Wisdom from Nicolas Gabard: Paris’s tailor-philosopher | #025

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Very few brands out there are as special as Husbands right now. Paris’s chicest tailoring house occupies a unique position in the new community of brands taking root in the French capital. Nicolas founded his boutique in 2012, following over a decade working in law and then communications, and this move into menswear has given him a new lease of life. His approach to clothing is distinctly philosophical; he argues that ‘a suit is not just a suit’, but a tool to empower men to become the very best version of themselves – to be better fathers and husbands, for example.
He insists that everything Husbands does is founded in a deep appreciation of culture, and he draws an important distinction between brands that merely ‘sell clothes’ and those which take care to ‘dress people’. We found his take on classic style fascinating, and hope that you will too.
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HandCut Radio is proud to be sponsored by Thomas Mason, an historic mill that’s been supplying famous designers, shirtmakers and tailors with world class shirting fabrics since 1796.
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Show Notes:
Nicolas Gabard — Website | Instagram
[11:06] Theorem, Pier Paolo Pasolini (film, 1968)
[15:52] Wei Koh
[17:05] Helmut Lang
[17:06] Martin Margiela
[17:07] Dries van Noten
[18:49] Tommy Nutter
[33:22] Cary Grant
[33:27] North by North West (film, 1959)
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