Proper Suit Care
If you don’t know how to take care of your suit, it can end up looking like this. You’re hard at work and hard at play. You’re cranking away, making moves and looking ever so fresh in your newly minted custom suit. With it on, you’re sitting, walking, running, grinding and hustling all day long. ...
Black Lapel Brotherhood: DeVille Vannik – Parkour Coach, Model, Actor
Welcome to the Black Lapel Brotherhood series. At Black Lapel, we believe in aspiring to become better men every day. We believe in working, hustling and striving to achieve individual and collective goals. The Black Lapel Brotherhood series is about showcasing those hard working guys who have a strong sense of direction, who want the...
Street Style – Hanging Out with Black Lapel: Harlem
A couple of weekends ago, Black Lapel customer, finance guru, lifestyle blogger, Columbia alum and Harlem resident, Jeremy Whyte, reached out and suggested we come up to his neck of the woods to hang out. Jeremy’s a smart and smartly dressed fellow and with the promise of some good soul food, how could we say...
The Four Cures for BFD (Bad Fit Disease)
Four Tips on Achieving the Perfect Fit A friend from Japan once told us that some of the most fashion obsessed in Tokyo will sometimes search for years for a single pair of perfectly fitting jeans. Even at Black Lapel, we are constantly tweaking our personal suit measurements in search of perfection to that nearest...
FIT SERIES: Bad Fit Disease
While the exaggerated fit of this suit makes quite the impression at Thom Browne’s notoriously larger-than-life fashion shows, it’s not the type of first impression you want to be making in the office or on that special date. Bad Fit Disease. There is an epidemic that is waging war on the wardrobes of men large...