Just a note to say that, no matter how well-styled you may be, trying to fit yourself out for white tie events is borderline physically painful. Tailcoats are one of the best looking, though oddest fitted, bits of outerwear ever devised.
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Join the Club: Introduction to Wine
By Bryan Ergle Wine. The very name conjures up specific images for people; the word is equated with wealth and luxury, status and sophistication. It has been held up throughout history as one of those ephemeral concepts going all the way back to the Greek gods, and even before. To this day, no drink speaks […]
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Crossing Time and Space: Perfumer Carter Weeks Maddox
By Steve Price & Bryan Ergle Like the artificers of old, he crafts concoctions that bequeath eloquence and beauty upon the user. With a skilled nose and hand of a master craftsman, he expertly blends different ingredients with his own form of unique alchemy, whose potions are worn and whose effects are rapturous upon the […]
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Men’s Suits Series, Part IV – On Choosing Fabric
By Bryan Ergle Let us step back for a moment, before we go into the ‘where’, and touch upon ‘what’… choosing the right fabric! And in that, is the beginning of a good suit. We’ve now discussed how the shortcomings of many offerings from lower-end semi-custom (sometimes called Made-to-Measure, or MTM/M2M) places fall on the […]
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The Terrible Tees
By Bryan Ergle Look around the world. Look at how men and women dress and act. It is remarkable how ‘far out’ fashion, behavior, and culture has become. The quintessential men’s suit and tie are so far gone, they’re practically a separate fashion statement! It is ironic… this day in age, that a man dressed […]
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Intriguing Fact About Wool
Intriguing fact for today, from Gentleman’s Gazette: “You might be surprised to learn that the wool used to manufacture a great many suits globally comes from sheep which are descended from just two rams and four ewes. In 1789, King Charles the fourth of Spain gifted six sheep to the Dutch East India Company; these […]
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Fashion Then & Now: Something Went Terribly Wrong
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Defining Ourselves: What is Well Sewn
As with any site, with any brand, the question comes up – who are you? What is this all about? It is a simple question, and the simple version of the answer, if there is such a thing, is that we help people. We help people find ways to live a more luxurious lifestyle, within […]
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The Disposable Culture
Not long ago, a good friend of mine commented on my long-standing habit of wearing automatic watches – not digital, not battery powered, and certainly not smart – but a traditional, clock-faced watch. The answer could have been a simple as habit, or personal preference, and that would have been the end of the conversation, […]
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Understanding Diminishing Returns: A Key to Maximizing Value
By Well Sewn Staff In economics, there is a theory called the Law of Diminishing Returns, and this is a term that you will hear used often here at Well Sewn. While diminishing returns, as a theory, is generally applied to production methods, it can be applied to a large swatch of other aspects of […]