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GARYS Forum/The Substance of Style/Spring 2014

SPRING FASHION

TROPICAL HIDEAWAY STYLE GUIDE: TIE ONE ON SCENE AROUND THE WORLD

Su Misura Made to Measure is the Art of Personal Elegance

WELCOME TO THE SPRING 2014 ISSUE OF GARYS FORUM MAGAZINE DEAR FRIENDS & VALUED CUSTOMERS, With our compliments, please enjoy this issue of Forum magazine, featuring articles on fashion, lifestyles and people we have selected with your interests in mind. It’s our way of letting you know what we’ve been up to, as well as a keeping you upto-date on the newest fashion trends available here at GARYS. We have been preparing for spring and summer for over a year, choosing the best new clothing, accessories and footwear the world has to offer and bringing it to you at Fashion Island.

We are especially excited to announce the introduction of Brunello Cucinelli, whose luxe Italian sportswear we know you’ll love as much as we do.

In addition to our new designers and styles, we have been settling into a brand new home here at Fashion Island. The store now features an open and flexible space perfect for hosting special events and creating unique presentations to showcase our brands. Along with our revamped Ermenegildo Zegna and Hugo Boss shop-in-shops, you’ll find a dedicated contemporary area featuring Billy Reid, G-Star, Rag & Bone, Stone Island, Velvet Men’s, and more of the hottest brands in menswear. Of course, you’ll still find the same caring and knowledgeable staff, great values and personalized service that make the GARYS experience special.

We have made every effort to turn your shopping this season into an enjoyable experience worthy of multiple visits to the store. Our goal is to exceed your expectations every time you walk through our doors.

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THE GRAND RE-OPENING OF FASHION ISLAND On October 10th, GARYS hosted a grand re-opening party at our Fashion Island store. The exclusive evening featured cocktails, light fare and entertainment in celebration of five decades of men’s style. GARYS Fashion Island continues to feature your favorite lines—and some exciting new collections—as well as the renowned staff of experts you’ve shopped with for years.

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By Jillian LaRochelle

Originally from New York, Tyler Spring grew up around good clothing and has always appreciated the finer things in life. About 15 years ago, shortly after moving to California, he passed by the store at random and decided to check it out. He’s been a customer and friend ever since.

Plus I like that I can order custom clothing. I’ve purchased several made-to-measure shirts and a suit. I also like to take advantage of the special closet cleaning service, and support the partnership with Working Wardrobes by donating my old suits.

What is it about GARYS that keeps you coming back?

Congratulations on your recent marriage! Tell us about the big day.

I really like the selection. It suits my style for both casual and business. I’m a management consultant, so my work wardrobe depends on the client I’m meeting with that day.

On the West Coast, I’m in a suit 50 percent of the time and casual the other 50 percent. On the East Coast it’s 100 percent suit.

Florence and I got married at Villa d’Este in Lake Como. We love Italy. We’ve been together for 10 years and visited Italy probably eight times. The people are friendly, the food is fantastic, and the views are breathtaking regardless of where you are. They know how to live; they have a great work/life balance.

What are the benefits of shopping at an independent specialty store?

Did you choose your Zegna tux as a nod to the location?

My sales guy Toby is very personable and friendly. Since I buy almost all my clothing from GARYS, he understands my style. I can go in and tell him I’m looking for a sport jacket or shoes, and he’ll understand what I already have and what I need to fill out my wardrobe.

And he typically pushes me, in a good way. If I go in for a sweater, I’ll pick out a black cashmere V-neck every time, but he’ll say “you should try this instead.” I can trust the advice because I’ve worked with them for so long. And I feel comfortable because it’s a soft sell. They are just there to help me find what I want.

No, I’m just a big Italian clothing guy. Most of my wardrobe is Zegna, Cucinelli, Isaia, Canali, PT01… I like the slimmer fits.

I’ve owned tuxes before, and I used to wear them a lot in New York and D.C. But out here there’s not a big call for it, so I think I donated my last one a few years ago. For my wedding tux I went with black, single-button, peak-lapel.

I also bought my Etro dress shirt and Talbott cufflinks at GARYS, along with a black bow tie. I love that they have a guy there to tie it for you. He’s been in the business forever; he even tied Sinatra! It was just an added value that made the whole experience great.

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WE HELPED LOYAL GARYS CLIENT TYLER SPRING LOOK HIS BEST ON THE BIG DAY.

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Casual Luxury for Men

SPRING 2014 FASHION TIPS FOR HIM

Q:

Q:

I always thought I own just one belt that that jeans are jeans, reverses from black to brown. but I’m told there’s a What more do I need? difference between dress Just as there are dress jeans and casual denim and casual denim. jeans, there are also dress belts and What’s the difference? casual belts. If the leather is smooth,

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shiny, burnished or exotic (alligator, snakeskin), it’s best worn with dress trousers or a suit. FYI, we love brown belts and brown shoes (leather or suede) worn with gray and navy tailored clothing!

When you’re wearing casual pants (jeans, khakis, twills), the ideal belt might be a softer leather or suede.

Fabric belts are also great in spring and summer (perfect for shorts!). Don’t be afraid of color or interesting buckles, both good ways to express some fashion flair.

Q:

I’m seeing some strangely short pants on young guys these days, sometimes hitting above the ankle. Is this a trend?

Shorter-length pants are definitely the way to go in 2014, but showing ankle is on the extreme side. We recommend a very soft break in the leg, with the hem of the pant just grazing the top of the shoe. If this seems too trendy for you, go a bit longer, but please: no hems dragging on the floor!

If your pant leg covers the entire heel of your shoe, it’s too long!

