Kicking off the book tour in my adopted home town and couldn’t be more pleased. Afterall, Charleston is where we kicked off the SP Brooks Brothers Bow Tie Tour two years ago and that party is still talked about and stands out as one my favorite all time events. Charleston has been so kind to [...]
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posted on March 22, 2012
Spring is just around the corner. The days are longer, the sun is warmer, the flowers are popping out and the clothes are getting brighter. And that means the kick off of the true bow tie season. Yes, bows are big now and we are wearing them all year long, but it is spring that [...]
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posted on March 19, 2012
I am asked often when I will do something for the ladies. Well, here it is. The Buffy Bag. Following the successful bow tie collection for Brooks Brothers, SP now has something for the fairer sex. Inspired by a love of sailing, all things Cape Cod and the ever durable LL Bean Boat N Tote, [...]
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posted on March 13, 2012
Transition is usually a tough word for a tough time. When someone talks about being in transition, it is usually euphemism for getting fired or let go, dumped by a steady flame or recovering from some sort of loss. So it goes with this ambivalent state we are in now with regard to what to [...]
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posted on March 11, 2012
You know by now how much SP appreciates a good party, and last night’s affair was a damn good party. All the foodies are trickling into town for the big Charleston Food & Wine Festival, so leave it to Billy Reid to kick it all off with a bang, a big Southern hoe down of [...]
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posted on March 2, 2012
Hosting a drinks party can be one of the greatest challenges any would-be bon vivant could undertake. Dinner parties offer their own particular challenges (see Dinner at Eight) what with the food and the china and the glasses and the tableware, but in the end dinner parties are generally small affairs and as long as [...]
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posted on February 29, 2012
The New York men’s fashion shows just wrapped in the city that never sleeps and looking at some of these dandified clothes, it seems like our guys will be out on the town carrying on until dawn. Many editors have proclaimed this season, both here and in Europe, as the year of the suit. Yes, [...]
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posted on February 22, 2012
Why doesn’t anyone say “I beg your pardon” anymore? It is such an elegant phrase. Or “Pardon me”. So much better than “Excuse me” or the ubiquitous “I’m sorry.” or worse, “sorry”. I suppose there has been misuse of the phrase by some, inferring some hostility or negativity when uttering “I beg your pardon”, almost [...]
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posted on February 21, 2012
The need for this post began last Debutant season when many of the escorts around town began calling me up to ask what was the proper outfit, whether to rent or buy, and, naturally, how to tie a bow tie. I finally resorted to writing up a list and giving it to the guys (or [...]
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posted on February 16, 2012
It is time to put an end to this phenomenon of nasty dancing at high school dances. Living in genteel Charleston where the only kids I see dancing are cotillion graduates who shag dance to beach music while dressed in party dresses and blue blazers, I suppose I have been living in some sort of [...]
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posted on February 12, 2012
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