If you follow the rapidly maturing fast-custom segment of the menswear market you now that these days virtually anything can be made ‘custom.’ From jeans to oxfords, khakis to suits to dinner jackets. And by the way, it’s all online. The leading brand in this virtual tailoring universe is Indochino, founded by two Canadian university…
Vineyard Vines is everywhere. A classic American success story, the company, most associated with whimsical yest office compatible ties, was most recently feted in the long-anticipated follow up to The Original Preppy Handbook – TRUE PREP. In fact, TRUE PREP and TOPH author Lisa Birnbach worked together to promote the new book. In September, Vineyard…
When Alan Flusser decided to create BeSpeak his goal was not a modest one. He wanted to take his own exceptional ability to dress a man perfectly, for who he himself is, and put it in a handheld device. He wanted to make himself into an app. Though it may sound like one, this is…
I have been negligent. An early and cherished friend of OTC was recently part of a remarkable project…and I missed it. Jon Green is perhaps the most preeminent custom clothier in the United States and quite possibly the world. His clients happily dispense with upwards of $9,000, and subject themselves to on average, six fittings,…
On occasion, Off the Cuff welcomes contributions from the eternally elegant Hugo Jacomet, of the equally swanky blog Parisian Gentleman. Today, we are delighted to publish the English translation of an article written by Paul, a loyal PG reader. Ripense is a Roman bespoke label not widely known in France or the United States, but…
Working hard to reclaim the bragging rights to being the country built on denim, currently held, according to those who follow these things, by Japan, Rugby has introduced some killer limited-edition selvedge jeans. At $398.00 they are by no means cheap, but this being the world of Ralph Lauren, you also get some outstanding packaging, …
The sockless look is very much in fashion at the moment. It’s all over the place, from glossy magazine ads to TV to runways. J.Crew, very much the bastion of today’s classic American menswear, has its models sporting Alden bluchers, vintage jeans and no socks. On the formal wear front, Thom Browne has made the…
I recently had the chance to spend some time with Pranav Vora and Philip Soreano, the duo behind the DC-based brand of Hugh & Crye. Based in D.C.’s Georgetown, about a 30-second stroll form the now nationally famous Georgetown Cupcake, they make shirts and some darn good ones at that. Hugh & Crye is a…
An OTC reader recently sent me something of a social science question about dressing well. He asked, essentially, does it matter what you wear when no one is looking? Though he does travel to meet with clients and check in at the home office, this gentleman has the enviable ability to work from home. However,…
