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Also from the collection at Brede Værk (just north of Copenhagen) – a SIDE-FOLDING collapsible top hat! Has anybody seen one of these before? I’d love to know of others if you know of any collections that has one.
Black menswear in glass cases – the curse of people trying to photograph museums displays.
In honor of those glorious Alençon lace cravats I posted a bit ago, here’s a 1960’s dress from the collection at Brede Værk just north of Copenhagen. It’s like, her dress matches his tie, only 300 years apart.
For those of you who liked the de Largillierre painting I posted a while ago, here are some real examples of that brief but interesting period (1670-1700) of scrumptiously lacy cravats.
Worn by the Duke of York (the future James II) at his wedding, 1673. Victoria & Albert Museum.
large-scale raised Venetian needle lace (with contemporary linen and ribbon), 1670-90, from the Bowes Museum, UK.
And here’s the full version of the painting I posted earlier:
Nicolas de Largillierre, “Portrait of a Gentleman” (Possibly Pierre van Schuppen). 1680, Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco.
This is an interesting pairing – through March, the windows at Paul Smith (in both New York and Chicago) are featuring photographs by George Hurrell, of Hollywood portrait fame.
Here is the link to the Kobal Collection at Art Resource.
It’s so great to see so many museum exhibitions focusing on menswear!
This exhibition on ties will be on in Switzerland from September 2014 through January 2015.
More details here: http://www.nationalmuseum.ch/e/zuerich/wechselausstellungen/2014/kravatten.php
There’s a new theory on how many tie knots are possible…177,147!
…is there an app for that?
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/15/277385129/the-thousands-of-ways-to-tie-a-tie
This story about the stylish Sapeurs, or La Societé des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes (Society of Elegant Persons of the Congo) is a fantastic look at this group of peaceful, polite, and outrageously well-dressed gentlemen – and lovely to see men’s fashion outside of the traditional contexts. Yes, it’s a Guinness commercial – and it’s totally worth it.
Here’s the original advertisement:
And here’s a brief documentary of the men behind it:
