For those with an open mind (Men's fashion across most modern eras)

[deanswift58]

Hi,

Greetings, from someone who started out his road to clothing obessiveness as a mod, and subsequently developing an interest for men's clothing from all eras (though mainly from the 1920s on wards), I find this website of a Tokyo based tailor to be great eye candy.

I first read about him in a Japanese street fashion magazine, which talked about his interest in recreating and reinterpreting mens fashion of all eras and how his clientele ranges from adventurous teens, musicians to old school gents. While the workmanship is not genre defining, it is fascinating that his work covers so many eras...

http://www.bostontailor.com/bostontailor/details/page001.html
(use the << sign on the left to navigate)

There are 24 pages, so enjoy!

 

[geo]

These are great! Without a doubt, Japan is now the number 1 country for tailoring. Too bad there's nothing available to buy online.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Whoa, there. Rein in those horses. Number one for tailoring? Or number one for reproductions?

Good site, that.

bk

 

[Tomasso]

Whoa, there. Rein in those horses.

lol -----

 

[Sefton]

Hey Wildroot,I think this Japanese tailor just might be able to make a pair of trousers that are wide legged enough for even your taste!

Some interesting things there. I bet it's pricey though...

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Now those are the living stereotype of Oxford bags!

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[Marc Chevalier]

Just a few examples. Some I like more than others:

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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[geo]

Here's the DB waistcoat, tempting me again.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Now those are the living stereotype of Oxford bags!

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caricature ... whoops. No, we won't be having that argument again.

bk

 

[Marc Chevalier]

"Aha, Baron! I heard you!"

 

[Wild Root]

Those suits look great! Ok, how much?

=WR=

 

[undertaker]

Give In To Temptation....

Here's the DB waistcoat, tempting me again.

...about the waist coat I mean.

I have two DB waist coats. A red one and a silver one and they are great. They look great with a bow tie and watch chain.

Regards,
J.S.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Those suits look great! Ok, how much?

Heck if I know. The website is written in Japanese. My guess is five gazillion yen.

.

 

[Benny Holiday]

Hmm, first Okisaka-san, and now this

The Japanese must really have a yen for retro style suits! lol lol lol
Get it? Yen? Oh . . . shut up, Benny.

Some good items in there, thanks for sharing the site with us deanswift58.

 

[Sefton]

My wife and I will likely be in Japan in January. If I see anyone dressing like the fellows in those pictures I'll try to get the nerve to ask them where they got their togs. I'll ask how much too,just out of curiosity seeing as I'll probably have already spent most of my yen on records,books,toys,buzz rickson...

 

[PADDY]

Japanese tailors...

Shame we don't appear to have anything that compares over here in the UK...[huh] Possibly just not the demand?

 

[Edward]

Shame we don't appear to have anything that compares over here in the UK...[huh] Possibly just not the demand?

I think so. Plus whatever demand there is will be smaller than just the sum total of the people interested in vintage style, bearing in mind that a steady proportion will always prefer to buy original vintage over repro.

 

[Mr. Rover]

I also think that it's difficult for some japanese to buy rtw suits. Being about that size, I know it's been hard for me, the smallest size often being a size 38S. My friend at David Chu Bespoke told me that he had a Japanese customer a few months ago who was a size 32S. Yesterday at the vintage expo in NY, a lady was telling me her ex-boyfriend, who is Japanese, was 5'3 and wore the equivalent in woman's size 7 shoes (I don't know the conversion...sorry!). If you look at the picture of the man in oxford bags, his feet look a lot smaller than most American people's feet (it may be the proportion with the baggy trousers, but they seem even tinier). Most Italian/British/American brands don't make suits even for me, and I'm a size 34-36. That doesn't explain the little cult around early 20th Century Americana over there, but I imagine size is what drives many wealthy businesspeople to bespoke clothing as opposed to the $3,000+ Ralph Lauren Purple Label suit that looks way too big on him.

 

[Orgetorix]

I also think that it's difficult for some japanese to buy rtw suits. Being about that size, I know it's been hard for me, the smallest size often being a size 38S. My friend at David Chu Bespoke told me that he had a Japanese customer a few months ago who was a size 32S. Yesterday at the vintage expo in NY, a lady was telling me her ex-boyfriend, who is Japanese, was 5'3 and wore the equivalent in woman's size 7 shoes (I don't know the conversion...sorry!). If you look at the picture of the man in oxford bags, his feet look a lot smaller than most American people's feet (it may be the proportion with the baggy trousers, but they seem even tinier). Most Italian/British/American brands don't make suits even for me, and I'm a size 34-36. That doesn't explain the little cult around early 20th Century Americana over there, but I imagine size is what drives many wealthy businesspeople to bespoke clothing as opposed to the $3,000+ Ralph Lauren Purple Label suit that looks way too big on him.

Surely there are RTW makers in Japan that cater to men of smaller stature? I mean, I know Brooks Brothers and J Press in the US don't carry anything below a size 36S, but I wonder if their Japanese stores do. And would think there must be Japanese-market-only stores that carry small sizes.