• Dec 31, Winter Formal

    Updated: 2010-12-31 17:04:46
    I'm wearing a pink shirt, a wine red tie, a black vest, black pants, black dress shoes

  • Happy New Dress

    Updated: 2010-12-31 13:51:05

  • Tonight Is Your Night

    Updated: 2010-12-31 00:00:06
      If ever there was a night to put your best foot forward, this is it gentlemen. Be Stylish. Be Safe. Be well. Happy 2011 to all my readers and friends. -Dennis Cahlo

  • Flowers in Winter Pillows

    Updated: 2010-12-30 22:23:53

  • Boxy little jacket; a refashion

    Updated: 2010-12-30 06:04:07

  • How to Tie a Bow Tie

    Updated: 2010-12-29 23:00:00
     f you are lucky enough to be attending a glamorous black tie event this New Years Eve, then watch this expert guide on how to tie a bow tie. I suggest you practice before the big night, as it can take a few tries.  ood Luck!  nbsp; nbsp;

  • Scarf

    Updated: 2010-12-27 20:03:38

  • Upcycled Bathroom Mat

    Updated: 2010-12-27 14:24:19

  • Bah Humbug

    Updated: 2010-12-25 00:57:28

  • t-shirt quilt

    Updated: 2010-12-23 18:03:55

  • The Weather Outside Is Frightful – Part 2

    Updated: 2010-12-23 13:00:07
    I’d like to take a slight shift into those winter weekends when the snow and wind whip outside the windows and a trek for some comfort food takes more than just throwing on a jacket and some shoes. I had to invest in a solid winter coat to repel these kinds of conditions so I [...]

  • New life for an old polo shirt

    Updated: 2010-12-23 04:56:19

  • ‘The Way You Wear Your Hat:’ The Tie Arch

    Updated: 2010-12-23 02:35:12
    Rumours of the necktie’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Countless predictions of men binning their strips of silk have proven to be inaccurate. When ‘smart dress’ is required, the tie is the first weapon called from the armoury. However, I encounter more and more people who possess handfuls of ties but who profess to be inadequate [...]

  • 12 Days of Christmas Competition!

    Updated: 2010-12-22 23:00:00
    Once again, we've teamed up with our fantastic partners, to bring our customers 12 days of festive prizes to make this Christmas extra special.On the first day of Christmas, Red Letter Days are giving our suit lovers the chance to win a charming weekend break for two. On the second day, they could cosy up with a year lon [...]

  • Another quickie refashion before christmas

    Updated: 2010-12-22 18:55:21

  • The Weather Outside Is Frightful – Part 1

    Updated: 2010-12-22 13:00:35
    It’s dropping to some cold temperatures here in the Big Apple and has come time to start bracing for the more brutal months of January and February with some proper layering. Personally, I love wrapping myself in comfort both inside and outside the house. Never one to ignore a necessary piece I don’t have in [...]

  • Stylish festive accessories

    Updated: 2010-12-21 23:00:00
    With the festive season upon us, it's the finer details that really count. So, whilst you're dashing to the shops for those last-minute Christmas presents and your ears are ringing with jingling festive tunes, don't forget to stay dapper over Christmas and New Year's by accessorising.Tie pins and collar stiffeners Practical and stylish, you won't be dipping your tie in your soup if you wear your tie pin . Collar stiffeners will also keep you looking dapper into the early [...]

  • Cropped cardi

    Updated: 2010-12-21 20:44:53

  • Dec 21, Darth Vader meets Al Capone

    Updated: 2010-12-21 19:26:45
    Black suit (coat, vest, and pants) with white pen-stripes on all three. Solid black shirt with a black tie governed with off-white diagonal stripes. Black

  • Savoir faire - dressing in the Winter

    Updated: 2010-12-20 23:00:00
    Looking fashionable in the Winter can pose a challenge for some, especially with the heavy snow. However, you can still stay cosy and look stylish if you know your layering techniques. The below are a few simple tips for winter dressing.

  • Casual Bespoke: Something for the Weekend - The Double Breasted Blazer

    Updated: 2010-12-19 23:00:00
    The most recent addition to my casual bespoke collection, was inspired by one of our Customers - it may not be obvious to all, but as the title suggests, we style advisors spend more time advising others, than we do designing fantastic looking clothes for ourselves!My indigo/navy double b

  • Getting That Tie Just Right

    Updated: 2010-12-18 01:27:42
    Choosing the correct tie for the day ahead is a regular part of my morning routine, and one that I like to spend a little (but not too much!) time doing. Colour and pattern are important, but there are a number of other factors that contribute to getting a tie to look just right: The Width One [...]

