Dinner jacket and simplicity Some men will say that the art of the dinner jacket and the tuxedo is simplicity. Don’t outshine the woman on your side. Tone down every effect. The decadent dinner jacket tradition That’s just a position, though. History has provided us with a glamourous, decadent dinner jacket as well. It’s an ...

Visit from Germany Bernhard Roetzel was in town, and I arranged a dinner with him and ten well-dressed men in Copenhagen, readers of Sartorial Notes. As you probably know, Bernhard Roetzel has written several books on classic menswear. His latest book, A Gentleman’s Lookbook came out in Spring. I have contributed to it with a ...

They continue to inspire. I indulge in Danish Golden Age paintings from the first part of the 19th Century. On one hand they idealise reality like all romantic art does. On the other hand they take pride in depicting details correctly. The latter means you can get a huge amount of information about costum history. ...

Don’t worry, I’m not about to make a lifestyle blog. I’m just broadening the scope a bit. Afterall, you sport fine menswear when you are at something, for instance drinking a good cup of coffee. Coffee Beans Arabica coffee beans produce the better coffee. Most experts agree on that. Arabica grows i high altitudes close ...

Scotch and bespoke suits are a good match, clearly. We embody a habitus that tend to bundle related interests in what we call a lifestyle. I read a fine new book on Scotch whisky recently called Scotch whisky. Danish connaisseurs Peter Kjær and Lars Gregersen have witten it. Let me turn the book into a ...