*Fop Fight: *Dandyism’s Sophistocrat lays some well-coiffured smack down on fake “Bobo Dandys” Patrick McDonald, Fonzworth Bentley, Sebastian Horsley and Pete Doherty. Oh snap! [Dandyism.net]
Departure: Graydon Carter’s former assistant and current Departures Associate Articles Editor Matt Trainor will look to transform Ralph’s site. In other news, polos will still be available in many colors. [WWD, second entry]
Internal Promotion: No major superstar hirings to come at Valentino menswear after he retires—give it a season or two. [Reuters UK]
ALL
TAGS
Curiously-coiffed Vanity Fair editor E. Graydon Carter has finally revealed the secret to Spy magazine’s success—and no, it wasn’t the invention of snark.
As we might have guessed, the key lay in looking the part. “Because we were small and because we were scrappy, I made a very conscious effort to wear a suit and tie to work every day,” Carter tells the London Guardian in a just-published profile. “You can get away with a lot more if you look like a junior part of the establishment than if you look like a renegade.”
Good advice for all you would-be rebels out there »
ALL
TAGS
Photographed by our fearless lensman, Patrick McMullan.
A few months ago we appealed to Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter—in an avuncular fashion—to discard the double-breasted suits which added an unflattering layer to his majestic midsection; the wrong kind of camouflage, if you will.
He has apparently taken our advice to heart»
ALL
TAGS
Photographed by our fearless lensman, Patrick McMullan.
We’re sorry to say it, but Graydon Carter is a stubborn ass. Not eight weeks after we commended him for ditching unflatteringly-padded double-breasted suits in favor of sleek-making single-b.’s, the Vanity Fair editor is back enfolded in extra layers of fabric again, drawing undue attention to all those late night snacks at the Waverly.
We consider the pitfalls of the double-breasted jacket»
ALL
TAGS
