw images, uncommented and voiceless, shadowing in silence the making of a riding boot by a young [...] Read more – ‘40 minutes with Anthony Delos’
Gentlemen, Recently, I have noticed that the surge in men’s interest for style triggers nice surprises in the variety of items and hues offered by good labels, but also, expected excesses committed by some labels surfing a wave rolled by our booming market. Of course, the temptation to add always more details hastily labelled as [...] Read more – ‘Too much of a good thing?’
Gentlemen, As I am barely recovering from jetlag, rather uncomfortable and tedious to manage on the way back, it is my pleasure to post the photo account of the third edition of the World Tour of La Beauté du Geste, held in Tokyo on Friday June 1st. Before reporting on the evening, wonderful in all [...] Read more – ‘La Beauté du Geste World Tour – Third stop: TOKYO’