JENS INGVARSSON

If you own trim-fitting jeans in a medium to dark wash with no tears or abrasions, feel free to wear them out to dinner, with a sportcoat and tie if you desire, or with any kind of shirt or sweater. If you don’t own this type of denim, come into the store and try some on!

Clean, dark jeans are perhaps the single most important item in today’s casual wardrobes, because they work well with virtually everything you can think of. What’s more, many of today’s new denim fabrics contain a small percentage of stretch to ensure comfort, wrinkle resistance and a perfect fit!

If your jeans are baggy in a light to medium wash (with or without tears or abrasions), save them for casual wear and don’t pair them with a slim modern sportcoat. Better yet, buy some jeans that fit.

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ETON CRAFTING THE WORLD’S FINEST SHIRTS.

By Karen Alberg Grossman

GARYS RECENTLY HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY to visit Eton headquarters in

arrogance: you should never think you’re too great. For many years, Hans and I were making all the decisions and it was hard for us to let people contribute. But we soon realized that we might be the problem, so we gradually established a teambuilding culture that encourages creative thinking. An intense passion now permeates the company; our people love coming to work…”

Eton is a vertical business, managing every stage of the shirt-making process from cotton production to creative to sales. They use only extra-long staple cotton (Pima from

Ganghester, Sweden and its design studio in Stockholm with a select group of upscale menswear merchants from the U.S. and Canada. Knowing Eton is one of the hottest brands in the luxury market, we were eager to experience firsthand the culture, commitment and quality-obsessed artisans at this amazing company.

As with all great companies, success starts at the top. Eton CEO Hans Davidson (third generation, the company was founded by his grandparents in 1948) and senior advisor Jan Borghardt were incredibly candid about their journey. As Borghardt explains it, “The Swedish mindset discourages

Why invest in a luxury shirt? It will look better, wear longer and get more compliments than any shirt you own!”

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California and Giza from Egypt), Ca g F o Your Erin renowned for its luster, durability ton Shrirt s HOME W and softness. (Only 0.7 percent of ASHING : • Unbutt on the sh the world’s cotton is ELS.) They then irt and fo instructio llow care ns on lab el. partner with top mills that spin the • Do not overfill w ashing m set on lo achine; cotton and weave the fabric. “We w spin.

• Once w ashed, h ang shir work with mills in Italy, Switzerland t on hanger an d stretch collar, cu fr ont plack and France,” explains Eton creative ff and ets softly . Do not the shirt. wring director Sebastian Dollinger, a tal• Option al: Light iron for an ented young artist whose inspifinishing extra touch. ration wall for spring 2015 PROFES SIONAL LAUND includes a Hindu magazine • Ask yo RY: ur cleaner to use lig and no st ht press cover from the 1950s, a Led arch. Pre ssing is recomm not ended fo Zeppelin album cover, and varr collar, cu front pla ff and ckets. ious images of airplanes, flamingos, vintage pinball machines and Mexican skulls worked into a cool paisley. “We work with our weaving mills very early in the process and buy up their capacity far in advance, which is why the designs are exclusive.”

Also unique to Eton shirts: a notable crispness, thanks to a special process that allows wrinkle resistance in the most ecologically safe way possible. “Cynics say it’s impossible to attain our level of wrinkle-free without chemicals,” Davidson explains. “But with our finisher in Switzerland, we invented a (40-step) method that actually rearranges the Above left: fibers of the Steve listens cotton rather attentively as than coating he tours Eton’s the fabric with factory. chemicals. It’s Above: been said Sebastian there are more Dollinger chemicals in a poses with his cup of British spring inspiratea than in an tion board.

Eton shirt…”

FAST FACTS ON ETON: • The collection is sold in only the finest stores in 42 countries.

• An Eton shirt is ecologically correct, from growing the cotton (using crop rotation) to dyeing the yarns to packaging and shipping.

• Eton uses more cotton per square millimeter than most luxury brands.

• They are famous for color clarity (there are 250 different shades of red alone!) and exclusive designs (they use no fabrics available on the open market).

• Eton offers a variety of different fits and stocks numerous styles in each.

The fit is exceptional because all measurements are carefully graded across sizes.

• Eton collars and cuffs are unique: the founders invented an exclusive method of sewing them inside out.

• Buttons are made of pulverized mother of pearl that Eton re-casts for added strength, and they’re strategically placed to allow for open collar-wearing.

• Each shirt requires at least 100 minutes of cutting and sewing.

• Much of the machinery used in the production process was conceived by Eton, and much hand craftsmanship is involved.

• Eton ties are also exceptional, made at the finest factories in England and Italy.

• The male model who is currently the face of Eton has a notable scar on his cheek.

“Patrick represents

It’s been said there are more chemicals in a cup of British tea than in an Eton shirt…” Hans Davidson, Eton CEO

adventure and risktaking,” explains global brand director Robert Inghamn. “He’s the James Bond-type of guy that women love: always stylish and cool, even when

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facing extreme danger…”

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Known for a super-soft hand, luxurious fabrics and vintage washes, AG’s jeans are American made and manufactured in its 400,000 sq. ft. Los Angeles factory. For spring 2014, AG is stepping up its game with cuttingedge styles for both men and women. Here, we highlight the must-have items for spring 2014.

WHAT YOU NEED NOW.

a soft

Mix

MEN’S MUST-HAVES Every man’s closet should have a mix of denim and nondenim bottoms. Color is king, but not as bright as past seasons. Think earth tones: grays, beiges and greens.

