Ordering tailored clothes online can be daunting. At AskOkey, we pride ourselves on making the online bespoke process as seamless and efficient as possible. With only a few simple steps on your end, we will create the most comfortable garments you’ve ever owned whilst looking like a king. Want a quick run-down on our process?
How Made to Measure and Bespoke are Different The online menswear universe has its galaxies and not a few black holes. One instance of what might be called interstellar combat is the argument that bespoke clothes cannot be ordered online, and that they are essentially made to measure (MTM). What exactly is this heated debate,
A well-known summer fabric, seersucker is a cotton weave. The name is a curiosity – it means, in Persian, silk and sugar, referring to the smooth and rough, or mottled alternating weaves in the weave. Often in blue and white stripe, seersucker does not have to be striped, but it always has the alternating smooth
Famous from Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men and other historical dramas, the club collar is probably due for a revival. With rounded tabs, it looks like this: Club collars should be short (less than two inches), and the distance between the tabs (width) should be about the same as the length of the tabs. In other
Ordering tailored clothes online can be daunting. At AskOkey, we pride ourselves on making the online bespoke process as seamless and efficient as possible. With only a few simple steps on your end, we will create the most comfortable garments you’ve ever owned whilst looking like a king. Want a quick run-down on our process?
Shirt collars make an interesting study in themselves. Since around 1860, when detachable collars were invented – or at least introduced into the market – collars have been short, rounded, pointed, wing style, flat and all manner of shapes. Fairly early on, the difference between formal and informal collars was marked. Formal collars were wing
Suits, trousers and jackets can be made of tweed, wool, linen and blends, including silk. Each weave and type has its properties that make it distinct, and each one has its best uses – tweed for jackets and country suits, worsted for business suits, etc. One fabric that has been around for years is flannel.
The Proff encourages men to start their tie collections with a navy grenadine tie. What is grenadine, and why is a grenadine tie so useful? Grenadine is a woven fabric, made on a Jaquard loom. What is a Jaqard loom? A jacquard machine is a device that you attach to a loom to make woven
Not everyone wants, or needs to want, a three-piece striped grey suit, or a bold plaid jacket. And, not everyone can really pull it off. If you work as a web developer, a grey chalk stripe flannel number is probably not going to suit you, though life does have its fair share of surprises. What
Returning to our discussion of the Golden Age, and why we think of the 30s as a pinnacle period in menswear, let’s look at what happened during the 30s and how that might have influenced our perceptions of its typical styles. The 1930s saw the intersection of advances in tailoring (drape, principally) with social trends
When it comes to building a wardrobe that speaks quiet confidence and lasting style, few investments are more worthwhile than an Egyptian cotton shirt (at least one). Known for its exceptional softness, strength, and breathability, Egyptian cotton has long been the gold standard for gentlemen who value comfort and elegance. Shirts made from these extra-long
The AskOkey design team draws inspiration from historical sources – this is probably well known to our customers and community members; so what are these sources? The 1930s is commonly referred to as the golden age of menswear. Why? The answers vary depending on your views of design and your opinion of past eras, but
In a recent podcast, Proff and Pete opened this topic. Proff’s suggestion was that cavemen wore hides (plain or fur on). Pete’s view was that they probably wove their clothes out of linen, leather being difficult to treat given the rather limited range of tools available. Let’s dig into this a bit more. Neolithic man
When did men start wearing belts? And when did they stop wearing braces? It happened, but why and when? The answer is, they didn’t. Braces have gone in and out of fashion over the last 80 years but have always remained in the backdrop. The picture below, taken from an American 1940s catalogue, shows men
What is the proper width for a tie? Probably not one of life’s crucial questions, but a couple of minutes on the subject will not count as a complete waste of time. Tie width is historically flexible: wide or narrow in the 1910s, Wider in the 1920st till the 1940s, narrow again in the 1950s