The London Lounge

Like it or loathe it, we possess an innate, even stubborn, sense of our own destiny. One has what one has to work with, and it starts from within. From the architect Louis Kahn, Even a brick wants to be something. If you think of Brick, you say to Brick, 'What do you want, Brick?' And Brick says to ...

Manself, some options for your consideration:






Frank, Michael, nothing but class coming from you guys.


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Nat, well done! You seem comfortable and at home in your suit, which I would rank as job one. There is an ease and balance to the suit - characteristics not to be taken lightly - which you owe to your tailor. Issues with your sleeve length, fit, whathaveyou may be a result of you being more comforta...

Shaping up nicely M. With your updates, I am as excited for it as you are.

Wow, the panache! This is lovely and special, Vassilis. Please tell us more bout this last project.

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Vassilis, I remember your posts over the years. That was a fun ride, wasn't it? All the best to your tailor and you. Your relationship does not end here. I will be visiting my former tailor later this month to celebrate him turning 80.

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davidhuh wrote: I understand the wish for illustrations and photographs. But there is an advantage in having none or little: it stimulates imagination and creativity.

And in doing so, the reader is left with the author's words. Surely the author's voice can stand on its own.

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Congratulations on the finished article. There is a fantastic balance between coat and wearer. Which brings us to this gem: ..Ive stopped being overly prescriptive in my discussions with my tailor, I shall now leave a lot of the details to him since I know he will do whatever his experience tells hi...

Perhaps if tailor and customer shared common preferences with regards to dress, interactions would be simpler. It can get tiring fighting for proper sleeve and leg lengths at each meeting. In my case, the person wielding the shears prefers a lengthier solution, and it seems as if he has made a proje...

...Almost everybody cares how his or her clothes look. Every player in the garment industry has some sort of design and marketing organization behind. The premise is that people care about looks... To Luca's question and hectorm's assertion above, the culture of dress men once widely enjoyed has mo...

... some here like to frequent different tailors, if only for the fun of it... More butterfly than bee, fair enough. There is a little Rube Goldberg in all of us: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8690/16447666324_f0921de2fa_z.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8775/17068632522_b713a29976_z.jpg Regards.

Hristo, have a look at Hainsworth's doeskins. The Intelligence Green could be what you are after. The colors are much brighter in person than what the pictures suggest.


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...A Caraceni is a rare specimen... https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7592/16838781688_cfc2c86c84_b.jpg Galliano Caraceni ...Based on my most recent experiences in Rome and Naples, the only recommendation -from heart and mind- I can personally make is Andrea Luparelli at Sartoria Ripense near Piazza d...

...those broadly recognized as icons of style (Beau Brummel, Windsor, Eden, l´Avvocato , etc., etc.),... The thing is, style remains when the clothes are gone. Picture any of the men above in their bathing suit. Is their presence in any way diminished? One's style is composed of a multitude of visu...

Dry is used to describe the hand of the cloth. From AATCC Evaluation Procedure 5-2006 Fabric Hand: Guidelines for the Subjective Evaluation of hand, n. —the tactile sensations or impressions which arise when fabrics are touched, squeezed, rubbed or otherwise handled. constituent elements of hand, n...