 Men's Luxury Apparel: As long as men have to
wear suits in hot, muggy summer weather, seersucker
suits are going to be wardrobe mainstays of
fashionable gentlemen. The link between steamy days
and seersucker suits go back to New Orleans in 1909,
when Joseph Haspel and his brothers began making the
lightweight suits. Originally seersucker suits were
regarded as poor-man's attire, because the fabric
wrinkled quicker than the bulky oft worn wool suits of
the day. However, once the heavily perspiring men
discovered the breezy comfort offered by the airy
suits made from the India-produced fabric, sirsaker, a
new wrinkle in fashion was born. Seersuckers suits
blossomed to full bloom in the Roaring 20s, leaving
the traditional "woolies" abandoned and hibernating in
cedar closets till fall.
Seersucker suits today are as cool as ever. The
modern-day version is made from 100-perecnt,
pure-combed cotton. Haspel offers a dozen versions in
its seersucker-suits collection plus eight very
colorful sports jackets too. Nearly a century from its
inception, no fashion statement combines coolness,
sophistication, and balmy confidence like a seersucker
suit or sports jacket.
The Wall Street Journal touted Haspel's seersucker
suits as being the "best overall" and the "best value"
in an article that compared various sources of the
venerable summer suit. The full article is available
at Haspel's website. The clothier also offers
alternate versions of lightweight suits along with
other formidable fashion offerings. Haspel's
merchandise is available online or through select
retailers.
For LxM James Rothaar |
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