COLORED SELVEDGE: AG is injecting its signature style into the selvedge denim craze that’s currently trending in menswear. (Selvedge refers to denim woven on a shuttle loom with a finished edge to prevent fraying.) AG uses a dyeable, comfort-stretch fabric (unique because most selvedge denim is not dyeable and raw).

Key colors for spring are blues, greens, khakis, washedout blacks and whites. As AG’s men’s sales manager Jake Campbell explains, “White denim is very cool and poised to make a comeback for spring. It looks great with sportswear and has that elegant nautical feel.” Also exciting is the brand’s “double indigo” jean; it’s twice-dyed so when you roll up the cuff, it’s blue rather than white.

LUXE CHINOS: Non-denim pants are the hot item for spring. AG’s super-luxe colored chinos are made of Italian fabrics in sueded cottons, giving these pants the most luxurious look and feel. This modern, tailored-fit chino is offered in both five-pocket and trouser styles.

These versatile pants can be dressed up with a blazer, or worn like jeans on the weekend. This season’s casual palette will feature colors like soft grays and khakis.

NO ONE DOES CASUAL LUXE QUITE LIKE AG.

WOMEN’S MUST-HAVES The theme for spring is sophisticated-chic in a neutral monochromatic color palette (creams, beiges, whites).

MOTO-INSPIRED: Moto styles were a huge trend for fall/holiday, and will only gain popularity for spring. AG is updating the trend with The Reagan, a moto-inspired style with chic seaming and zipper details. Pick up a pair in one of this season’s must-have muted tones like beige, nude and white.

TWILL TROUSERS: Relaxed silhouettes are gaining traction in women’s fashion, and a more sophisticated style is the twill trouser. AG’s trouser fit is available in essential twill and has a slim, tapered leg. This twill style looks great in the season’s muted monochromatic colors as well as gray and faded black. —Elise Diamantini

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ADVANCES IN MODERN MATERIALS TAKE US THROUGH THE CHANGING SEASONS.

BY WILLIAM KISSEL

If you still believe that cashmere and wool are for winter and cotton and linen must stay in the closet until the first signs of spring, you may not have a clear grasp on the material world—or at least not on the materials that have been developed in the past decade.

In today’s world, where travel is more commonplace and indoor to outdoor temperatures can fluctuate wildly, the best spring menswear is made from fabrics that are essentially seasonless. Featherweight cashmere in “THE ULTIMATE the summer? Why not? A small percentage of tropSUMMER BLAZER ical wool blended into that linen shirt? Of course, IS NO LONGER especially since wool’s elastic properties help LIMITED TO combat wrinkles.

COTTON OR “The biggest trend is weight-neutral fabrics that LINEN.” travel well and go from one climate to the next with —Arnold Silverstone ease,” explains Craig Wertheim of Scabal USA, one of the top cloth makers in the world.

The Brussels-based company’s solution this season is Fresh, a collection of tropical-weight, wool-blend suit fabrics treated in an advanced finishing process that makes them more breathable as well as cooler to the touch, especially when worn in spring.

Of course, cotton and linen are still the two most versatile fabrics for the warmer months. The hygroscopic properties of both plant-based fibers make them highly absorbent and resistant to heat. That same characteristic also makes them remarkably durable, and cooler when in contact with the body. But contrary to popular belief, traditional winter-weight cloths such as alpaca, cashmere and wool—all derived from the downy fleece of animals—are also hygroscopic, meaning they too can absorb perspiration and have the ability to keep the body cool in summer, depending on the weight of the fiber. In fact, cashmere’s unique molecular structure actually

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fabrics

Spring Forward

helps the fiber absorb as much as 35 percent of its own weight in moisture. That compares to 25 percent moisture absorption for cotton, which makes cashmere the better choice for wicking perspiration away from the body.

Thankfully,

modern technology can render many classically cool-weather cloths in microscopically thin and lightweight versions. To that end, some extra-

fine gauge cashmeres are now as light and airy as a pair of silk stockings, primarily because top knitting factories are using the same weaving machines to produce both.

Or consider the incredible lightness found in this season’s fine-micron wools, some of which are made of gossamer-thin fibers six times finer than human hair. The newest technologies have been embraced by makers of both sportswear and suits, so unless you’re an Icelandic fisherman, it’s hard to believe there isn’t room in your wardrobe for any of these year-round weaves.

For spring 2014, suit makers including Canali and Ermenegildo Zegna have been especially keen on seasonless blends of tropical-weight wool mixed with silk, bamboo and even mohair for a look that can add a bit of iridescence to the finished cloth. Others are using high-tech fabrics such as

microfiber, which is lightweight, water-resistant and breathable, as well as Ermenegildo Zegna’s Techmarino cloth and Loro Piana’s Storm System, which both add comfort and breathability to wool and other fabrics for when temperatures rise and fall.

“Selling wool or cashmere in summer five years ago would have been tough,” offers Arnold Silverstone, president and creative director at Samuelsohn and Hickey Freeman, two of the leading suit makers at the forefront of new trends in fabric technology. “But the weights, the weaving and the technology have all changed so much that you can have jackets that look like cotton poplin and seersucker, but are really made of wool.”

Among the company’s newest fabrics is a proprietary performance-driven wool called Extreme, created in collaboration with Loro Piana’s patented Rain System technology to give it natural stretch and render it water and wrinkle resistant as well. “We also did a lightweight cashmere/silk blend for spring that weighs only 200 grams, so it’s almost shirt weight but gives a soft hand [previously found] only in cashmere,” says Silverstone. “The ultimate summer blazer is no longer limited to cotton or linen; now you can wear a blend of wool/silk/linen and still be comfortable.”

