In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, Hugo sits with his longtime friend Kirby Allison, founder of the eponymous Youtube channel and Webstore, for an in-depth (and unprepared) conversation about their mutual passion for quality, craftsmanship and traditions.

Good cigars, good bourbon, good company, great conversation. What else?
(This show has been recorded December 28th in Dallas, Texas).

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 If you like to dress up are you, by definition, a conservative?
In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, Hugo answers direct (and sometimes difficult) questions about the sartorial movement in a free and uncensored way.
Do you have to be born elegant or can you acquire elegance with study and efforts?
If a person is immaculately dressed, does his character matter?
Is a sartorialist by definition a conservative?

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To order the second edition of the book "Shoes, the Art of Male Footwear" (in English): send your request to [email protected]
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In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, Hugo discuss with Eric George (from the great Champagne house of Forget Brimont located in Reims France) about this prestigious wine which is one of the signatures of the French "art de vivre" around the world.

What is the difference between Champagne and other sparkling wines? How is it made? When was it invented? What is a "Premier Cru" ? What is a "Grand Cru"? Why, unlike still wine, a Champagne bottle generally does not indicate a year (a vintage) on the label? What is a "vintage Champagne"? 

Everything you always wanted to know about Champagne is in this podcast!

To know more about Forget Brimont Champagne you can send an email to Eric George at : [email protected] 

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In this episode (originally published exclusively on our Patreon page) Sonya and Hugo reflect on how people are today reconsidering the way they consume clothing in a post-pandemic world.

"Buy Less, Buy Better" has always been our motto since the creation of our YouTube channels (Sartorial Talks in English and Discussions Sartoriales in French). But today it seems that this claim is becoming even more relevant as people start to realize the terrible ecological cost of fast-fashion while rediscovering the virtues of traditional craftsmanship and patience. 

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In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, Sonya and Hugo address the subject of good manners and why mastering them could be important in your life and in your relationships with others. This episode is an introduction to a series of 5 episodes dedicated to this often overlooked subject. In a world which is becoming more and more brutal and in which politeness is becoming rare, we believe we all have something to win in showing respect and consideration in our everyday behaviour. 

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In this new episode of Sartorial Talks entitled "The Golden Age of Men's Style", Hugo welcomes Marc Guyot, a famous Parisian menswear designer who is among the last clothiers in the world to specialise in the 1920s to 1950s men's style. During this show, Hugo and Marc Guyot speak about the "Peaky Blinders" and "Boardwalk Empire" phenomenons and also about the fascination of the sartorial cognoscenti for the professional magazine "Apparel Arts" (published in the 1930s). A fascinating era. A captivating guest. A mesmerising style.

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In this new edition of Sartorial Talks, Hugo meets with the famous cobblers Trenton & Heath in Columbia Tennessee. Those two brothers are the creators of the eponymous YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/TrentonHeath) and the owners of a shoe repair atelier (and a leather sandal business) together with their parents and wives. A true artisans family.

In this episode, Hugo suggests a selection of quality brands under 500$ to the brothers and discuss with them their own experience of those brands as cobblers.

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With the loosening of the dress codes in all the sectors of professional life and the decline (not to say the collapse) of the low quality ready-to-wear suiting industry, the custom suiting business is on the rise in Europe, in the USA and all around the world. Most gentlemen who are wearing suits or jackets nowadays, are doing it by choice and no more by obligation. This small sartorial revolution is the main reason why, almost paradoxically, the custom suiting industry is progressing with the opening of more and more custom suiting salons and showrooms in all the major cities around the world. Thus, a new challenge arises, as in this business you can now find anything from sartorial disasters to magnifient crafting. 

In this episode, Hugo analyses this movement and provides advice and simple tips in order for you to choose the right Made-to-Measure company for your next suit, jacket or tailored garments.

For this purpose he takes 5 examples of MTM companies who are doing an excellent job in this field: 2 in the USA, 2 in France and one in the Czech Republic.

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In this new edition of Sartorial Talks, Hugo Jacomet and Marc Guyot discuss some rules of men's style and etiquette. Of course all these "rules" and conventions can be broken, but it's always good to know them. Enjoy and don't forget to comment (and subscribe).

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In this new edition of Sartorial Talks, Sonya and Hugo share their experience on how to spot an authentic handmade jacket. In a world where speed, mechanisation and productivity reign supreme, true craftsmanship becomes a refuge for the soul. We believe in a handmade sartorial future!

