Hur gammal var du när du upptäckte din passion för kläder?
Väldigt ung, bara några år skulle jag säga. Sen har det tett sig i lite olika uttryck under åren. När jag var yngre så åkte jag exempelvis väldigt mycket skidor och då var det ett genomgående sporttema i min garderob och sedermera mitt sätt att klä mig. Idag ser det annorlunda ut.


Hur skulle du beskriva din stil?
Människor har en förkärlek till att trycka in människor i olika fack när det kommer till kläder. Jag har ingen speciell stil utan inspireras av olika saker hela tiden. Jag gillar snygga och framförallt välgjorda kläder. Om det sedan är en kavaj med skjortaxel eller en sliten jeansjacka spelar mindre roll.


Var finner du inspiration?
Jag läser i princip inga modetidningar alls, och om jag väl gör det blir jag väldigt sällan inspirerad. Jag gillar filmer, böcker, inredning, konst, industridesign, musik och arkitektur. Jag är väldigt influerad av staden Los Angeles för tillfället, så om jag ska nämna några speciella inspirationskällor så får det bli James Ellroy, Richard Neutra, Julius Shulman, tidiga B.E. Ellis böcker, Billy Wilders Sunset Boulevard, Michael Mann, Raymond Chandler och inte minst fotografen Jeff Burton.


Nämn en välklädd person som har influerat ditt liv och smak.
Känns svårt att inte hysa en viss kärlek till en person som Serge Gainsbourg. Han var ju en ful jävla snubbe om sanningen ska fram, men han hade mycket sex appeal istället, vilket ger oss vanliga dödliga ljus i tunneln. Sen var han elegant på ett väldigt rockigt och sjavigt sätt som jag avundas något oerhört. Addera att han dessutom lyckades doppa pitten i samtliga av sin generations absolut snyggaste brudar och bilden av en, tja, ganska inspirerande kille dyker upp.


Och till sist, vad du tycker du om mode och trender?
Jag antar att det vore närmast ett tjänstefel att säga att jag skiter i mode, så jag formulerar mig så här istället: Mode kan jag tycka är rätt intressant i lite större perspektiv, men trender är alltid totalt jävla ointressanta. Ska jag avslöja en branschhemlighet? Människorna som lever för trender – quiet a few – är även dem totalt jävla ointressanta.


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The personalized seven folds tie

Thanks to a recent agreement with a prestigious artisanal tie producer, N.H Sartoria propose ties with very innovative features in terms of quality of their tissues and their hand made manufacturing, with the amazing possibility to be personalized.

 

It’s a classic seven folds tie, embellished with embroideries of symbols inspired by golf, music, horse riding, sailing, flowers and many others.

 

The pure silk and the cashmere are produced by the most famous weavings in Como.

 

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How old were you when you first found out about your passion for clothes?
Somewhat young if I may rely on my mother. Every time she visits my store and meets customers the first thing she tells them is that I always used to dress up in children’s clothing stores. Where other children started crying, I started enjoying.

I think I was about 12 when I first realized ´fashion´ was important to me. I do remember struggling with style in those years; I tried to mix preppy and surf scene clothing. Don't judge me on the results.


How would you describe your style?
Clean and anglo-italian. I prefer a very slim cut, but in general work with mostly traditional fabrics. But then again, my style can best be described by those who observe.


Where do you find inspiration?
Everywhere... Walking down the street and watching people. I sometimes wish I had the guts to start speaking to everyone that inspires me in someway.

The internet obviously made the world smaller and hence we have a better perspective on so many cities that used to be so far away... Blogs, like The Sartorialist and yours, Christopher, show the Dutch different views on 'fashion' and 'sartorialism'. To see and feel people in real life tops the internet though!


Name one well-dressed person that has influenced your life and taste.
I have to mention Lapo Elkann! He manages to mix some kind of a rock star thing with sartorialism. Hey, I just turned 27.


What do you think about fashion in general?
Stay tuned at my blog and I'll let you know












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Hur gammal var du när du upptäckte din passion för kläder?
Min "passion" för kläder har inte pågått så länge faktiskt. Visst har jag alltid gillat kläder men jag tror jag har byggt upp en mer personlig stil först de senaste 3 åren.


Hur skulle du beskriva din stil?
Klassiskt dressat men med en avslappnad inställning, Tänk italienskt snarare än anglosaxiskt. Silhuetten är smal men inte tight och i färgväg bär jag mest nyanser av  brunt, grått, lila och blått. Sen gillar jag  tanken att retas lite med de mer konservativa genom att bära något kortare byxor och mer vågade mönsterkombinationer.


Var finner du inspiration?
Framför allt på internet. Bloggar som Kishida Days och Frans Boone är två intressanta sidor som oftast får en att drömma om sydeuropeiskt mode när det är som bäst. Sen håller svenska Manolo en mycket hög nivå och sticker ut en del med djupgående artiklar på detaljer, kvalitet och konstruktion.


Nämn en välklädd person som har influerat ditt liv och smak.
Hur vida någon har influerat mitt liv har jag svårt att svara på men en riktigt välklädd person är i min mening stylisten Lalle Johnson. Han lyckas i princip insprirera med varenda stylingjobb jag sett samt har bidragit väldigt mycket till J Lindebergs dressade uppsving. Till skillnad från mängder av andra stylister har en elegant, klassisk och mycket personlig stil som har hållt i sig i många år. Tycker i allmänhet att det är väldigt imponerande med personer som representerar sin stil till 100% utan en antydan till ängslighet.