Khakis Are About Purpose.

Bills Khakis Have More Purpose Than Most.

The individuals to the left make some of the finest khakis in the world.

Each face represents a job. A livelihood that not only supports a family, but fosters a sense of pride that is difficult to measure in economic terms.

This introduction wouldn’t be possible without customers who measure quality and value on their own scale.

On behalf of everyone here, thank you for wearing Bills Khakis!

SPRING 2014

Knowledge. Wisdom. Truth

2.5-3.0” NARROW

2.0-2.5” SKINNY

ALLTIED UP! THE FINISHING TOUCH THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

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hose in the know view ties first and foremost as fashion accessories, divorced from the dress codes of 30 years ago.

While ties paired with suits are still mandatory in some corporate office environments, many guys don’t see them that way: to younger generations, ties in narrower widths and materials like cotton or wool are fashionable accessories that go just as well with jeans and an unconstructed blazer... or no jacket at all.

Take note that ties have been steadily slimming down over the last 10 years, from an average of 4 inches in 1994 to 3.25 inches today. Several widths (as illustrated above) are now acceptable, as long as they’re in proportion to your jacket lapel.

With the pressure off, you’re free to add neckwear to almost any outfit, for almost any occasion. There’s no better way to show your unique personal style.

PHOTOGRAPHER: JENS INGVARSSON. STYLIST: WILLIAM BUCKLEY. TAILOR: JASON SANTIAGO. MODEL: EMANUELE @ MAJOR MODELS

3.0-3.5” MODERN

LITTLE-KNOWN NECKWEAR FACTS 1.

Louis XIV began wearing a lace cravat at the age of seven, igniting a trend that spread across France.

2.

In the early 1700s, leather collars called “stocks” were worn around the neck to protect major blood vessels and encourage soldiers to hold their heads high during battle.

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Published in 1818, Neckclothitania or Tietania contains the first printed use of the word “tie” in reference to neckwear.

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The long, thin necktie style still used today was born during the industrial revolution, when factory workers needed simple, unfussy neckwear that wouldn’t come undone.

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When soldiers returned home from WWII, the Bold Look (characterized by ties that were up to 5 inches wide) showed their eagerness to break free from the conformity of military uniforms.

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Since September 2007, doctors in British hospitals have been banned from wearing neckties because they are laundered less frequently than other clothing items.

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In their book The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie, physicists Thomas Fink and Yong Mao assert that there are exactly 85 possible ways to knot a conventional necktie. Of these, Fink says, “just over a dozen are sufficiently handsome or different from each other to be worn.”

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International Necktie Day (or Cravat Day in Croatia) is celebrated each year on October 18th.

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TRADITIONS

AT ETRO, CREATIVE EXPERIMENTATION IS PERFECTLY BALANCED

BY CENTURIES-OLD INSPIRATION.

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Clockwise from top left: Kean, Jacopo, Ippolito and Veronica Etro

s a fashion and lifestyle brand, Etro wasn’t so much founded as grown organically. In 1968, Gimmo Etro began producing highquality fabrics embellished with original designs and innovative colors. In 1981 the furnishing textiles line made its debut, featuring a paisley print that would quickly become

Etro’s leitmotif.

The addition of leather goods and travel bags (1984), home accessories (1986) and fragrances (late 1980s) consolidated the brand’s standing as a lifestyle powerhouse, but it wasn’t until the 1990s that the now-iconic men’s and women’s prêt-à-porter collections were introduced.

From its headquarters on Milan’s Via Spartaco, Etro is now helmed by Gimmo’s children. Jacopo, the eldest, oversees the textiles, home and leather goods collections. Next is Kean, the “creative spirit” of the brand and director of men’s collections. Ippolito is CFO and COO, while baby of the family (and only daughter) Veronica designs the women’s lines.

Almost as deep as Etro’s family roots are its roots in textile culture. Using only the finest fibers and finishings, the paisley motif is constantly reinterpreted in what the brand calls “a game of suggestive elegance.”

For the spring/summer 2014 men’s collection,

everyday pieces were designed with a twist. Inspired by the Mexican riding tradition of charreria, the highly researched and elaborately patchworked materials highlight Etro’s unparalleled expertise in fabric combination. Intricate leather tooling, for example, recalls age-old saddlery techniques.

Traditional English fabrications, from sharp pinstripes to cotton-linen twills, offer a classic balance. Silhouettes are resolutely masculine: jackets have powerful shoulders, and threepiece suits are layered over un-done striped shirts.

Etro’s signature prints this season have an unstudied quality, as if drawn by hand. A horse print, on shirts and jackets, bears the unfinished semblance of a rough illustration. The paisley also receives a new treatment: as a blurry, black-andwhite pattern that seems to emerge from a mirage.

POP OF

paisley

Paisley is an ancient decoration rich in history and meaning. The droplet-shaped motif can be traced back to Mesopotamia, where it symbolized the seed of the tree of life.

The design migrated from east to west, and has been found on objects from Indian prints to Celtic embroideries.

In Kashmir, shawls printed with this pattern were offered as gifts to the Great Mogul, then passed down through the generations. Etro’s collection of 150 of these shawls, dating from 1810 to 1880, has inspired the use of paisley as the common thread that runs through its collections.

Over the years the design has been illuminated with pop hues, fossilized, pulverized, corroded, overlapped, paired with flowers and stripes, enlarged, and reduced to its original essence. This special talent with prints truly puts Etro in a class of its own.