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In this exceptional episode of Sartorial Talks, Hugo welcomes Pierre Corthay, one of the most acclaimed shoemakers in the world and a man who has been awarded the title of "Master of Arts" by the French government (the highest distinction granted to an artisan in France similar to the "living treasures" in Japan).

During this rare and in-depth discussion, you will discover the incredible path of a young man, who started in 1984 as an apprentice in the French League of Craftsmen "Les Compagnons du Devoir", who then won his stripes at John Lobb Paris and Berluti before spreading his own wings by buying an obscure small bespoke shoemaking workshop in Paris near Place Vendôme at the beginning of the 1990's. 

Pierre’s solo beginnings are far from uncomplicated, especially in the early years. But things change in 1992, when world famous fashion columnist Suzy Menkes steps through the door of Pierre’s tiny workshop and becomes enamored with Corthay's shoes. A few days later she publishes in the Herald Tribune, an article about a young, obscure Parisian shoemaker unknown to the general public. Moments later, the telephone of the Rue Volney workshop starts to ring, and not long after, the Sultan of Brunei places an order for 140 pairs of bespoke shoes!  At the same time, the iconic Parisian House of Lanvin signs Corthay for all its bespoke orders, turning his story into fairytale material.

This is the true story of an artisan who has inspired a whole generation of young shoemakers and who has been a driving force behind the renewed interest of many gentlemen for quality shoes and for traditional craftsmanship.

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In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, Hugo and Sonya share their long experience on how to deal with small sartorial accidents (which usually happen at the worst moment), like loosing buttons, dealing with a sudden stain or having a wrinkled shirt.

00:00 : Introduction
02:48 : How to deal with feet blisters
06:30 : How to get rid of wrinkles without an iron
08:45 : How to deal with a sudden stain
14:30 : How to deal with clashing socks
18:45 : How to put your shoes on without a shoehorn
20:13 : How to attend a black tie event when you don't have semi-formal attire
24:42 : How to be ready in case you lose your luggage
31:25 : How to react when your trousers rip 
34:28 : What you can do when you loose a button (https://www.victiquecufflinks.co.uk/product/the-button-button/)

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In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, Hugo & Sonya share their experience on how to organise a gentleman's closet. 

00:00 : ARE YOU ORGANIZED ?
03:42 : THE PERENNIAL RULE
05:45 : FINISH WHAT YOU START
07:33 : START WITH YOUR SHIRTS
09:14 : FOLD YOUR POLOS / SWEATERS / CASUAL SHIRTS
10:02 : SUSPEND YOUR TROUSERS OR LEARN THE SAVILE ROW FOLD
11:19 : SUSPEND YOUR DENIMS BY THE BELT LOOPS
12:32 : YOUR JACKETS DESERVE PROPER HANGERS
14:22 : USE A TIE HANGER WITH PEGS
15:47 : DEDICATE ONE DRAWER TO (ONLY) SOCKS
17:24 :USE SMALL BOXES TO ORGANIZE YOUR POCKET SQUARES
18:36 : STORE YOUR SHOES ON A SHELVE OFF THE FLOOR
20:10 : ALWAYS KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE WASHED 
21:00 : THOU SHALT WASH/IRON/POLISH YOUR CLOTHES AND SHOES EVERY OTHER WEEKEND
22:50 : BRUSH YOUR GARMENTS AND USE CEDAR

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In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, Hugo and Sonya share their views, opinions and experiences on what they call "The Sartorial Ladder": a step-by-step journey toward personal elegance and style. 

Many gentlemen (and ladies) are becoming these days very attracted to classic style but most of them don't know where to begin in order to be ready to confront other people's gazes and jokes (like the infamous "are you going to a wedding" ?) and safely progress on their Sartorial learning curve. 

In this episode Hugo and Sonya have divided the journey in 12 different steps in order to help you moving up the Sartorial ladder : from your first steps in your first pair of "real" leather shoes to your mastering of the 3 piece suit and all its subtleties. 

