Born on may 20th, 1932 in Wiesbaden, Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer considered as one of the founders of the functionalist school of industrial design. His work is closely linked to the Braun company, for which he designed radios, record players, scales and calculators from 1955 to 1995 A synthesis between Ivy League […]
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SEERSUCKER
An old rule of masculine elegance states that it can be worn only between Memorial Day and Labor Day: from late May to early September. From British trading posts in India to the shoulders of the English bourgeoisie Seersucker is a fabric native to India. The word seersucker is taken from the Persian shir o […]
3-BUTTON SUITS
3-button jackets were created at the end of the 19th century. Of Edwardian inspiration, they were first omnipresent in England and worn in France by the dandies of the Third Republic. In the 1960s, 3-button jackets were abandoned in favour of 2-button ones, which had appeared in the 1920s: their look was considered more sporty. […]
MAKING HUSBANDS #4 : SHIRTS
Our shirts are manufactured in a workshop founded in 1989, in Cologne, Germany. The family-owned company has been manufacturing shirts with the highest quality standards for over 30 years. The workshops’ founders have succeeded in combining heritage and tradition while modernizing the shirt making process. THE HAND OR THE MACHINE There are two schools in […]
LIVERPOOL
In 1927, Carl Jung had a dream about Liverpool – citing it as “the pool of life.” Literally, it’s true, as England’s North West city is historically a major port for trade and exploration. But Jung’s phrase is equally apt for Liverpool’s cultural scene, because the city has mastered an output of music which, to […]
STUDIO 54
“The greatest club of all time” – Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Record New York founder, 1977. Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager decide to open a new nightclub in 1977: Studio 54 is born. Located at 273 West 54th, the club quickly became the temple of Disco music. It was a time of recklessness and the opening […]
MAKING HUSBANDS #2 : THE SHOES
Our shoes are made in a workshop founded in 1909 in Vigevano, an Italian town in the province of Lombardy. For 112 years they have been hand-producing some of the most beautiful shoes for the most renowned houses. It is a family business, today run by two brothers, the founder’s great-grandchildren. THE HAND The hand […]
THE RAGLAN COAT
It was Baron Raglan who gave his name to a diagonally cut sleeve, extending to the neckline. In december 1853, the Crimean War just began between Russia and a coalition of the French Empire, the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain. Winter sets in and the British army faces problems in supplying warm clothing. Baron Raglan […]
HOUNDSTOOTH PATTERN
The houndstooth pattern is created by a particular weave repeated identically. It is a “yarn dyed” pattern : the threads of fabric are dyed before weaving. The houndstooth pattern is thus created through the weaving phase. The interlacing of the patterns is done by weaving the same number of weft threads above and below. A […]
MEN’S CLUB
In the early 60s, the first wave of Japanese students born after the Second World War entered university. Japan is then in economic expansion and takes part in this new consumer society. These young people became the Miyuki-zoku – the “Miyuki tribe”, named after a trendy street in Tokyo. The gakuran: traditional uniform of Japanese […]