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COLOR CHECK

SPRING 2014 BRINGS A FRESH TAKE ON PRINT AND COLOR. DISCOVER THE LUSH HUES OF THE TROPICS, SET ON STUNNING VERANDAS UNDER A CANOPY OF PALMS AT THE MOORINGS RESORT & SPA IN ISLAMORADA, FLORIDA.

PHOTOGRAPHY: SERGIO KURHAJEC HAIR/MAKEUP: CLAIRE BAYLEY STYLING: WENDY MCNETT / WIILLIAM BUCKLEY

BRING ON THE

BLUES

BE PLAYFUL WITH PLAIDS, SETTING EXOTIC BRIGHTS AGAINST BOLD NEUTRALS.

IT’S A SHORTS

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A CRASH COURSE IN EASY ELEGANCE, FROM THE WORLD’S MOST WELL-DRESSED MEN.

PHOTOGRAPHER: JENS INGVARSSON. STYLIST: WILLIAM BUCKLEY. TAILOR: JASON SANTIAGO. MODELS: EFREN @ MSA, JHANELLE @ MAJOR, EMANUELE @ MAJOR.

ITALIAN

Brown Shoes PAIR PERFECTLY WITH GRAY OR NAVY SUITS IN A MODERN SLIM FIT.

Spring Layering GETS YOU THROUGH THE SEASON IN STYLE, WHILE WHITE TROUSERS BALANCE COLOR ON TOP.

Tailored Outerwear DOUBLES AS A BLAZER WHEN WORN WITH A DRESS SHIRT AND TIE.

PLAY WITH

Prints & Patterns IN BOLD COLOR (AND SKIP THE SOCKS).

Lightweight Knits LEND AN EFFORTLESS COOL TO SLIM COLORED CHINOS.

PERSONAL SHOPPING At your request, one of our sales associates will pre-select garments that fit your style and notify you of their arrival in the store.

Alex Perez, GARYS tailor for over 15 years

TAILORING

Our on-site expert tailors will happily work with you and your sales associate to create the perfect fit.

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HOME DELIVERY & SHIPPING We ship to anywhere in the United States. If you’re in town, we can hand deliver to your door for added convenience.

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Our world-class selection of brands is now available for purchase at garysonline.com.

Just click on “Online Store.”

WARDROBE CONSULTING & CLOSET CLEANING

In order to help you better integrate your new seasonal purchases with the old, we offer our clients a complimentary closet consultation. One of our professional sales associates will personally visit your home to inventory your closet, providing suggestions on how to creatively mix and match your existing wardrobe. One of our experienced tailors can also be on hand to provide any fitting or re-adjustments you may need. And, if you so desire, we will provide a photographic catalogue of your wardrobe for further reference.

MADE-TO-MEASURE

We proudly offer luxury hand-tailored garments personalized to suit your individual taste and style. Your measurements are kept on file and updated as needed, so a new garment can be specially created for you at any time. A wide variety of models and fabrications are available from the following brands:

BRIONI • CANALI • ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA • ISAIA • ROBERT TALBOTT • SAMUELSOHN

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Quietly sequestered among the vineyards, olive groves and lavender fields in the South of France is the sleek, modern, nearly 750-acre Terre Blanche Hotel Spa Golf Resort. Here, golfers are welcomed with two championship 18-hole courses and the Leadbetter Golf Academy, featuring the world’s top instructors. Spend the morning improving your swing, then pass a lazy afternoon at the infinity pool (with a breathtaking view of the Southern Alps), or get pampered in the elaborate and opulent spa. Since you’re in France, you should do a lot of eating and drinking. Terre Blanche makes it easy with four restaurants that serve fresh local dishes and superb wines (the rosés are especially excellent).

Finally, retire to one of the elaborately homey villas scattered among the pine trees, where you’ll find seclusion and every contemporary comfort. It’s like having your own private Provence.

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foothills of the Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee, has been a favorite American destination for generations.

Along with the comfortable cottages, award-winning food, and vast number of activities offered at Blackberry Farm, food, beverage and wine director Andy Chabot has assembled a commanding collection of 8,500 wines. The rare vintages include 25 madeiras and 20 ports. Chabot introduces guests to these notable after-dinner wines with flights: side-by-side tastings of three, such as the 1834, 1863 and 1875 madeiras, or ruby, tawny and white ports. For the true port connoisseur Chabot suggests VV from Niepoort (released only twice in the history of the company, just 999 bottles of this tawny port were produced), which he describes as “an elegant way to ease out of the evening.”

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PICTURING THE WILD WEST

For more than a century, cowboys and cowgirls have gathered at the Cheyenne Frontier Days to compete at the rodeo, dance the two-step and recreate the Old West. There’s also an art show. This July more than 60 of the country’s contemporary artists celebrate America’s frontier past—its culture, its magnificent scenery and the western way of life—in paintings, sculptures, wood and alabaster carvings, and Navajo weavings. The Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show begins with a preview, followed by a reception at the Wyoming Governor’s Mansion. A western dinner and cocktails are served throughout the evening while the sale takes place, and guests dance the night away to the sounds of a live band.

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ON THE WATERFRONT

This summer, experience the great outdoors at Miami’s Viceroy Hotel. For evenings there’s Fifty, a new rooftop indoor/outdoor lounge perched atop the 50th floor. Recline on chaise lounges or hang out at the bar and private pool and stare at the stars (or the city lights). During the day, head for the 15th floor and make a splash in the 300-foot infinity pool (Florida’s longest), an 80-person hot tub (the world’s largest) and a wading pool, which together add up to a water complex the size of a football field.

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FRIED CHICKEN GETS DRESSED UP.