00:00 : INTRODUCTION
03:53 : BUY A PAIR OF GOOD LEATHER SHOES
04:44 : TRY CLASSIC TROUSERS
05:48 : ADD A BUTTON-DOWN COLLAR SHIRT
07:15 : PUT ON A SPORT / ODD JACKET
11:40 : SWITCH TO A DRESS SHIRT
14:20 : ADD A POCKET-SQUARE
17:18 : STAY AWAY FROM (CONTRASTING) BELTS
20:00: JUMP INTO YOUR FIRST SUIT 
22:48 : ENJOY NECKWEAR
27:15 : TRY ON THE PATTERNED SUIT
29:15 : LEARN HOW TO MIX PATTERNS
32:22 : DOUBLE BREASTED OR THREE PIECE ?
4’44 : 2 - TRY CLASSIC TROUSERS

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In this Sartorial Talk, Hugo and Sonya share their "discoveries" and "eureka moments" about tailoring after more than a decade of experience with tailors around the world: Why is the neck area so important for the fit of a jacket? How to avoid the infamous "collar gap", but also the low resting collar and the high resting collar? How to find the natural height of the buttoning button of your jackets? Why is pocket placement so important?

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In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, Sonya and Hugo share their wishes and encouragements for 2022. Happy new year everyone, and never forget that after rain comes the sun... always!

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In this first episode of the season 4 of Sartorial Talks, The Podcast, Sonya Glyn and Hugo Jacomet experiment a new style of episode: a free, impromptu and unprepared talk about their sartorial lifestyle, their best (and worst) memories as sartorial commentators, their favorite brands, their favorite craftsmen families etc.
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In this episode, Hugo and Sonya explain how men who are large or thin can improve their silhouette, visually, by mastering a few simple rules and principles. Dressing for your body type is a subject peppered with a lot of misguided prescriptions and arcane rules. However following the simple tips explained in this episode can help stouter and slimmer men greatly improve their silhouette, their elegance and their personal style. 

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In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, the Podcast, Hugo and Sonya share their admiration for three style icons and ask the question: why when we speak of style icons, we most of the time refer to men of the 1930s and 1940s and not to men of today? Is it simply a question of clothing? Film stars of the ‘golden age’ of Hollywood were actually never revered for their dress alone. Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, and Cary Grant were, and still are, eulogised for what they represented, which was often a moral integrity or an aversion to excess, of which their dress was a key signifier. An episode recorded live from Bourgogne France. 

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This episode is an experiment we wanted to do since a long time: exploring, during free and spontaneous talks, the cultural differences between our two countries, France and the USA as we split our time among both places. The aim is to find out if this would be interesting, entertaining and even enlightening for our followers and subscribers. Let us know what you think so that can we decide if we continue producing shows on this topic and why not dedicate a podcast channel to it.

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In this special edition of Sartorial Talks, Hugo Jacomet is sharing the last updates on all the projects around the podcast and the YouTube channels: the publication of the long due English version of "Shoes, the Art of Male Footwear", the new studio equipment acquired thanks to the patrons of our Patreon page, a new Vinyl project with the show's original music composed by Justin Melland and other exciting news.

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In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, Hugo Jacomet and Sonya Glyn discuss how to break some so-called "rules" promoted (on YouTube or on blogs)  by self-proclaimed "style gurus" who spend their days making lists of do's and don'ts. There are some mistakes that are perfectly ok to make. In a world of über-conformity where most of people are dressing in flock, let's break some rules and express ourselves with style and freedom. Exceptio Probat Regulam in Casibus Non Exceptis. 

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In this new episode of Sartorial Talks, The Podcast, Hugo Jacomet and Sonya Glyn discuss the most common mistakes men are making when they dress up and how to avoid them. Live from Bourgogne France. 

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Lorenzo Cifonelli may well be the most famous master tailor on earth, making the most beautiful suits for demanding gentlemen. Today Lorenzo, the 4th generation of Parisian tailoring powerhouse Cifonelli Paris is the guest of honour of Hugo Jacomet for Sartorial Talks. This exceptional episode was recorded last week from Hugo and Sonya's house in Bourgogne France. For anybody who loves bespoke tailoring or would like to learn more about this incredible art. 

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In these troubled times, this may sound like an unimportant question, but it is a crucial one. In this episode Hugo and Sonya Glyn discuss the incredible potential power of listening and debating, but in a civilised manner: A way of interacting the world and the media seem to have forgotten these days... 

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In this episode, Hugo and Sonya Glyn are addressing a crucial subject: how to revive the lost art of conversation. How politeness, etiquette and listening skills have the power to improve our society, in a world which is becoming more and more impersonal and vulgar. Please share and rate as much as you can, it is important for the growth of our channel.

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In this episode recorded live from Bourgogne France, Hugo Jacomet and Sonya Glyn discuss the key role of patience in finding your own style. Listen and re-discover how patience can be a beautiful and powerful value. In an era where convenience rules supreme, Hugo and Sonya invite you to re-discover the pleasure of waiting and dreaming. The antithesis of fast fashion. 

