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Does anyone have experience with products from Lost Worlds? They make some big claims about their cut and quality--which I would very much like to be true. At the moment, I'm considering ordering one of their "Rigger" models in russet cowhide, with a knit collar. Just the thing, I hope, for what we ...

I suspect that the balance has recently shifted slightly toward approval of elegant, but unusual dress. The reason, oddly enough, may be the disappearance of the office uniform. The last several generations of men tended to think of coats and neckgear as work clothes, to be removed as soon as the jo...

My instinct it to say that it would be too busy. If you don't want to wear flannels (and provided it's for a casual occasion), I'd say that olive cords or moleskins would be the thing

Thanks for these suggestions--I'll check T&A, and then consider some bespoke options. On the style side, ascots seem to be enjoying a modest revival due to another C-grade TV show: Gossip Girl. So perhaps Chuck Bass will balance out Thurston Howell in the minds of the young. Ascots are still seen he...

I wonder if anyone knows a shop in New York that carries silks for wearing ascot-fashion. I mean short scarves or neckerchiefs--not the pre-dimpled kind. I've seen a few things at Hermés, but these tend to be little gaudy for my taste (and also unnecessarily expensive). Suggestions?

Another point not yet mentioned: prior to at least the 1860s, waistcoats were generally patterned, or at minimum different in color to the coat itseld. You can see this in the plates posted by jruley. It's worth remembering that in the 19th century even fairly prosperous men might own just three coa...

Perhaps this isn't the right forum, but I wondered if other members knew of any interesting shops, etc., in Berlin. I'm moving there for the next year and hope that it isn't quite the style wasteland that I've heard. Suggestions?

That's about what I figured, thanks. Probably I'll go over see if I can talk him into cutting higher armholes -- the clean front bothers me less, but I'm not 6'4" either. I really wouldn't expect equivalence to London given the location and cost. But since Joe's in town and I'm just a poor scholar, ...

For this, my inaugural post, I wanted to ask whether any members have ordered bespoke from Rizzo in Cambridge, Mass. His prices are lower than travelling SR tailors, and that he's dressed some minor local celebrities -- John Kerry, various Kennedys, Alan Dershowitz (definitely not a model, as far I'...