15 entrées
Accessoires
Les petites choses : cravates, ceintures, chaussettes, gants, chapeaux, embauchoirs. Ce qui en fait un bon et ce à quoi regarder avant d'acheter.
Care
3 entrées
01
Shoe trees
A shoe tree is a close-fitting cedar insert that keeps a shoe in shape and soaks up foot moisture, making it the cheapest way to extend a good shoe's life.
02
Shoe care
Good shoes can last twenty years if you use shoe trees, rest them between wearings, apply cream and wax, and resole them before the sole wears through.
03
Caring for tailoring
A wool suit stays clean with regular brushing and airing, and dry cleaning it only rarely keeps its natural oils and helps it last far longer.
Hand
1 entrées
Headwear
1 entrées
Neckwear
4 entrées
01
The necktie
A good tie is cut diagonally across the silk and folded around a wool lining, which helps it knot cleanly and hang straight without twisting.
02
The bow tie
A bow tie you tie yourself sits slightly lopsided and at a small angle, which looks right in a way a pre-tied one never does.
03
The pocket square
A pocket square is decorative cloth for your breast pocket, and hand-rolled edges give it body to hold a fold instead of collapsing.
04
Scarves
A scarf is best in cashmere for light warmth, wool for durability or silk for evening and wind, and its width decides whether it knots or drapes.
Small Leather
6 entrées
01
The belt
A good dress belt is one solid piece of leather that matches your shoes, narrow with a suit and wider with casual trousers.
02
Braces
Braces hold trousers up from the shoulders instead of squeezing the waist, and they are why mid-century trousers hang the way they do.
03
Side adjusters
Side adjusters are small buckled or buttoned tabs at each hip that tighten trousers without a belt, keeping the waist smooth under a jacket.
04
Cufflinks
Cufflinks fasten a double or French cuff, which has no buttons, and for most men they are the only jewellery they own.
05
Socks
Over-the-calf socks stay up and cover your leg when you sit, unlike mid-calf ones, while cotton or merino wool keeps them comfortable.
06
The umbrella
A traditional umbrella built on a single solid stick can last for decades, while a folding umbrella is easier to carry but tends to break at the joints.
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- Cedar shoe trees beside brown oxfords: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- Brushes, polish and cloth beside a shoe: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- A clothes brush, cedar hanger and garment bag: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- Peccary leather gloves on a tweed coat: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- A felt fedora on a hat block: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- A grenadine silk tie, rolled and unrolled: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- An untied black silk bow tie: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- A linen pocket square with a hand-rolled edge: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- A cashmere scarf on an overcoat collar: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- A bridle-leather belt with a brass buckle: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- Boxcloth braces on flannel trousers: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- A trouser side adjuster, close up: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- Silver cufflinks on a double cuff: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- Over-the-calf socks, rolled: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- A solid-stick umbrella with a cane handle: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art