Ezra Paul Men's Clothing Blog

This is the second in a running blog series on the construction of suits at various price-points. In the last post, I dissected a Jos. A. Bank suit at $500 and exposed its innards. Too keep this post brief, I am not going to delve into the same detail that I did in the previous post, so if you are yearning for more info, please refer back to that one. For this week's edition, I took apart a $1,500 Z Zegna suit to find out what's going on inside. Z Zegna is a slimmer and less expensive line from parent company Ermenegildo...

This is the first post in a series where I will cut open and deconstruct suits at various price points to display their guts and discuss what's going on inside. With most articles of clothing, the quality is fairly easy to ascertain just by handling the garment. Suits and sport coats, however, require a layer between the fabric and the lining and there are several different methods for creating this "skeleton" of sorts. Broadly speaking, the price of a suit is based on a few basic elements: Fabric - The wholesale price of a yard of fabric varies dramatically. It may...

One of the most frequent questions I get is, "what is the proper length for a jacket?" This can be tricky to answer and over my years of selling men's clothing I have come across several methods used to determine the length. Here are the most common: With your arms relaxed to your side, you should be able to grab the jacket The measurement from the nape of the neck (point just below the collar) to the bottom of the jacket should equal the measurement from the bottom of the jacket to the top of the shoe heel  The jacket should...

The last blog post discussed the question of whether men in DC are poorly dressed and ultimately came to conclusion (however unscientific) that yes, DC men are not particularly well dressed on the whole. If you accept my assessment, then the next logical question is: why aren't men in DC better dressed? Here are some possible reasons that I have heard thrown around as well as some personal observations: 1) DC is a company town of sorts, with our "company" being government - a traditionally conservatively dressed sector I sometimes take issue with the characterization of DC as a purely political...