THE PERFECT NUMBER IN ELEGANCE? NUMBER 3 Mistakes never to make: ❌Too bright colors ❌Suit fabric best matched only with suit fabrics Well yes, I must confess that I made some mistakes when I was a younger about the colors I wore. Sometimes I looked like a rainbow without realizing it. However, woe if I hadn’t
Take a look at the great elegant people, from the Duke of Windsor to Gianni Agnelli: none of them ever wore anything extremely shiny! Nor would you have imagined seeing Winston Churchill in a men’s wedding suit of the extra shiny kind, with perhaps glitter. Reason? Elegant and aesthetic culture, among its codes handed down
Surely today, 90% wear striped ties and not true Regimental Ties; only 10% are membership ties, concerning more specifically British schools, clubs and military corps. Since after 1940-1950 designers and silk manufacturers have been inspired by those English striped ties of membership but to create collections that would appeal to their customers What has remained
I’m sorry I can’t host you in our tailor’s shop, just because you’re reading me from the other side of the world. But if you happen to be in Italy, know that the doors of our tailor’s shop are always open; we are only an hour away from Milan. So here I am trying to
I have always talked to you about the news, leaving out the difference between the two models of ties that my wife and I produce; today the time has come to explain to you better what the differences are between them. Passaggio Cravatte produces two models of ties, the 3 folds and the ancient seven
The world of coats is founded on three fundamental pillars, all three solid colors, or some small melange or herringbone. The first pillar is midnight blue, perhaps double-breasted with classic peaked lapels, buttons on the sleeves and a central back vent. In short, the classic Chesterfield model. This is the only one that should never
The paisley is one of the designs that have made the history of classic men’s clothing, including ties and scarves. To get to our days, it has crossed the centuries, starting from Mesopotamia and Persia; in fact, it first appeared there as a furnishing fabric and then became a clothing fabric in India, more
Our ties worn by our customers all over the world are even more beautiful. Seeing them knotted is very satisfying; it is as if they come to life in a perfect, often sartorial environment. In fact, if someone else sends us photos of our ties being worn, we are happy to receive them and publish
I made several mistakes early on in my journey down the road to elegance. But what are the mistakes I wouldn’t make again? 1) trouser width: I will no longer make them too tight; the pants must be well proportioned with the length of the shoe. 2) trouser length: I won’t make them too
Harmony. It is on this word that much of men’s classic elegance is founded. Let’s start with the origins. The word harmony comes from the Greek and means union, tune, proportion. So in classical elegance harmony is the ability to combine, to unite several elements without one prevailing in a violent way on the others.