by David Isle. Good taste places fairly narrow bounds on the menu of options in tailored menswear (suits and ties and so on). A suit can have one, two, or three buttons (but it doesn’t matter muc...
by David Isle. I’m not always proud of my interest in clothing and style. Most people associate style with vanity and elitism - ways to grow your own sense of superiority and root your disdain of...
by David Isle. For most of the year, staying warm is a good practical excuse for wearing clothes. But summer belies this purpose, since staying warm is a foregone conclusion, and still here we ar...
by David Isle. In the beginning, there is only navy, grey, white, and brown. Perhaps army green if you like to wear military gear on the weekend or olive if have a tailor in Naples. But there com...
by David Isle. Barbanera shoes have come out of Tuscan factories to party with some of the coolest cats on the fashion scene. In this interview, frontman Sergio Guardì talks about his influences, ...
by David Isle. Among his other feats of fantasy, Edgar Allan Poe had a keen sense for the suggestive, feinting language of clothing. I first met Poe’s interest in costume in his story “The Mystery...
by David Isle. Though the Internet now teems with sites offering made-to-measure suits, often their marketing is misleading. They offer the “perfect fit” despite never actually seeing the custome...
by David Isle. Comparisons between bespoke and ready-to-wear jackets are usually complicated by different makers, different fabrics, different wearers, and all manner of other variables that coul...