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Sunday morning at Watson’s Bay in a rare (soon to be undone) moment of triumph, wearing a t-shirt which doesn’t have one of our babies throw-up on it. #littlewins

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Tassel loafer appreciation session. Never too young.

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Mid-morning and thick fog in the Blue Mountains @saintcrispins @barbour #mensstyle #menswear #barbour #barbourjacket #saintcrispins

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Decided to wear clothes again today.

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When your Italian tie-maker, your English shoemaker, your German window maker and French sunglasses maker all used the same colour wheel 🤫

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https://timelessman.com.au/advice/fold-jacket-travel-reader-question/ New article now on the blog: Reader Question - How to Fold a Jacket for Travel. This actually mainly comes down to choosing more suitable cloths for travel jackets/suits (which is addressed) as well as choosing a good bag or suitcase (also addressed), but a good technique for folding a jacket is still useful when required. #bennettwinch #vitalebarberiscanonico #hollandandsherry #menswear #mensstyle #howtofoldajacket

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Cardigan enthusiasts quarterly round-table.

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New article now on the blog: A New Life for Stark and Sons: https://timelessman.com.au/profiles/new-life-stark-sons/

Given last weeks' article on the first fitting for the bespoke sports jacket at Camps de Luca, I thought that now would be a good time to update/introduce readers on the rebirth of Stark and Sons.

2014 marked the sad and untimely passing of Alain Stark, the third generation of Parisian tailoring house Stark and Sons which first opened its doors in 1910.

Traditionally, Paris' three most famous tailoring houses (Camps de Luca, Smalto and Cifonelli) are best known to followers of bespoke. They're the Houses which are typically brought up when discussions on Parisian tailoring come up and they all have unique silhouettes and nuances which attract different customers, depending on what you most value in bespoke. Stark and Sons typically flew under the radar, going either unnoticed or misunderstood, but the family owned business possesses and enviable history in French tailoring and, thanks to Camps de Luca, will now likely come to prominence in Paris over the years ahead.

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New article now online here: Camps de Luca bespoke jacket - first fitting.

“Firstly, apologies for the delay in writing this article. I've had several comments and emails asking me when this article for the Camps de Luca fitting would be posted, but the birth of my first born (and potential future owner of this jacket) has slowed everything down lately.

I managed to get in to see Julien briefly while we were in Paris at the tail-end of summer for a trial fitting in waste cloth. It was supposed to be a fitting in the grey herringbone cloth I chose last time, but I changed my mind between visits, so we needed to pick a new cloth at the fitting...”  

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How to wear ties casually (link in bio). It comes down to texture. Knits and more textured fabrics take the edge off formality.

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New article now online (link in bio): How to wear ties informally. Cover model: Jamie Ferguson @jkf_man from his days at @drakesdiary

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From the latest article on CHAPAL https://timelessman.com.au/bespoke/chapal-leather-jacket-part-1/ "Leather also has the unique ability to completely change the look of a jacket, depending on which leather you choose (not colour, but the actual species of animal it comes from) and how you line it. For suits, the silhouette largely remains the same, even in heavier cloths. But a thick lamb-skin jacket, lined in shearling will look completely different from the same jacket made in a lightweight goat-skin with silk lining. So in this instance the choice of leather is just as important as the actual style and design. Given that most of my life is spent in warm weather, the jacket needs to be light and relatively simple in construction (i.e. no heavy linings). Leather will never be able to compete with jackets in linen or cotton, or even open weave wool for that matter, but it’s not supposed to. A leather jacket is a completely different look to tailoring and if you’re in the mood to wear a leather jacket, you’re probably not in the mood to wear tailoring." #chapal #chapalparis #customleatherjacket #customleather

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Tobacco suede A1 flight jacket at Chapal, Paris.

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Man cub.

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New article now online: Chapal, Paris - Leather Jacket - Part 1 

“This jacket is one of the commissions I've most looked forward to beginning, of all the things I've had made.

Leather, good leather, ages beautifully and is one of the few things you can have made which genuinely gets better with time. It softens up, develops its own unique patina and molds to your shape. With some occasional TLC, in 50 years it will look and feel even better than the day it was made.

Chapal have a range of styles (all classic) which can be tweaked and modified to suit individual preferences and the situation in which you want to wear it. An unlined suede A1 jacket is going to be better in warmer weather and more casual situations, whereas a RAF jacket, made from sheepskin and lined with shearling wool will only be wearable in very cold weather and to shoot down Germans......"

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I've been looking forward to this arriving for a while now. A huge congratulations to @parisiangentleman for putting together such a beautiful composition of the best Italy has to offer. Will get stuck into it this week and post a review up shortly. #theitaliangentleman #parisiangentleman

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Image from tomorrow's article on my made to measure jacket from Chapal Paris