Plus, get the exclusive Robb Report tote bag FREE. It was culture that gave Gabard a passion for menswear early on: ‘You read Proust and you love ankle boots.
I know it probably took him two minutes to get ready this morning, but as I leave Husbands my mind continues to think about his ideology. An investigation, All the mistakes you shouldn't make on holiday. Fortunately for those with a smaller pool of cultural nous, education is as important as design to Gabard. A tailor at Timothy Everest. Feb 19. Even my own jacket appears different to me in the light of our chat. Gabard wants to dress you for the situation of life. “Real French clothing is about craftsmanship – everything I do starts with the quality and then I add the art.”, ‘Luxury is a misidentified word in the minds of people these days’, His current collection for Holiday nods to Texas in 1958, filled with heavy fabrics, flares, hoards of tweed, denim, big hats and even bigger cowboy boots. Nisse coat from Berg & Berg. If it wasn’t for the right word of mouth, Gabard Nicolas in Bazemont, reviews by real people. “Today, the suit is all about sex appeal,” says Husbands founder Nicolas Gabard. That's the most simple way to define the Husbands effect. Berg & Berg. Lycée Hôtelier Sainte Anne - Saint Nazaire - France 44. or. The three-piece suits (from €1,490) are made by hand and to order in Italy (with personalised sleeve and jacket lengths). “Luxury is a misidentified word in the minds of people these days. It’s constructed through a form Lorenzo cites as “Le Cigarette”, a rolled sleeve head that is shifted towards the front of the jacket’s small chest (another signature touch). Swapping in a fine merino crew neck beneath a suit is a small change, but it’s a fresh look that wears cleaner and more relaxed than a formal shirt. Massimo invites me to try on a jacket before I leave. He is wearing a single-breasted wool pinstripe suit, semi-unbuttoned white shirt and black box calf boots. But he was still bored, so he sold his stake and launched Husbands, taking the name from the John Cassavetes film. Founder of Le Vif – the boutique that sells his curation of period clothing – he is also the editor-in-chief and fashion director of L'étiquette magazine: a French media outlet that he declares as the “guide to masculine elegance”.

As I take in the details of its design – elegant shoulders, a lean sculpted chest yet complete freedom of movement – it occurs to me that finding an eternally stylish wardrobe isn’t hard. In London, bespoke duo Joshua Dobrik and Kimberley Lawton are shrugging off some of the old rules when it comes to their craft. Gabard views fashion as an outlet for “phantasm” and, after stitching on the roots of tailoring through one eye, he seals his designs with stories through the other. All these garments ask for in return is for a person of great character to wear them. ‘In the 1960s, Gainsbourg and Jagger took their fathers’ clothes and transformed them completely,’ says Gabard. Yelp is a fun and easy way to find, recommend and talk about what’s great and not so great in Bazemont and beyond. See Photos. RR1 is the private membership club that brings the pages of Robb Report to life. Once you feel a sense of confidence in that, these three labels will be waiting for you in Paris.

Subscribe today & save up to 70%! The client admitted he was embarrassed. The company calls this “tailored casual,” with the goal of helping customers build wardrobes that are still bespoke but much less stiff than you’d expect from a London tailor. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.By submitting your information, you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy & Cookies Policy. Berg’s campaigns present tailoring paired with everything from Western shirts to chunky turtlenecks, with nary a necktie in sight. GQ spent the day exploring this refreshing world... Nicolas Gabard of Husbands, Gauthier Borsarello of Holiday Boileau and Massimo and Lorenzo Cifonelli of Cifonelli all have different approaches to clothing. In Paris, Husbands is giving the suit its mojo back. But Corneliani impressed recently with its technical collection of pairable, relaxed separates in travel-friendly fabrics. Plus, get a free tote bag! He looks elegant, authentic and given the well-worn look of each piece, assured in his style.

Husbands. At Holiday Boileau he's style director, designing two ready-to-wear collections a year to compliment the biannual release of Holiday Magazine. Pictured: Gabard in his parisian boutique, which is filled with books and albums, Last summer, in Palma de Mallorca airport, Nicolas Gabard, founder of luxury menswear brand Husbands, bumped into a client dressed in Bermuda shorts.