  • Covering Up For The Ravages Of Time

    Updated: 2010-12-16 23:37:41
    This is most definitely Black Tie season. Making my way back from the House of Commons to Victoria train station every evening it’s rare not to see chaps scurrying off to one Black Tie event or another. While Black Tie is potentially a man’s greatest ally, the reality is that for every man I see who [...]

  • The A Suit That Fits guide to 'White Tie'

    Updated: 2010-12-16 23:00:00
    White tie used to be quite a commonly required dress code, but these days white tie events are so rare that chances are most people will never need to wear white tie in their whole lives. However, for completeness we will include it as the second part of our formalwear guide.White [...]

  • A Suit That Fits' guide to black tie

    Updated: 2010-12-15 23:00:00
    The festive period is one of the most common times of the year when a gentleman may require black tie attire - we've had a fair amount of stylist bespoke dinner jackets going through our City Road branch in the past month! lthough modern black tie is the most formal outfit that the majority of gentlemen ever wear, a dinner jacket was once the most informal option for evening wear, traditional white tie attire of tails and a white waistcoat being the only acceptable choice for for [...]

  • Casual Bespoke: Something for the Weekend, Sir?

    Updated: 2010-12-13 23:00:00
    The second addition to my weekend wardrobe, was my PS6072 casual shirt, which I'd had made with the intention of wearing it to work, however, once I'd received it from the master cutter, I couldn't bring myself to, because it looked too good with jeans and my Hamptons slacks! 

  • The Double Breasted Suit Returns

    Updated: 2010-12-13 23:00:00
    The double breasted suit...some would say is a bit like our marmite suit - you will either love or hate it! At A Suit That Fits we can indeed confirm that dapper gents and ladies around town are falling in love with this nifty rogue all over again. et's take a peek at the "double-breasted". DB refers to a coat or jacket with wide, overlapping front flaps and two parallel columns of buttons; one column of buttons is decorative while the other is functional, allow [...]

  • The History of a Cummerbund

    Updated: 2010-12-09 23:00:00
    A cummerbund sometimes mistakenly spelled cumberbund) is a broad waist sash sually pleated hich is often worn with single-breasted inner jackets or uxedos) he cummerbund was first adopted by British ilitary officers in colonial India s an alternative to a aistcoat, and later spread to civilian use. The modern use of the cummerbund is as a component of the semi-formal black tie ress code.

  • H&M Does Formal Slippers

    Updated: 2010-12-09 13:00:22
    I do not often let out my inner dandy tending to suppress such flair with a more simplistic approach to style. But once in a blue I like to place a flower in my lapel and let that inner dandy break free. Enter my fascination with the formal slipper a shoe which has never gone [...]

  • What To Wear To The Office Christmas Party

    Updated: 2010-12-08 23:00:00
    Here's another guest blog entry from one of our esteemed customers - freelance journalist, broadcaster and author Guy Clapperton blogging on the sartorial dangers of the office Christmas party! Guy also writes regularly for his new blog LifeOver35. Photograph: Will White.

  • Velvet Touch - winter evening wear

    Updated: 2010-12-07 23:00:00
    We have a rather special jacket in our City Road branch at the moment. Sitting surreptitiously in my office, it's attracting quite a bit of attention. Crafted for one of our long-time customers to wear to formal army dinners, the jacket in question features shawl collars, a 4 button all-fastening double-breasted front and elaborate black cording details. nbsp; It's made up out of our rich, forest-green moleskin velvet. 

  • Dec 6, Serious Business Attire

    Updated: 2010-12-06 13:55:29
    Well pressed 100 wool suit that I wear to work every day. I am the boss. It is me

  • Podcast: An Interview With Jim Shay of Isaia

    Updated: 2010-12-06 13:00:13
    I’m very excited to present the very first Podcast edition of Made To Measure, NY. This goes along hand in hand with my new approach of bringing even more multimedia aspects to the blog. For my first episode I interviewed Jim Shay of the Italian brand Isaia. Even though Isaia is a more expensive luxury [...]

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