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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! 60 THE CORK THE CORK 61