The best way to look your best everyday is to ruthlessly edit your wardrobe.
Hate wearing it? Doesn’t fit? Worn out? Outdated? Get rid of it.
WOW! Look at all the room in your closet all of a sudden. You should reward yourself and the clothing that made the cut. All shoes have shoe trees, and suits, sport coats, and trousers all have beautifully-crafted and sized hangers.
My rule of thumb? New shoes, buy the trees at the same time. New garment? Order a proper hanger.
They make a difference you know. Not only for your sense of well-being, I mean for your better garments. Bulbous, larger ends on suit and sport coat hangers (Like a suit hanger, but without the trouser bar) ensure that your perfectly crafted spalla camicia or natural shoulder maintain their shapes. Sized hangers keep your tailored collar draping naturally instead of wrinkling up. Trouser hangers and the trouser bar on suit hangers are long enough to accommodate a full leg and are wrapped with felt to keep your trousers crease-free and firmly on the hanger, instead of puddling on the floor. Shirt hangers not only look good, but don’t leave telltale hanger dimples on the shoulders of your shirt the way that wire hangers so often do.
To date I have tried two companies that offer luxury hangers, Kirby Allison’s Hanger Project (which has introduced other luxury items), and this year, Butler Luxury‘s offerings. Both are beautiful offerings. Please don’t ask me which I prefer. Butler Luxury are selling their wares direct to the public after providing them to retailers and designers, hotels and the like. They were kind enough to send me a few to try out.
Made of beech wood imported from Germany. Finished in either matte Dark Walnut Espresso with matte chrome hardware (elegantly modern), or Polished Deep Butterscotch with brass hardware (for the traditionalist), the hangers are guaranteed to look wonderful in your walk-in. The women’s suit hangers feature sturdy clips by which to hang trousers or a skirt. The skirt hangers also work well to hang my flannel trousers by the cuffs for a day to relax the wrinkles before putting them back on their proper hangers. They appear to be very well-made from a single piece of wood instead of two pieces glued together as inferior hangers are, and are nicely sized for both the smaller and larger man. (My photos don’t do them justice, so I used the company’s.) The hooks don’t spin loosely making them easy for me to hang on the top rack with my shepherd’s crook doo-hickey. Finally, garments properly hung on matched and elegant, sized hangers really do the drape and cut of your suits, sportcoats, trousers and shirts justice. Upon entering your closet or opening the doors, you experience your Gatsby moment.
Make this the year that you clean out your worst sartorial offenders and introduce yourself to the closet of your dreams.
I will if you will.