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By Donald Charles Richardson

SO WHAT IF VERSIONS OF FRIED CHICKEN have been eaten since ancient times in Europe and Asia, chicken fried in palm oil has been a longstanding staple in West African cuisine, and the Scots were early proponents of frying chicken in fat? (Some even credit them with introducing the technique to the United States.) Despite its worldly history, fried chicken has become an inimitably American dish. After all, how many other countries celebrate National Fried Chicken Day? (July 6th, FYI.) It’s almost impossible not to love fried chicken. It’s crispy, satisfying, delicious, and like all great comfort foods, it can even evoke nostalgia: memories of Sunday family dinners, summer picnics or late-night refrigerator raids. (Few things in life are quite so satisfying as discovering an overlooked chicken leg.)

Although fried chicken has always been popular, these days it’s become so fashionable that even elitist gourmets are crying fowl. And cooks all over the country are keeping abreast of this current passion for poultry.

Raised on a farm, Mildred Cotton Council spent years learning and creating her recipes. In 1976, she finally opened Mama Dip’s Kitchen (Mama Dip was her childhood nickname) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she continues to turn out some of the best fried chicken in the country. “I’m a country cook. I can tell how a chicken is raised by the taste,” she asserts.

When asked if she has a special recipe, Mama Dip explains that she has “never called it a recipe” before sharing her prep routine: she soaks the chicken in a big tub filled with salt water, then rinses it off, dips it in flour and adds black pepper.

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“Best not to freeze for fried chicken,” she cautions. “People get chicken on sale and put it in a freezer, [but you] need a fresh chicken to begin with. Every day we get a delivery.”

Mama Dip always serves her fried chicken with biscuits.

Another tip she’s generous enough to reveal: “I started making biscuits with plain self-rising flour with a little extra baking powder mixed in there. It’s really good.”

Other restaurants, vying for the cock of the walk title, have come up with their own inventive methods of making fried chicken. In Portland, Oregon, David Kreifels, one of the three Chicken and waffles at Birch & Barley

lion potato salad, pimento mac ‘n cheese, creamed kale and roasted garlic mashed potatoes, and presented alongside 12 different dipping sauces, including buffalo hot, satan spicy, homemade ranch buttermilk, barbeque and honey mustard.

It stands to reason all the attention on this essentially simple American dish was eventually bound to ruffle the feathers of famous chefs. Renown for the gastronomic experiences he creates at his legendary French Laundry and Per Se restaurants, Thomas Keller salutes home cooking with Ad Hoc in Yountville, California. Here, chef de cuisine Katie HaganWelchel treats chickens like poultry royalty. Using only local birds no larger than 2.5 pounds (to promote even cooking), the chicken is cut into 10 pieces and spends 12 hours in an

partners who’ve created Simpatica and Laurelhurst Market (named in 2010 as one of the best new restaurants by Bon Appétit) says they only serve fried chicken from the butcher shop on Tuesdays at Laurelhurst Market, and at brunch on Sundays at Simpatica.

The chicken is soaked in buttermilk overnight, dusted with a blend of curry powder, flour, salt, pepper and paprika, then fried in oil. The spice coating allows the chicken to develop a nice crisp at a lower oil temperature. It’s allowed to “rest” after frying and Kreifels says, “As it cools the crust gets crispier… and the crust stays on because of the lower heat.” Their chicken is served with waffles in fruit syrup.

In Washington D.C., Birch & Barley’s fried chicken and waffle dish is so popular that husband and wife team Kyle (chef) and Tiffany (pastry chef) Bailey have opened another restaurant, GBD (Golden, Brown & Delicious), that highlights fried chicken along with their gourmet doughnuts. You can actually order a fried chicken sandwich with a doughnut as the bread. (Truly, you can!) GBD uses 100 percent hormone-free chickens plunged into a buttermilk brine then fried fresh to order. It’s served with sides like crème fraiche biscuits, scal-

IT’S ALMOST herb-lemon brine (to help the meat stay juicy). It’s IMPOSSIBLE air dried to room temperature then dredged in flour mixed with garlic, onion powder, paprika, cayenne NOT TO LOVE FRIED pepper, salt and black pepper. Next it’s dipped in CHICKEN. buttermilk, then returned to the flour mixture and finally fried in peanut oil. Chef Hagan-Whelchel uses two different fryers—one for white meat, another for dark— pointing out that dark meat takes longer and she prefers to cook it at a lower temperature (320 degrees) than the white (340 degrees). Fried chicken at Ad Hoc is on the menu every other Monday and served with corn bread and seasonal vegetables. It’s also available in a box lunch at Addendum in the garden behind Ad Hoc, from Thursday through Saturday.

When you get right down to it, whether simple or sophisticated, fried chicken at its best is soul-satisfying food you eat with your fingers while having a really wonderful time. “Fried chicken somehow emotionally resonates with everybody,” says Hagan-Whelchel. “It’s a thread through all of us… it just makes you feel good.”

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Made-to-Treasure RESORTS AND RESTAURANTS OFFER GUESTS ONE-OF-A-KIND DRINKING EXPERIENCES.

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Often the restaurant will craft a signature or private selection cocktail. Chef Marc Murphy's bar/restaurant Kingside, in Manhattan's luxe new Viceroy Hotel, features a custom Michter's Whiskey (aged in a custom deep-char barrel) in its own barrel-aged Manhattan. At Emeril Lagasse's Las Vegas venues, he drops a custom Buffalo Trace Eagle Rare single-barrel reserve into three seasonal cocktails: The NOLA Mule, the Bourbon Milk Punch and the Autumn Pomme. Bam! Such exclusivity isn't reserved for whiskeys: Herradura tequila offers a Buy the Barrel program to restaurants around the country, including several Richard Sandoval properties in New York; at contemporary Japanese eatery Shibuya in Las Vegas, you'll find exclusive sakes dubbed Neo-Tokyo and Hachiko; and at Four Seasons Milan, you can order a custom Italian (sweet) vermouth.

