The London Lounge

I hope I've caught you before you started your travels. I couldn't find any sartorial highlights but have other thoughts to share. Everyone goes to the Grand Place and so should you. But a lesser known and posher square is Le Grand Sablon. There you should have a chocolat chaud at Cafe Wittimer, whi...

Richard Merkin, the celebrated artist, author, and dandy, wrote a great piece on Apparel Arts, Esquire and the illustrators (Saalburg, Fellows, Hurd) in a 1990s GQ. Also there was a small book on the origins of Esquire illustrations that was published in the 1990s with a great essay in the introduct...

I just got back from picking up my latest A&S suit (a single breasted, peak lapelled, partially lined, all navy blue seersucker) and saw the new shop for the first time. I agree it is much more elegant than the old shop. But it also struck me as a little bit like a show room. There's much more worki...