Och till sist, vad du tycker du om mode och trender?
Jag brukar säga att man kan titta på trender i kortare och längre perspektiv. Att även klassiskt herrmode förändras en aning på ett decenium är inte speciellt konstigt och snarare inspirerande enligt mig. Det jag har tröttnat något på är de säsongsbetonade catwalktrenderna som vi svenskar konstigt nog har bättre koll på än stil i allmänhet. Att vara skinnhead på våren och Etno på hösten är inte bara dyrt utan väldigt opersonligt och ängsligt. Däremot har jag inga problem med folk som har hittat en stil som med jämna mellanrum råkar inspirera modeskapare världen över.


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G. Bruce Boyer has been a noted fashion writer and editor for more than thirty-five years. He was associated with Town & Country magazine as men's fashion editor for fifteen years. His feature articles have also appeared in Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Horizon, Men’s Health, Forbes, Leaders Magazine, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Cigar Aficionado, Departures, MR, Four Seasons, Quest, The Rake and other national and international publications. He was the first American fashion journalist to write for L’Uomo Vogue (Men's Italian Vogue).

 

He is the author of two books on the history and direction of men's fashion: Elegance (W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1985); Eminently Suitable (W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1990). Additionally, he is the author of two books on the history of fashion in the cinema: Rebel Style: Cinematic Heroes of the Fifties (Assouline Press, 2006), and Fred Astaire Style (Assouline Press, 2005). And he is a co-author of a three-volume study of American menswear in the 1930s, entitled Apparel Arts (Gruppo GFT, Milan, 1989), and a contributor and consultant to The Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (Charles’ Scribners’ Sons, 2004).

 

G. Bruce Boyer is currently working on a book about Gary Cooper with Mr. Cooper’s daughter Maria Cooper Janis.

 

How old were you when you first found out about your passion for clothes?

I was very fortunate in being allowed to develop my own style because my parents let me choose whatever I wanted to wear. They didn't approve of many of my early choices, but they allowed me the freedom to choose. From a very early age, I would say five or six, I began to be influence by what older boys were wearing. A bit later I started to love films: Fred Astaire, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable and the others. I loved music, particularly early Rhythm 'n Blues and jazz. I loved the zoot suits worn by Dizzy Gillespie, as well as the black leather motorcycle jackets and denim jeans worn by the rockers. By the time I was sixteen (in 1957) Ivy League jazz style was what I became interested in, and have remained so more or less ever since. The only other influence that has affected my style has been the Savile Row approach, which I discovered by the time I had turned eighteen. So, ever since around 1960 or so that has been my style.

 

How would you describe your style?

My style is an amalgam of 1950s Ivy League and 1960s British. For colder weather I prefer tweeds, corduroys, cavalry twills, and flannels. For warmer weather, cotton khaki and tropical weight worsted. Most of my shirts are buttondown or spread collared, and I still like ties, silk repp stripes, cashmere solids, paisley wools a bit on the narrow side. I find that brown suede shoes seem to go with everything. I like neutral backgrounds with splashes of color in the accessories. If I were living in Italy I would probably dress more brightly.

I'm not particularly enamored of the style of tailored clothing today, because it seems very tight and close to the body. I prefer an easy-fitting, slightly looser and more comfortable style. Fred Astaire taught me that clothes could be both elegant and comfortable. But I do like a narrow trouser leg and a narrow, natural shoulder. I am a product of my youth, but I'd like to think I'm not completely a prisoner of it.

 

Where do you find inspiration?

Today my inspiration comes from the blog sites (such as Welldressed) that devote themselves to what I think of as “real” clothing, rather than fashion clothing. Fashion magazines have almost entirely forfeited their obligation to their readers. They no longer offer instruction or education, they are devoid of serious critics, and are almost useless. Their sole job is to sell high-wattage designer clothes. No one will learn anything about style from them. The exception in men's clothing is the new magazine The Rake. I confess that I have, as a contributor, an interest here, but it is objectively the best men's style magazine available and has no serious competition.

The blog sites I consider serious are The London Lounge, The Sartorialist, Welldressed, A Suitable Wardrobe, Ivy Style, Permanent Style, Archival Clothing, Gentleman's Corner and Sleevehead among others. A friend, Christian Chensvold of Ivy League blog, has recently called my attention to a young man named Robert I. Brown who is an up-and-coming force to reckon with.

Name one well-dressed person that has influenced your life and taste.

I would say that one of the most stylish men I know at the moment is Michael Drake, the Englishman who operates Drakes of London. He has incomparably good taste, sort of an English style as seen by the Italians or French.

What do you think about fashion in general?

I think fashion and style are two different things. Fashion today is the business of selling clothes, while style is the individual development of personal taste. Giving advice about dress is a very difficult thing. The fashion community, including the fashion media, never understand that clothes are less important than they believe them to be. On the other hand, so many people outside the fashion community don't really understand how much more important dress is than they believe. The 18^th Century English writer Lord Chesterfield said, “Dress is a very foolish thing, and yet it is a very foolish thing not to be well dressed.” I've always tried to reach a realistic understanding of the importance of clothing.

 

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