"Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to whom details matter. Well-tailored clothing is a celebration of precision. When I'm wearing one of my custom suits, I'm in harmony with my highest ideals, my worship of great workmanship. In this period of globalization and outsourcing, of voicemail vacuousness and shopping on the Internet, there are few things more gratifying to me than standing in a clothing shop getting a second or third fitting from a tailor who is personally and pridefully engaged in what he's doing."
-Gay Talese in Vanity Fair
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Eloquently put.
Here's a link to the entire Talese article in Vanity Fair:
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/08/talese200708
"When I'm wearing one of my custom suits, I'm in harmony with my highest ideals, my worship of great workmanship."
Thank you Mr. Talese, and A Suitable Wardrobe, for verbalizing that which I believe but couldn't express.
J
'Pridefully'? Proudly, please.
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