The Cifonelli cousins are building on the heritage of their grandfather’s esteemed tailoring house, Borsarello is breathing life into the word luxury through carefully considered ready-to-wear designs and Gabard is twisting the tailoring game into a platform for cultural enlightenment. you’d probably pass by it.

Most of the time, he couldn’t find what he was looking for – even when he started using an expensive tailor. A sharp stature along the foremost horizontal line of the jacket, declaring an assured sense of sartorialism, while also elevating the body with elegance as its edges appear soft and light. Cifonelli, 83 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008, Paris. “We want to give men a reason to ditch their chinos, and to show that suits can still be elegant and cool.”. It’s the quality. For Gabard, there is no such thing as weekend wear. cifonelli.com, The hidden gems (and well-known gems) of Paris, Meet Allan Baudoin, the man behind the most elegant shoes on the planet, John Lennon was the most stylish musician of all time. By listening to The Smiths, Joy Division and Television, or watching films by Truffaut and Rohmer, you became self-conscious of vital oeuvres and found out a lot about yourself.” Walking through his store space and seeing such a wide breadth of art books, tasteful interiors and, of course, the most elegant wardrobe imaginable, I could see that Gabard was an extremely assured man. (Sweden has been a hotbed of creative menswear for some time now and shows no sign of slowing.) The intention is to capture a vital cultural moment from the past and shift it into a relevant design for today.
Husbands. It’s nothing short of refreshing to see a series of menswear designers who are grounded by traditions but layering that with cultural understanding. A key distinction of the Husbands’ suit is the entoilage, the full-length panel, made of linen and horsehair, that gives it structure and longevity. Coming upon a photo of Winston Churchill in a pinstripe suit, he obtained the identical navy wool from Fox Brothers in England. Oddly, Paris’ history of menswear tailors isn’t half as extensive as it is for womenswear couturiers.

“Tailoring needs to evolve,” says its director and general manager, Lee Rekert. Cutting class: Parisian men’s outfitter Husbands is a lesson in cultivated cool. SeasonThree. See Photos. They originate from expressive interests.

Elsewhere, other European indie brands are reexamining tailoring with fresh eyes—taking advantage, perhaps, of their relative youth and lack of a prescribed “style” from decades past. It’s classic couture in contemporary culture. We work to make a soft jacket that the client can move in, as opposed to armoury.”. Find your friends on Facebook. These men see style as the outcome of a recipe, one that mixes carefully crafted garments with an assured state of mind. Because of this essential priority, Borsarello believes that he isn’t going to move fashion forward. Whether a sensual Parisian two-piece to wear partying or a high-tech travel solution, the suit isn’t just still relevant—we’d argue the new, more versatile version deserves more room in your closet than ever before. That much you can tell from their atelier, which, upon entering, is easily mistaken for a sophisticated apartment. A former lawyer and ad man, he founded Husbands in 2012 with the express purpose of making tailoring sexy, particularly suits. But inventive new spins on suiting are coming hard and fast. “When I was young, music, film and literature were important ways of defining yourself. Rather, Husbands is proposing the thread of an interesting style icon and then using this as a hook to dig people into exploring the possibilities of their own identities. Fully carpeted and filled with flowers, the atmosphere feels historic and homely. With this ethos, their resulting three labels have coined a very specific industry of style in Paris. SeasonThree. Borsarello is an open book and Holiday Boileau is almost a library of his stories – the published ones sit on the top floor while archival material can be assessed below. When you begin to know yourself, you’ll arrive at the ethos of Husbands and its clothing will carry you through any occasion, whether it's a wedding or an intoxicated night. Such a focus on simplicity is distinctly Scandinavian, but Italian designers are also playing with the suit’s functionality. The brand’s suits and jackets have a classic Neapolitan cut, with soft shoulders and minimal padding but with the keen Scandi eye for muted, subtle fabrics.