E. Tautz F/W 2011

Instead of me pasting a shit ton of pictures here, London Fashion Week TV has provided us all with a nice motion picture of the E. Tautz F/W 2011 collection recently shown in London.  I'm not the biggest fan of the knits, but I can get down with those gigantic lapel outerwear pieces, especially that double breasted khaki number.  If you are unfamiliar with Patrick Grant, one of menswear's rising stars, click the tags at the bottom of the post.


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-L.A.S

The Nominees: Patrick Grant

Patrick Grant didn't win the BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund, but here is a video Vogue.com released with their only menswear nominee.  As seen over at Die, Workwear!, which is a fantastic blog you should be reading.



-L.A.S

Attn: Patrick Grant Speaks

In a new feature over at GQ UK, sartorial mastermind and Sart Inc favorite, Patrick Grant is going to be blogging weekly for the esteemed menswear publication.  In his inaugural column Patrick muses on Britain's "unpatriotic" obsession with denim and quotes Snoop Dogg.  Need I say more?

-L.A.S

“How I Get Dressed” with Patrick Grant

"Getting dressed is a moment of calm, I think, in each day.  It's a moment that's entirely our own.  It's a moment when nothing else can disturb us. And I think it's something we need to learn to enjoy once again."  How the man gets dressed. As seen on Put This On.


Patrick Grant: How I Get Dressed from Chris Floyd on Vimeo.

-L.A.S

E. Tautz S/S 2011

The most recent fruit of Patrick Grant's labor has gone live.  E. Tautz S/S 2011 is one of the few shows at LFW that menswear enthusiasts can get excited about - superb tailoring, great fabrics and none of this bullshit.  Like the personal nature of Saville Row tailoring the E. Tautz show was an intimate affair.  Instead of music, Mr. Grant talked show attendees through each of the looks presented.  The focus of S/S 2011 seemed firmly on fabric.  Fresco, a warm weather plain weave known for it's strength, was featured prominently throughout in various weights.  Another characteristic that marked the collection was the emphasis on the double breasted jacket, which was shown in both six and four button stance versions. Double breasted sport coats are obviously having a serious moment.  Below you will see some great examples of how to wear one casually and undone, even, without looking uncouth.  Also notice how color can be worked into your wardrobe without veering into "go to hell" territory, which is slowly becoming a cop out for those looking for easy ways to dress "cool".  Darker and deeper colors can work in warm weather when paired up with lighter counterparts like ivory, white and khaki.  The one downside here is the pricepoint.  You can find E. Tautz in Barneys if you live in NYC, but be prepared to drop some serious coin.  E. Tautz is pretty much charging bespoke prices for off the rack gear.  If you've got $400 to drop on a shirt however, you'd be hard pressed to find a better place to send your monies.

[Pictures courtesy of GQ UK.]

-L.A.S

Patrick Grant: An Introduction

While those of us who were unable to attend London Fashion Week wait patiently for E. Tuatz's S/S 2011 collection to hit the internet and Barneys, I'd like to quickly talk about Patrick Grant.  For those unaware, Patrick Grant is arguably Saville Row's most interesting personality.  Patrick, age 38, is currently the youngest Guv'nor on Savile Row and received his MBA from Oxford.  He runs the bespoke tailor Norton & Sons and their ready-to-wear subsidiary E. Tautz, who you might have read about recently.  He's nothing short of a menswear master even if he never really planned on getting into the business in the first place.  As he told Swipe Life:

"It was an accident really, well, not an accident. A fabulous coincidence. I stumbled upon it completely by chance. I was at Oxford finishing off an MBA and a friend of mine was supposed to meet me for lunch. He called to say he couldn’t come, so I grabbed a copy of the Financial Times and sat and read it because there was nothing else to read. I got as far as the ‘Businesses for sale’ section and there happened to be an advert on that one day for Norton & Sons. There was just a little advert that said ‘Bespoke tailor for sale, 16 Savile Row. Contact Mr. Granger by letter’. That’s as much as it was planned. There was no planning whatsoever. It was just completely fortuitous.

I came and met the owner and came to the shop and looked around and having never worked in clothing before I just fell in love with the place. I’d always been very interested in craft and making things, I’d always worked in manufacturing companies and I’d always been very interested in clothes but I’d never thought ever, to work in the clothing and tailoring industry."

Seems like fate, no?  Anyway, not only is this guy renowned for rescuing not one, but two iconic English "brands", but he's also one of the rare few working in menswear today that truly gets the whole style vs. fashion thing and the relationship between the two. And lest we not forget the attention to detail and craftsmanship (I mean, just look at a picture of a Norton & Sons suit) that is at work.  From bespoke to ready-to-wear, from Saville Row to the runway,  Patrick is someone you need to know about if you don't already.

[Pictures courtesy of Swipe Life.]

-L.A.S