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carl browne
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Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:16 pm

Gentlemen, what are the best books on tailoring, dressing, and sartorial style?

Of course, I cant help but think of Louis Armstrong:

"Man, if you gotta ask, you'll never know." (Response when asked to define jazz.)

Well, I'll try.
pvpatty
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Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:35 pm

I would think that Sator's every evolving 'Bibliography for Cutters and Tailors' would be a good starting point.
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Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:36 pm

carl browne wrote:Of course, I cant help but think of Louis Armstrong:

"Man, if you gotta ask, you'll never know." (Response when asked to define jazz.)

Well, I'll try.
St. Augustine: What, then, is time? If no one asks me about it, I know; [but] if someone asks me to explain it, I don't know. (Confessions xi, 17)
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Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:05 pm

See thisconvenient list, by member manton:
marcelo
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Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:30 pm

dopey wrote:See thisconvenient list, by member manton:
Another list: http://www.savilerow.com/books.html
Frog in Suit
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Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:54 pm

dopey wrote:See thisconvenient list, by member manton:
Beware: what is listed as Savile Row by Rizzoli (! :lol: ) and 19th in the list, is The Savile Row Story by Richard Walker, originally published in the UK by Prion in 1988. An excellent work, a history rather than a "style" or "how to dress" book.

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Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:45 am

a history of men fashion by Farid Chenoune
style and the men, for the stores.
and dressing the man, also, the book of ties.
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