"It's wonderful to see people come back and select new barrels for seasonality or specific food pairings," says Morris.

"Restaurants and resorts are finding they're selling out so fast that they're saying, 'we've already got to do this again.'"

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IT'S NO LONGER ENOUGH to order a standard blended whisky, or even an 18-year expression of your go-to Scotch before dinner. The latest trend: custom barrel selections and blends exclusive to specific restaurants, bars and resorts.

Such custom and one-off bottlings have been around for years through high-end liquor stores and private tasting societies. But as the cocktail and fine drinking scenes evolve, more bars and restaurants are clamoring for a customized spirit.

Woodford Reserve Bourbon offers two programs for restaurateurs and beverage managers: A single-barrel selection, and an unusual two-barrel blend, which sees the venue working directly with master distiller Chris Morris to create an exclusive whiskey, the selections winnowed down from over 100 possible barrels.

"As far as I know, we have the only program like this," says Morris. Destinations like The Cloister at Sea Island (Georgia), The Edison in Los Angeles and the St. Regis in Atlanta have taken advantage. "It's so fun to watch the dynamics of each account: Some want a sweeter blend, some spicier. It's always unique; you can't replicate a two-barrel batch."

Michael MacDonnell, beverage director at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas, concurs: "Uniqueness is one of the top selling points. Nowhere else in the world has it, and when it's gone, it's gone forever." The resort offers an exclusive Knob Creek sin-

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On the UPSWING

All across America, the popularity of jazz is hitting a high note. By Donald Charles Richardson

Around 11:30 at night, several stories up in a high-rise building adjacent to Central Park, a crowd gathers for one of the most exciting experiences available to people who live in or visit New York City.

Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (named for jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie) is part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center program.

According to general manager Roland Chassagne, “Dizzy’s has been open for close to 10 years and reached a level of being one of the top jazz clubs in the world. We provide the trifecta as we say: great music, great food and great views.” Regular evening performances feature famous jazz artists, and Late Night Sessions present new and innovative performers,

attracting aficionados who knowledgeably toss around the names of both famous and little-known musicians, couples on romantic dates, and some who simply like the music. Michael Mwenso, curator and programming associate at Dizzy’s, hosts Late Night Sessions on Thursdays and Saturdays. “We showcase young bands, young musicians… we give them a chance.”

At the other end of the country, in San Francisco, is SFJAZZ. Randall Kline, its founder and executive/artistic director, has booked the finest jazz musicians in the world for nearly 30 years and built this organization into a year-round institution that gives more than 200 concerts annually and treats jazz as a major art form. The recently opened freestanding concert hall,

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And Kline points out that “it’s live. It’s not going to be the same every evening.”

“Being in the zone, feeling the spirit, feeling connected,” is how Redman describes the experience. “We don’t often speak about it because we don’t want to lose the mystery of it. It happens when our training and study and hard work and time and discipline and practice all take a backseat… in the moment of inspiration, something magical happens.”

Olaine recalls an unforgettable moment when Grammy Award-winning Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba played for the first time with drummer Tony Williams (a longtime drummer for Miles Davis). They had just met and started to play Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage. “They played [the first section] with such delicate Brazilian vocalist Leny Andrade care and tender finesse…” Olaine remembers. “They extended that out for such a period of time, the hairs on your arm were just standing straight up. When they moved to the next section, the crescendo was so gradual you could have heard a pin drop.”

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the first of its type in the U.S., is located in the heart of San Francisco’s cultural and creative district. “A standalone [facility] affords jazz a profile it hasn’t had before,” explains Kline.

“You have live music right at street level. People walking by are a part of it.”

In these two major institutions as well as at small clubs and large theaters, festivals and concerts all over the world, the renewed popularity of jazz is hitting a high note. Jason Olaine, director of programJoshua Redman ming for Jazz at Lincoln Center, says, “More people are consuming jazz today than ever before.

Jazz is on the upswing.

Some people get it…

Others just appreciate it from the standpoint of pure musicianship.”

One of the best musicians in the business is Joshua Redman, whose primary instrument is the tenor saxophone.

(Walking Shadows, his latest album, has received superb reviews.) “I want people to come to jazz with open minds and open hearts,” says Redman. “It’s very intense and complex music. It’s not the easiest music to penetrate immediately. But jazz musicians are looking to express themselves and play music with spirit and soul. Come [to a jazz club] without expectations. Truly listen and it can be a very intense and rewarding experience.”

Along with this juxtaposition of discovery, appreciation and enjoyment, it’s the spontaneity of jazz that can generate a uniquely exciting experience for the audience.

“They’re creating right in front of [the audience],” says Seth Abramson, artistic director of the popular Jazz Standard in New York City. “At their best it’s as if they don’t even know the audience is there.”

Laurent Saulnier is vice president of production and programmation at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, the biggest jazz festival in the world. He reveals that during the festival, jam sessions take place every night from 11 to 3.

“Famous musicians will jump in and just play. And you never know what will happen during those sessions.”

Mwenso echoes the sentiment: “You never know how the night might go [at Dizzy’s Late Night Sessions], but sometimes there’s pure magic.” These moments, when the jazz group is, as Abramson terms it, “swinging,” are remarkable.

