The traditional heritage tailored suit is almost entirely made from animal products----from the wool of the main fabric to the silk thread and detailing.  The buttons are made from buffalo horn or shell and the interior canvas is made from goat hair.

For daytime outdoor wear, plaid is supreme. Whether you are at a wedding, the museum, or just headed out for brunch with your friends, a plaid sport coat or vest is ideal. The look is much less uptight than an evening look in black, and much less of a purely “business” look than navy. Because […]

Waistcoats (or "vests" in good American English) haven't been this in style for decades. Perhaps the recession made us all a bit more serious, and many of the guys out there who hoped to be boys forever decided to grow up. Or perhaps we all just decided to think a bit more about history and a bit less about what was new, when future prospects seemed to dim.

For the growing number of vegans buying fine wedding attire and business suits can be difficult. It can be nearly impossible to find a suit that is made without the use of animal products. Nearly every part of a traditional suit is made from an animal product. The buttons are made from horn or shell, […]

A leather jacket is always an investment. You want skins that will wear beautifully for years, aging, weathering, and gaining in character. This means using full grain whole skins as a starting point. Many cheaper jackets are made from split and bonded leathers or leather with the grain stamped onto it.

Lapel Styles Lapels on a suit coat are supremely non-functional.  One could, indeed, do without them entirely without changing the function of the suit in any way. But fashion begins to grow rich and strange at the very moment that function stops.  Indeed one might best think of a lapel as a type of “fetish.”  […]

When your order a vest from us, we can create pretty much anything that you might have in mind. We can make regency vests, Victorian vests; we can make retro 1930s style vests or ultra modern vests, casual vests, vests for a white tie wedding. Any detail can be mixed and matched… So if you […]