Discussion off wsj.com As fashion sours on the cinched look, some suit wearers reject belts as unnecessary and visually distracting, while others strongly disagree. Where do you stand? No If you haven’t noticed, belts have been disappearing from suits shown on runways and in your better class of fashion photo. And some tailoring traditionalists welcome […]
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See The Oxxford Collection Here 11/4/2016 5:33:00 AM Posted by +Erik Peterson +Tom James Company Tampa Bay #300 12100 31st Court Suite A St Petersburg FL 33716 e.peterson@tomjames.com 727-916-7848 My Other Offices: +Tom James Company Sarasota Tom James Lakeland 2100 Constitution Ave
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Tom James Celebrates 50 Years As Featured In Mr. Magazine f 10/22/2016 7:15:00 AM Posted by +Erik Peterson +Tom James Company Tampa Bay #300 12100 31st Court Suite A St Petersburg FL 33716 e.peterson@tomjames.com 727-916-7848 My Other Offices: +Tom James Company Sarasota Tom James Lakeland 2100 Constitution Ave
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History of Ferragamo: Salvatore Ferragamo emigrated from southern Italy to Boston and then California in 1914. He opened the Hollywood Boot Shop in 1923, and made shoes for movie stars such as Joan Crawford and Gloria Swanson, as well as for films such as Cecil B. DeMille‘s The Ten Commandments. He returned to Italy and set up a shoe shop in Florence in 1927. However, the modern shoemaking company regards
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Tom James Fall 2016 Collection +Erik Peterson Some of the great looks this season that you will be seeing in Fall Winter 2016. We start with the looks books for men where we feature both fashionable modern looks as well as some more traditional outfits. Then I walk through each of our collections on some
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Makers of affordable ready-made menswear such as Suitsupply, Ring Jacket and Banana Republic have found ways to add bespoke touches to off-the-rack jackets. Here’s how to recognize real custom details on lapels, pockets and buttonholes the next time you’re shopping vs these imposters ENLARGE ILLUSTRATION: PATRICK LEGER By DARRELL HARTMAN JAKE MUESER always prided himself on his sharp
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Meet Master Cutter, Jesus Flores, 6/5/2016 5:35:20 AM Posted by +Erik Peterson +Tom James Company Tampa Bay #300 12100 31st Court Suite A St Petersburg FL 33716 e.peterson@tomjames.com 727-916-7848 My Other Offices: +Tom James Company Sarasota Tom James Lakeland 2100 Constitution Ave
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The War Over Non-Iron Shirts Some guys despise non-iron shirts, dismissing them as stiff and uncomfortable. Others swear by the convenience and defend them to their last thread. Can’t we all just get along? By GEORGE EPAMINONDAS with select edits by Erik Peterson Why We Hate Them “Loathsome” and “hair shirt” are typical criticisms leveled
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Tom James Company Of Tampa Bay Semi Annual Custom Shirt Promotion Runs From Friday May 13th Through Friday June 10th 2016. Buy 6 Custom Shirts And Get 1 Free. It is a great time to add the basics custom shirts for the season or look at some of the specialty shirt options. Untucked shirts, short sleeve,
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Old-school suitmaker Oxxford bids adieu to Chicago’s West Loop By BRIGID SWEENEY with minor edits by Erik Peterson Photo by Erik UngerInside Oxxford’s current West Loop headquarters In one more example of the new sweeping out the old in the West Loop, 100-year-old custom suitmaker Oxxford Clothes is selling its seven-story manufacturing building at Van Buren Street and Racine
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