awesome link!

The fallacy in articles such as this one is that everyone is excessive in every faet of life at all given times.

I can't remember when, but I know Marc has mentioned that he gives up certain luxuries to be able to afford hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of dollars of fine suiting.

Instead of the suits, someone of Marc's income/net worth could own a collection of Audemars watches, a small collection of vintage autos, a small collection of art, etc. - but having the suits and the watches and the cars and the art takes you into the millions and now we're talking about a small segment of the population that would even have the cash to indulge in all of these luxuries and still afford a nice place to live/some decent investments/food/water.

I suppose if you love shaving and it's your thing, the "investment" in some super high-grade cream and aftershave is worth it, but if it's to try to taste that sweet (bitter?) taste of immense wealth, the buyer is kidding himself.

I've got friends who run hedge funds and drive Bentleys but still use Colgate shave cream and a Bic razor (total cost < $2) because they don't give a f@ck.

Who knows.

p.s. I love that articles like this still hold out bespoke as the only way to attain "working buttonholes on the cuff" status, especially now that tons of reasonably priced RTW makers do it now (like Henry Jacobson suits)...

Don't even H&M jackets have working buttonholes these days?

Grayson,

I want to be a member of the The Cognoscenti.  Do you have any tips.

Yr faithful admirer,

Horace