Zero Collar Gap: The Third Signal of a (good) Handmade Suit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Sonya Glyn Nicholson, PG Senior Editor. It’s surprising to notice that… Read More
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Why Do Men Wear Suits? A Turbo Ride Through Time (1450 – 1900)
Several artists throughout history have attempted to portray the essence of a gentleman with intuitive brush strokes and exquisite mixes of subtle and bold colors, as well as through the photography of the… Read More
A Shoulder That Sings: The Second Signal of a Handmade Suit
The thing we know about men is that if they love a certain thing, then they are capable of immersing themselves in the subject of their affection until they become gurus in their own right.… Read More
How to Cause a Ripple Among Seven Billion People
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the… Read More
The Lapel Roll : The First Signal of a Handmade Suit
Written for Parisian Gentleman Sometimes when we experience something magnificent, it is difficult to return to the old way of doing things. When we become accustomed to drinking good wine, it seems meaningless to… Read More
A New Frontier for Women: The Bespoke Suit
NOT YOUR MOTHER’S SUIT The words “woman’s suit” sounds a bit banal compared to the words “man’s suit”. After all, women began wearing suits based on the frame of reference given to them by men… Read More
Losing Our Emotion — Is it Now Cool to be a Flatliner?
There is a noticeable decline in the amount of emotion we use when we communicate with each other. It seems that somehow, there is an accepted perception that showing feelings of sentimentality, passion,… Read More
The White Shirt — Telling the Men from The Boys
Written for: Parisian Gentleman by Sonya Glyn Nicholson Don’t deal in lies. Don’t give way to hating. And no matter how tough the going gets… hold on. Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) gave boys everywhere… Read More
Men and Their Clothes — What Women Think (Part II)
by: Sonya Glyn Nicholson Written for Parisian Gentleman . uk Articles that pitch how women feel about the way men dress can be met with little, if any, enthusiasm. Usually, these recycled articles… Read More
The 2013 Sartorial Storm (Part I)
written for: Parisian Gentleman John Hamm dressed for the role of a doctor in 1934 set during the Russian Revolution and based on the stories of Mikhail Bulgakov. Could this look now be… Read More
Pomp and Practicality
Remember the one in school who always seemed to dress right–the one indubitably awarded ”best-dressed” by popular vote–and who won so easily that his title was never in question? I often wondered if… Read More
