The New York Times has a somewhat interesting piece today on the state of the suit and what it says about the state of the American man: "Sizing Up the Cut of a Man." Indeed. The pressing premise seems to be: Which Tom are you? Tom Ford? Or Thom Browne?
In a nutshell, Tom Ford is all about the sexy and Thom Browne is all about the floods.
While Trebay, as usual, spends far too much time masturbating with words while failing to make a point, he does offer up this gem of an insight: "[B]oth men seem to start from the hoary but still sound premise, so beloved of the folks in theory-land, that masculinity is a pose, a form of drag."
Tom Ford, says Trebay, is for guys who want to "fuse the debonair cut of a Savile Row suit with the swagger of a star from 1970s pornography." Thom Browne, says Trebay, is for guys who want to look like Pee-wee Herman.
What kind of man are you?
