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English Tailoring’s Younger Brother
Meet Bespoken, the younger, hipper offspring of Turnbull and Asser.
Sam Fayed thought he’d found the perfect jacket. “The fit and the color were great, but when I turned it around, there was a giant eagle on the back, with rhinestones,” he says. Sam and his brother Liam are the youngest of three brothers in the... READ MORE
Drive Your Dream Car, Fast
Signature Car Collection takes its fleet of exotics to the track—and you’re invited.
If you haven’t yet made the trek out to Newark to see the truly amazing exotic- and classic-car paradise we wrote about a few weeks ago, you’re in for an even bigger treat now. Signature Car Collection, one of the four businesses housed in the... READ MORE
An Unparalleled Book Collection
Raid the private library of one of the world’s most discerning collectors at Christie’s.
One of the most prized American book collections hits the auction block at Christie’s New York this month. Hundreds of rare, meticulously kept books, from medieval manuscripts to modern and illustrated works, will become available beginning April 9... READ MORE
Lofty Home Goods in Tribeca
The much-anticipated Steven Alan Home Shop points the designer’s unique sensibility to housewares.
Best known for his men’s and women’s shops, which feature well-curated selections from up-to-the-minute designers, Steven Alan has finally expanded to housewares. And with a total of 10 clothing stores in New York, six in California, and two in... READ MORE
A Suit from Beirut
Tailor Michael Fenici travels from Lebanon to make impeccable clothing for clients around the world.
Unlike other tailors in New York, Michael Fenici doesn’t have a shop here. And he’s not one of the many foreign clothiers who come to the city twice a year to measure clients out of a hotel room. Instead, from his home base in Beirut, Fenici flies... READ MORE
Collector’s Advice: Contemporary Art
Contemporary art collector Peter Hort offers advice on building a collection that’s both personally and financially rewarding.
Peter Hort dines, eats, and sleeps surrounded by one of New York’s most coveted collections of museum-tracked contemporary art. The lawyer with the savvy aesthetic eye shares his Soho apartment with his wife, Jamie, who is also a collector and an... READ MORE
Made in America? Made in NYC.
Modern menswear style meets classic workmanship at Ernest Alexander.
With a four-year-old brand and a flagship Soho store that opened last summer, Ernest Alexander Sabine is living a true-to-life New York story: He was working in advertising for fashion companies before deciding he wanted to launch a line of his own... READ MORE
