Zero Sartorial

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Tag: suit

The Jacket Aesthetic

I’ve been looking, fairly closely, at the sports jacket. As discussed, it’s an off-shoot of the suit jacket, which in itself gave rise to the odd jacket, the blazer,  and a few other variations.  Now, I want to take a step back, and consider not just the history, which is worth looking at in and of […]

My Grandfather’s Sense of Style

In the introductory post to Zero Sartorial, I mentioned my grandfather, David Barrington Edge. He was born in 1903, into a very different world from the one I know. He died in the summer of 1986, when I was 8 years old. My recollections of anything before 10 are pretty fuzzy these days, so it’s […]