The London Lounge

The notion that the body of a dress shirt should fit closely is a relatively modern one, and a function of shirts that button from neck down all the way to the hem. A man of the Duke's generation would have been accustomed to shirts that one would have to pull over your head. If you think about this...

If you get emblematic buttons for your bespoke blazer, it is nice for the emblem to have some personal association with you. If none seem apparent, then your initials or a monogram might do.

Very nice job fitting your shoulders.

These photographs show why a single deep forward pleat that merges into the crease line often works better for a trim leg, although making all configurations work should be one's minimum expectation of a capable tailor.

Note the neck, and the tight twist of the buttonholes.

Opening night, Metropolitan Opera, 1946.



Garden Court, Palace Hotel, San Franscisco, 1960.

Fitting Sean Connery, before the Peacock Revolution.

1962.

Cin cin.

Why be shy?

1939.

Palm Beach and style with ease.

So many forgotten American tailors...to the Duke's left. If your view cuts him off, open the image in a new "window" or save it to your device and see it there.

Michael, I attribute what little ease that I have to a steady and medicinal dose of cocktails.