Hi Eric, love the article. When you make the comment about how drakes is making tailoring “weirder” consequently making it easier to wear, how do you bridge the gap or bringing weirdness to the masses? I think of weirdness going to the esoteric fashion sense of the runways and having the reverse effect of the masses not wearing them. Curious to hear your thoughts!
Thank you Scott! Yes, "weirdness" is a pretty broad term here, and can be used to refer to anything from the workwear-style suits that Drake's is making from wide-wale corduroy to the sort of avant-garde getups Thom Browne sends down the runway. In the context of that "esoteric fashion sense," as you put it, I don't think weirdness manifested in that form does much for tailoring's critical appeal. But the unorthodox but not otherworldly way that brands like Drake's, ALD and even present-day J. Crew are doing it does.
Hi Eric, love the article. When you make the comment about how drakes is making tailoring “weirder” consequently making it easier to wear, how do you bridge the gap or bringing weirdness to the masses? I think of weirdness going to the esoteric fashion sense of the runways and having the reverse effect of the masses not wearing them. Curious to hear your thoughts!
Thank you Scott! Yes, "weirdness" is a pretty broad term here, and can be used to refer to anything from the workwear-style suits that Drake's is making from wide-wale corduroy to the sort of avant-garde getups Thom Browne sends down the runway. In the context of that "esoteric fashion sense," as you put it, I don't think weirdness manifested in that form does much for tailoring's critical appeal. But the unorthodox but not otherworldly way that brands like Drake's, ALD and even present-day J. Crew are doing it does.