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Read this great piece from my good friend ethandesu:
Building a classic wardrobe
Part One - The Navy Jacket
Fashion is a fickle business - as likely to tear down it’s heroes one day for the bold choices that won them acclaim the day before. It is, like no other industry, one where everyone is the expert, no one truly the authority - in expressing the individual, no one truly can give a definitive view other than the individual. It is with some trepidation that I even think to offer advice to the world at large, not knowing even a fraction of a percent of the whole encompassing audience.
The role I take with the gents I am lucky enough to know on a professional basis is one of a confidante, a sounding board and a mirror. There is no one man I’ve met that should be dressed in Ethan’s style other than the one i see in the mirror each morning, so to give sweeping advice or direction is always going to miss as many as it hits. Luckily for me, the men that shop with me take the time to share a little of their personality, so together we can put together a wardrobe that best represents who that man is, or more appropriately, who he wants to be.
It’s an odd dynamic - no where is ego more important than in the designer, no where is it more of a setback than in the tailor or haberdasher.
this week
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