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mens apparel: rag & Bone . brookings jacket

A.Forbes — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:47:50 +0000

I apologize from the gate because I am posting this Brookings Jacket for those who did not get to see it in the shop because we SOLD OUT of this jacket in two days. This was one of my favorite Rag & Bone pieces of the season because they did to me all of the things that I wish Barbour would do with their jackets - slim them out, modernise them and crop them. This waxed jacket is off the charts with two button snap flap pockets and two below. Leather detailing on shoulders, elbow and forearm. Button snap front closure with zipper front closure beneath. Adjustable snap cuffs and snap rear vent and bound seam details. 100% waxed cotton Lining: 100% cotton.

Mens apparel: rag and bone sp11 delivery#1

A.Forbes — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:52:09 +0000

Rag & Bone is quickly becoming one of my favorite brands as they continue each season to deliver great product. For sp11 I really love their shoes (available below), the Bristol Tux Pant with the tone on tone striping down the leg, the Nato Jacket is a great blend of a blazer cut meets modern safari jacket, the washed navy Button Down Oxford is a no brainer, so I will move on to what is the gem of this delivery in my opinion - the Bunbury Cardigan in army green. First of all cardigans do not usually come in army green and the softness, cut and detailing of this cardigan is amazing. Click Through . BUY NOW

mens accessories: rag & bone boater belt

A.Forbes — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:04:27 +0000

Belts are a fun accent and for spring/summer whether you are heading to the beach, the boat, a bbq or a night out. This rag & bone boater’s belt in white makes a great casual cool yet subtle statement. BUY NOW .

mens shoes: rag & bone sp11

A.Forbes — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:56:58 +0000

Rag & Bone brings the heat for spring with a slick navy chukka with a distressed sole, a great chestnut leather trainer and last but by far not least, the aberdeen desert boot with a red sole and distressed natural suede upper. On time and on point, each of these shoes will look great for the days ahead on no matter where in the world you are. Stay tuned for more R&B to come in the weeks ahead. Give a call . Canvas 310.317.9895

Designer Talk: America’s Greatest Tailor Resides in Brooklyn

A.Forbes — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:56:43 +0000

Martin Greenfield - GQ Dec.2009 Pg.126

While in New York at the Rag & Bone Showroom buying Sp10 for CANVAS, Jac and I met an extremely interesting gentleman who was impeccably dressed, named Martin Greenfield. Mr. Greenfield entertained us with stories of dressing past presidents, how he began tailoring, his arrival in America as a young boy after WWII and his recent work on several suits for Michael Jackson. Who knew we were talking to one of America’s Greatest Living Tailors according to this months GQ Magazine (Dec.2009). Did I mention that CANVAS will be carrying Rag & Bone starting in Spring 2010.

MARTIN GREENFIELD roamed the rough planked floor of his clothing plant in Brooklyn recently, enjoying the familiar whir of a dozen machines. He paused abruptly to inspect the details of a custom tailored coat spread across a table, fingering a buttonhole. The hand stitching “is a signature for us, one that reads like a thank-you note,” he said.

In a career spanning more than three decades, Mr. Greenfield has overseen the stitching and the placement of pockets and seams in tens of thousands of garments, making his name as a tailors’ tailor. His plant in Bushwick engineers and produces 40,000 suits a year for some of the nation’s leading clothiers and for an impressive roster of private clients.

For years he labored behind the scenes to perfect the set of a sleeve or slant of a pocket for the likes of Bill Clinton, Paul Newman and Michael Bloomberg, whose photos line his office walls. Among his more clandestine assignments was to whip up a suit for Michael Jackson. Mr. Jackson, he recalled, never appeared for a fitting. “It was a kind of undercover operation,” he said. The suit, he added, fit perfectly.

As early as the 1960s, the Czechoslovakian-born Mr. Greenfield was cultivating a reputation as “tailor to the designers,” as he likes to say. Isaac Mizrahi and Donna Karan are among those who sought out his expertise. Ms. Karan, who had approached him in the ’80s to help her with men’s suits, recalled at the time that Mr. Greenfield taught her “discipline — how a quarter-inch adjustment can alter everything about the way a suit fits and feels.”

Today his cutters, sewers and patternmakers piece together blazers and tailored hoodies for adventurous labels like Band of Outsiders and Rag & Bone.

Mr. Greenfield could probably have reeled off the names of famous clients all afternoon. But more pressing things distracted him. “Look at this,” he said, pausing to watch as a worker bent over a buttonhole. “Each stitch has its own knot,” he explained, with mounting satisfaction. “Her job is to pull each knot exactly as tight as the last.” He would have it no other way. Rag & Bone will be available at CANVAS – Spring 10.