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savile row is the new geek chic

Very Cool. Thanks to Slate columnist Clive Thomson for rightfully pointing out that yes, Savile Row suits are indeed the next thing in Geek Chic:

After all, suits have many of the things that geeks particularly appreciate: Intense levels of engineering, an obsession with structural elegance, physics, totally wicked gear that's used to create them, topographic geometry, and materials science that burrows right down to chemistry and --- these days --- nanotechnology. And when it comes to ties, my god, you've got the most awesomely realized application of knot theory on the planet.

I'm trying to imagine Robert Scoble in a suit. Ain't happening. Joi Ito wears really nice suits, though.

[ALSO:] I should have some t-shirts out in a couple of weeks, I think. So I'll probably be the first person in history selling both bespoke Savile Row and potty mouth t-shirt designs. Go figure.

Posted by hugh macleod at March 7, 2005 7:12 PM | TrackBack