Work in Process

By G. Bruce Boyer

There have been a few changes at Alan Flusser Custom and there are some others to come, but this is still the place where men come to learn about contemporary traditional clothes, how to wear them and enjoy them. 

Process is a very important word around the Alan Flusser shop. but more about that in a minute. The other week I was sitting and chatting with JONATHAN SIGMON, the new owner of the esteemed venue that Alan started 35 years ago. I was curious to know what changes we might expect under his tutelage now that Alan himself had retired. Menswear author G. BRUCE BOYER sits down with Jonathan to discuss the heritage and future of the storied house that he now helms.

“When Alan started out” Jonathan reminds us, “he brought the English drape style of cutting into prominence here – a soft and flexible interior canvas, fullness in the chest and blades, and a slightly extended shoulder – often paired with pleated, full-cut trousers. These days we still make a soft, comfortable jacket with a high armhole and fuller top sleeve for ease of movement, but we don’t have as much excess in the body of the jacket, and our trousers tend to be a bit more tapered to suit the individual client.”

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