“YOU HAVE LIVE MUSIC RIGHT AT STREET LEVEL. PEOPLE WALKING BY ARE A PART OF IT.” — Randall Kline, founder of SFJAZZ cian’s nirvana,” says Saulnier. The most difficult is getting the entire audience to have that moment at the same time. He remembers a couple of years ago when Leonard Cohen performed at the festival. When he started the song Suzanne, “there wasn’t a single breath in the room. We cannot program that special moment,” Saulnier adds, “but individuals will have their own moments at different times.”

“Just listen,” says Redman. “It’s not science. There are complexities in jazz that rival the most complex science, but it’s about listening. It’s yours when you listen.”

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FUTURE FAST

THE NEXT GENERATION OF HIGH-TECH TRANSPORTATION IS ALMOST HERE. BY ROBERT HAYNES-PETERSON

HERE WE ARE IN 2014; where are the flying cars and jet packs? Not everyone’s given up on the dream: From highspeed rail and solar-powered cars to wacky personal transport and luxury airships, innovators and idealists continue moving the world forward, one hovercraft at a time.

Some of our biggest dreamers continue to look towards the sky. Last year, Terrafugia, a Massachusetts-based aerospace company, announced it was officially in the flying car business.

The Transition is a compact, street-legal vehicle which can fly in and out of airports using retractable wings, looks and drives like a car on the road, and costs around $280,000. Now the company hopes to produce the TF-X, a four-seat hybrid electric vehicle capable of making vertical take-offs and landings.

Despite the reality of private jets and luxury airliners, some innovators still envision demand for a classic airship. The Aether Cruise Experience is a design project created by University of

Huddersfield student Mac Byers. His concept is inspired by classic zeppelins and incorporates vertical lift technology from AerosCraft (a company producing high-tech dirigibles for cargo transport and hoping to be online commerically by 2016). Byers envisions his helium-supported floating cruise ship as an open design, allowing passengers to explore spacious catwalks, viewing areas, bars and large private sleeping quarters.

The frontiers of private commercial space flight, meanwhile, continue to be dominated by two pioneers: SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. Despite promises of speedy delivery of civilian passengers into low-earth orbit and higher (SpaceX is convinced they’ll be able to do private fly-bys of the Moon and land their proposed Dragon spacecraft on Mars in this century), the industry seems rife with delays. Virgin Galactic’s space program hasn’t yet taken off (pun intended), and SpaceX appears (from the outside) to

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SpaceX's Dragon, a proposed Mars lander

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be focused on commercial space over passengers (though it is currently competing for a contract to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station). Sierra Nevada, another contender, conducted a test flight in October of its Dream Catcher space plane in which landing gear malfunctioned, causing minor damage. eanwhile on the ground, progress seems to be racing along. Japan, long known for its high-speed, magneticlevitation bullet trains, is now marketing the technology to other countries. Northeast Maglev, a Washington D.C. company, is hoping to build a superconducting maglev train to the Northeast Corridor, potentially chopping the three-hour trip between D.C. and New York to one. And Elon Musk, cofounder of SpaceX and the brains behind the electric Tesla S sports car, floated a concept last year for a pressurized tube rail called Hyperloop, which theoretically would make the trip from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes. Musk seems to vasillate between claiming to be too busy to make this more than a pipe dream, and promising a working prototype by 2015 through the new spinoff company Hyperloop Transportations Technologies. Either way, the idea has caused buzz on the internet and piqued the interests of investors.

Electric cars are becoming a daily reality, but unplugging them completely from existing fossil fuel sources remains a hurdle. The World Solar Challenge is a semi-annual 1,865-mile, four-day race across the Australian desert which attempts to draw new ideas out of universities and think tanks around the world. Sunswift, a team out of New South Wales, introduced Eve, a four-passenger, two-door car which averaged speeds of 50 MPH through the race, and topped out at 80.

“The greatest challenges were the design trade-offs between aerodynamic efficiency, solar array output and driver/passenger comfort,” says Alexander To, director of Sunswift’s business team. Though the car finished the race 90 minutes ahead of its competition, passenger weight handicaps and judging on practicality left Eve third in its category.

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The race exemplifies some of the challenges of bringing a solar-charged, off-the-grid car to market. “We calculated that if we applied the parameters of our competition to a Nissan Leaf [a small electric car priced—and taxed—at the luxury level in Australia], it would do the event in 28 days rather than four days,” says Chris Selwood of World Solar Challenge. “It highlights the cap between cutting-edge efficiency and commercial limitations.”

What if you’re burning to buy a piece of the future today?

Hammacher Schlemmer has been providing such opportunities for years, with electric bikes and hovercrafts filling the pages of their catalog (and their newly remodeled Manhattan flagship store) alongside high-tech razors and poolside fireplaces. Most recently, the company introduced two tantalizing personal submarines: one that looks like a Killer Whale ($90,000) and a two-person submersible for studying the ocean floor ($2 million, training and certification required).

“We’re always looking for unusual modes of transport,” says Stephen Farrell, director of merchandising. “In the flying world, there is a loosening of ultralight aircraft regulations, making it easier for people to fly personal aircraft.”

Perhaps he has the skinny on when we’re getting those jetpacks we’ve been so long promised. “We’re getting pretty close,” says Farrell. “It’s basically in the hands of military contractors. When they’re legal, safe and available, Hammacher Schlemmer will sell them!”

INNOVATORS AND IDEALISTS KEEP MOVING THE WORLD OF TRANSPORTATION FORWARD.

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ON MATTERS OF STYLE, SWIM WITH THE CURRENT. ON MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE, STAND LIKE A ROCK.” — THOMAS JEFFERSON

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