#mark rykken

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Happy birthday

to my good friend, Sartorial Sensei, and one of the coolest cats around, Mark Rykken. Photo by John Tinseth.

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Britches Bespoke NYC studio.

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https://www.permanentstyle.com/2019/01/new-york-bespoke-tailors.html

New York bespoke tailors

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Mark Rykken of Britches of Georgetown on 44th

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Marvelous Mark Rykken

Or, how to have a better day in one phone call.

Spent an all too quick 30 minutes speaking with the Sartorial Sensei. He’s leading Britches Bespoke at the Midtown flagship with his off the charts taste and access to the finest fabrics around.

If you care about menswear, then you know.  If you dunno, ya oughta. And if ya wanna, lemme know. I’m heading to Gotham in October to commission a new project. Thinking of a midnight blue paisley dinner jacket.   

https://britchesbespoke.com/contact

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Karma, or Rykken is home (again).

Mark Rykken sent this over just a few minutes back. And the world is better for this news. My friend in the tailored menswear realm has extraordinary taste. And Mark is real, not an instant Insta sensation;  he developed his skill over decades in the business. He’s a true gentleman with access to the best fabrics in the world. Mark has a home base in NYC again with Britches Bespoke in Midtown. 

If Rykken can help a doughy old schlub like me look decent, he can certainly help you step your sartorial game up to an exalted level. I need to get down there in about a month, plus a few more ducats, and minus about twenty pounds. If you’re ready, don’t wait. And tell Mark Shelly sent you.

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Rykken Returns

I enjoyed an hour on the phone today with an old friend. Marvelous Mark Rykken, my Sartorial Sensei called me to share the exciting news about his new venture, Britches Bespoke. If you’re at all a menswear enthusiast and thinking about bespoke clothing Mark is your man. He has an elevated taste level that one develops only after years in the custom clothing business.

Rykken has the fabrics, the tailors, and the taste to make even pasty old men look good.His teaming with the resurgent Britches is a return to home for Mark who began his career in tailored clothing with Britches of Georgetown four decades ago.

Mark’s suits are modern take on the classic drape, a cut that flatters every man. Nope, none of that too-tight silliness that was in vogue with the po-mo eunuch crowd a few years back. Gave yours to your kid brother, didn’t you?

The Marvelous One told me he will also be offering custom outerwear. Channeling my inner Joe Gillis, I may need a vicuña polo coat . 

I own only five Rykken suits and I’m psyched that Mark is back. It’s time for more. Oh, and maybe a midnight blue paisley dinner jacket. Fundraising season and associated events are not far away. 

You can meet Mark at his trunk shows in NYC or Washington, DC. I’ll catch up with him this September. If you go, tell him Shelly sent you.

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I’m over the top excited about Britches Bespoke. Go to my Maxminimus blog if you wanna hear me extol!

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It was a tonal textural Cleverley Kaleidoscope the other day.

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Stay cool is still the main rule - A starter list.

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Good luck to one of the truly good guys, Mark Rykken. Every man I know who has entered the rarified air of bespoke clothing has a story of Marvelous Mark’s world class taste and gracious goodwill. 

Mark let me run a 5 figure tab with him one year when my fortunes suddenly changed. Try that at the Brethren. 

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With Puerto Rykken

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What this man will do to sell a suit..

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Rykken

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