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How to define Style ?

Yves Saint Laurent called it eternal.
Coco Chanel said that when everything else fades, it remains.
Audrey Hepburn said everyone has his own.
Charles Bukowski called it “everything”, saying that Joan of Arc had style, John the Baptist, Jesus, Socrates, Ceasar, Garcia Lorca…

A common perception is that you must put a lot of thought and effort into displaying style in the way you dress and present yourself to others.

It's certainly one of the most overused words other than chic and fashion, within the realm of how we dress.

In this episode, Sonya and Hugo discuss two techniques to try to develop your own style, beginning with a method called heuristics, and ending with a revelation specific to finding your style by E.B. White (discussed in his 1959 enlarged and revised work by William Strunk, Jr. in his dissertation, “The Elements of Style” from 1918).

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In this episode, Hugo Jacomet and Sonya Glyn share their favorite books on men's style and sartorial education. Some of them are very popular (the books of Alan Flusser or G. Bruce Boyer) while some others are more obscure but nevertheless very interesting for any sartorial cognoscenti . A selection of 20 books on tailoring, shoes, shirts, ties, accessories, fragrances and many other things for those who want to improve their own style or to know more about the fascinating world of classic style. 

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In this new episode, Hugo Jacomet and Sonya Glyn discuss an article by Theresa Huang (from I-fashionmag.com) entitled : "The Fashion Industry in the Post Covid-19 Crisis Period". What will change in the fashion/style world ? Is the dictatorship of "fast fashion" (at last) over ? "Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months" wrote Oscar Wilde at the end of the 19th century. Will this change in the Post-Covid 19 world ? How will our industry survive this unprecedented cataclysm ? Is it reasonable to believe in a "handmade" future? If you appreciate this podcast series, please rate it with a few stars and subscribe ! Cheers, Hugo & Sonya Glyn Jacomet. 

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In this episode, Hugo and Sonya try to address the subject of facial protection masks from a sartorial perspective. How to coordinate them ? With your suits ? Your shirts ? Your tie ? What can we learn from Alan Flusser or G. Bruce Boyer on the subject ? Here are a few thoughts and ideas on this new topic. If you like this podcast series, please rate it (with stars), share it and comment it. It will help us spread the word and make this world a more elegant one. Cheers! Hugo & Sonya

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On June 18th, Robert Armstrong, US Finance Editor of the Financial Times, published an article entitled "We will dress up again!". In the first Post-Covid Sartorial Talks podcast, Hugo Jacomet and Sonya Glyn discuss the current state of the sartorial movement and why M. Armstrong may be right. As as he brilliantly wrote : "whatever the new world looks like, I will greet it with polished shoes.".

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A few days ago, the journalist Mark Dent published on Vox.com an article entitled : "How the power suit lost its power" in which he explains that if the suit was once the uniform of the powerful and a requirement for every man, now, people mostly wear suits when they’re in trouble or when they are "not in control". To illustrate his theory, Dent takes the example of Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg wearing a navy blue suit in April, 2018, in front of the American Congress. This infamous suit has been described by the New York Times as the "I'm Sorry Suit". 

Hugo Jacomet  and Sonya Glyn challenge this article and react in a live talk-show to Dent's arguments and explain that the new rebels of the 21st century may not be the ones you think...

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In certain industries, dress codes are not simply relaxed: it is actively frowned upon to suit up or dress well. 

The Tech industry in the old days was stylistically notorious for bearded hippies wearing jeans & t-shirts with funny/political/satyrical messages. They did not care about narrow elegance rules, but they had their very own flair and endearing style.

The above characteristic of the early days of tech was dissected, repackaged and taken to the extreme by the modern world. In tech, we now make an arms race (or a “rags race”) on how to dress down. We've even heard conversations of people boasting how little they spent on clothes. We've heard people making judgements on others solely on the fact that they’re wearing a nice pair of trousers. The whole problem reached its climax a few years ago, when a prominent Silicon Valley entrepreneur publicly declared “I never invest in someone who wears a suit”.

This mentality is based on the silly theory that clothes make you smarter or dumber. It is also based on the outrageous hypocrisy that dressing-down leads to a more egalitarian and meritocratic society.

In this episode we try to understand what is more elitist: 
a) a nicely-cut understated suit, or 
b) an Oxford or Harvard hoodie?

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