http://dresswithstyle.com "Dress your life with style" Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:14:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It looks like an ordinary table and is often made of solid wood like oak or walnut. These tables are generally many generations old. You will be hard pressed to find a new one. And antiques never come onto the market. There are many lives laminated in the oil rich wood. ... http://dresswithstyle.com/2012/01/24/the-bench/ Photo courtesy of Megumi http://dresswithstyle.com/2012/01/11/jeans/ [vimeo 34657736] http://dresswithstyle.com/2012/01/06/the-elegant-illusion-happy-new-year/ [caption id="attachment_360" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Great coat Oscar!"][/caption] Oscar Wilde has one of his more earnest characters remark that “a well tied tie is the first serious step in life.” That may well be, but the first serious step in bespoke tailoring is a well cut shirt. How often do I see men ... http://dresswithstyle.com/2011/09/28/the-first-serious-step-in-bespoke/ This double breasted coat exemplifies my ideas regarding good styling. Made in the London Lounge atelier, the mid gray hopsack cloth has been cut into a 6 x 2 double breasted coat with the notch placed fractionally in the upper quadrant of the chest, and a fit that is close ... http://dresswithstyle.com/2011/08/08/the-classic-double-breasted-coat/ Chic, the enfant terrible of fashion jargon, is an adjective often used incorrectly. It’s not beautiful, pretty, elegant, understated, suave, flashy, and it’s not a la mode or debonair, so, zut alors what in blazes is it? Well the French language is chic and so is Paris. In fact the City ... http://dresswithstyle.com/2011/06/30/the-essence-of-chic/ "It's not a pretty picture, Gannon. They start out as boys sneaking to look at pictures of Fred Astaire, Cary Grant and Gary Cooper. A few years later you'll find them hiding in their grandfather's closest mixing and matching tweeds. Before long they are afflicted with a lurid fascination about ... http://dresswithstyle.com/2011/06/29/dragnet-style/ There are blue men and grey men. Each return to their favorite colors as swallows to San Capistrano. They return to one of these colors for a variety of reasons. For the business environment, or occasions that are formal, the color of the suit should have one quality: it should be ... http://dresswithstyle.com/2011/06/28/are-you-blue-or-are-you-grey/ Extraordinary men and women are extraordinary in everything they do. The lives of the ordinary are likewise and in every way common. It has nothing to do with wealth, fame, success, looks, race, birth, class, education etc. It has everything to do with being extraordinary or not. Before another extraordinary ... http://dresswithstyle.com/2011/06/24/young-men-make-your-style-extraordinary/ Summer dressing is a challenge but elegant solutions are readily available. Irish linen, or an open weave worsted, like the Brisa fabric, are to be preferred above all others. An unlined light gray or tan suit in either of these fabrics can be worn in almost all situations and the ... http://dresswithstyle.com/2011/06/22/dressing-well-in-summertime/