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Nick SULLIVAN
The Canadian designer is known for two things: his stylish Larose Paris
Having spent over a decade in New York, the British fashion director
hat brand and appearing in endless street style shots by Tommy Ton
of Esquire US has developed a trans-Atlantic point of view on suits
SUITS YOU
SUITS YOU
Isaac L AROSE
The suit is a part of society’s dress code, but wearing one is still a state-
in mind. When you don’t work in a space where suits are part of the
The rules have changed and men now wear suits because they want to.
but gradually the climate of New York had its effect on me, so now I
ment. I don’t think it’s a necessity anymore, especially in the creative
dress code I think the relationship with the suit becomes different. It be-
It's a pleasure and it's a choice. But men also expect clothes to work for
mix up formalwear with more casual stuff. We are starting to go back to
field, but the fact that it’s not an obligation makes it charming again to
comes an outfit you wear for special occasions. I always loved the idea
them, because of the lives they now live. I don't think the relationship
something more measured and calm. Still beautifully made, beautifully
wear one. I think that’s why I love wearing one from time to time. The
of dressing up for special events; it’s a ritual that put emphasis on the
between the tailor and the customer has changed, it's just that what the
tailored, but not all bells and whistles: no yellow shoes and three hats.
suit has looked pretty much the same for the past hundred years or so.
rarity of the moment. The beauty of it is that you can then wear a suit
customer is looking for is changing slightly. When I moved from Lon-
I think that we have got to a point when the focus is going to be on a
I think it’s time to modernise it with the idea of a comfortable commute
on ‘normal’ days and you will automatically feel more special!
don to New York 12 years ago, I was like a poster child for Savile Row,
really good cut and on a really good cloth — the way it should be!
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