If looking good in a suit is a science, then Alan Flusser is one of the field’s pre-eminent PhDs… his most lasting legacy might be his genre-defining menswear book, Dressing the Man.
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This is an excerpt; you can read the full article on Robb Report’s website here.
Alan Flusser Custom-
While ownership of the business passed from its titular founder to long-serving associate Jonathan Sigmon in 2020, the house style developed by Flusser over the course of four decades remains. Today, clients can procure its “updated drape” silhouette—marked by a soft, natural shoulder, a fuller chest and a trim waist—through both custom and made-to-measure. Its custom offering is largely handmade in New York City, while made-to-measure garments are finished in its New York City workshop following two fittings. While it may always be most readily associated with Wall Streetantagonist Gordon Gekko—who Flusser famously outfitted—the business also offers full bespoke and made-to-measure for women.
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Sometimes, as well-versed as we may be in Brummelian principles of simplicity, we’re driven to satisfy a deeply personal craving for the baroque, the exotic. Sometimes, nothing but a perfectly fitted, patch-pocketed, half-belted, action-backed, three-piece suit with a lapelled vest and wide-legged, fish-tailed trousers (convertible to plus-sixes) made up in a luminescent, boldly-checked multicolor tweed will do.