Torsten
@SartorialNotes
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Author of two critically acclaimed books on bespoke and fine menswear. Based in Europe. Follow at:
Joined February 2011
A sartorial Nobel laureate. Coordination of suit, shirt, tie and pocket handkerchief.
"As a child, I promised my mother I would win the Nobel Prize in Physics. 50 years later, I said to my mother, 'See, I have kept my promise. I won the Nobel Prize.' 'No,' said my mother, 'You promised it would be in physics!'" Read about Kenzaburō Ōe: https://t.co/74CeN1Iaz7
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At work in a bespoke Harris Tweed jacket, cashmere, heavy cotton twill, and handmade shoes.
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A couple of watches I saw at a dinner: a Lemania, a vintage watch for connoisseurs, and a Cartier Tank in a ladies’ model.
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It works, doesn’t it? A good shirt collar, a nice tie knot and a large overcoat with the collar turned up nonchalantly. From Florence.
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I’ve noticed a few patch panel jackets recently. I saw one in Florence. They have a long history. I imagine the earliest versions came from tailors having fun, making jackets for themselves or a client out of leftover cloth.
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Colours in menswear aren’t dangerous, but you have to coordinate them with a feel for harmony. These two Spanish gentlemen I saw in Florence last week do it well, imo.
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With his pal Peter Freuchen and in a tailcoat with the Danish crown prince Frederik. And in a three-piece suit.
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A memorial (one of many) to Knud Rasmussen north of Copenhagen. He looks out over the Øresund between Denmark and Sweden.
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Danish-Greenlandic polar explorer Knud Rasmussen in an anorak, which plays the role of a suit in Greenland. I love the handkerchief in the breast pocket.
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This is about as good as it gets in menswear, imo. No polished influencer look, but worn-in quality clothes that he combines with a natural flair. Notice, for instance, how squares repeat in jacket, shirt, and tie. From my trip to the Pitti Uomo fair in Florence this week
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The 1970s are back including comb-overs (fashion update from Florence, Italy)
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Well, I would say that it presupposes that the customer has taste.
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"I'll fight Greenland." In the early 20th century, Danish explorer Peter Freuchen got buried in an avalanche in Greenland. Immobilized and facing the possibility of death in a ice grave, he tuned his own feces into a dagger, which he used to free himself.
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