Duncan QUINN
Goes West
My grandfather, who was always exceptionally well dressed, once told me;“ When entering a room, always look for the man dressed in a well-tailored suit, for a man in a well-tailored suit is always in-charge.” It wasn’ t until I reached a certain age, that I came to fully understand the true implication of his words. In Los Angeles, a city boasting thousands of individuals who have come to an agreement to,‘ dress-down’ for many occasions, opting to retire the notion of having to wear the daily‘ suit-and-tie’ combo and whom prefer a more laissez-faire attire, have traded in their wing-tipped leather-soled dress shoes, for sandals, and tossing out their ties, and oxford button-ups for T-shirts. Going collarless if you will has become the trend. Or it seemed that was the going trend for the last decade, and then suddenly appearing like Daniel Craig, out of a 007 film, the idea of the suit was back! Perhaps it has something to do with the up-tick in films featuring men in well-tailored suits, and ad-campaigns urging men to‘ drink-like-agentleman’ and encouraging men to become,‘ the most interesting man in the world …’ suddenly, dressing dapper, no-doubt in part due to television series’ like, Madmen and the ever so polished character, Don Draper, have added to the resurgence.
But let’ s dig deeper, let’ s suggest perhaps that there is an underground revival occurring in the midst of the fashion industry, noticeably of men tired of dressing-down, who appreciate the finer things in life, men who define luxury, setting a new-standard and definition of what it means to dress the part, and dress well. That gentleman, that underground male fashioniado, if you will, is alive and well, and he opened a store not long ago in New York City. That man is named Duncan Quinn and he hasn’ t only reignited the spark that has New Yorkers dressing well again, he’ s taking that flame across the country.
Quinn, who’ s always had a keen eye for cut, shape, color and form opened his first bespoke men’ s boutique in New York in 2003, and since then the Londoner by birth, has been tailoring and reshaping men’ s closets’ to their former glory by aiding individuals in acquiring the‘ perfect-suit’. He’ s also been known to help those individuals indulge in a few of the finer things in life, whether he’ s throwing an occasional party in-store, or hosting a soiree on a double-decker bus, or at times both at once! … Duncan Quinn knows how to have a good time, and dress-well doing so. Everything the atelier does is a direct reflection of his time spent traveling the world, experiencing all that life has to offer. The well-traveled Quinn, relishes in learning new customs, visiting new places and his attention to detail, when creating a custom suit comes directly from those travels.
Everything the atelier does is a direct reflection of his time spent traveling the world. Experiencing all that life has to offer. The well-traveled Quinn, relishes in lerning nw customs, visiting new places and his attention to detail when creating a custom suit, comes directly from those travels. A detail driven man by nature, when Quinn sets out to do something he leaves no stone unturned.
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