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Green Irish Tweed (Creed) for day or evening wear Vetiver (Guerlain) for day wear L'Eau du Navigateur (L'Artisan Parfumeur) for evening wear I wish that Bois du Portugal (Creed) worked on me, as I love its approach, but find that it turns to something akin to baby powder after I've worn it for two h...

Much obliged. I've relocated to Baltimore and have just discovered a marvelous little tailor's shop two blocks from my flat. Time to make this coat wearable.

Cheers,

Pryor

What is the proper length of a formal Chesterfield, one suited for evening wear? I commissioned an overcoat a few years ago, when I lived in Beijing and had access to affordable tailoring, that in hindsight was perhaps not the wisest of stylistic choices. It was intended to be a Chesterfield in blac...

pchong, all of your suggestions sound wonderful. In particular I find myself attracted to the food, jazz and handicrafts aspects. I've spent a little time in Chiang Mai before, eating my fill of som thom from street vendors who took pleasure in a farang able to say "I enjoy eating spicy food" in Tha...

I am much obliged for your suggestions, tattersall007. What did you end up doing with the cloth that you purchased (or perhaps the silk was only for your wife)? And I too have found that many memorable (for better or worse) culinary experiences in asia begin with a streetside vendor. Sorpions, crick...

This is not yet a post describing the wonders of said fair city, but instead an entreaty to all and sundry who might have traveled to the jewel of Thailand. I hope to find myself there, for but a limited stay (less than a week most likely) in early November. Are there things outside of the guidebook...

I am certainly intrigued by the thought of commissioning detachable collars for my evening shirts. Sadly, I find myself stymied here in the Far East, where the tailors that I have located to date are not familiar with the construction of such a collar. Are there web resources available that detail h...