Hmmmm...

Manton is always pictured in the shadows...

Modesty?
Shyness?
Fear of exposure?

Or maybe he just likes to lurk?

Good luck to him anyway.

I've seen Manton in pictures and it was vastly underwhelming--like being told a Home Depot fountain was Niagra Falls.

The drape cut suits he favors does him no grace nor does his choice of footwear and accessories which are dour at best and insipid at worst. While his persona and book may appear to give forth a dandified nature, I suspect being a ghost-writer for various Republican pundits in Washington D.C. has lowered standards--if there were some to begin with.

Last time I was in New York I was very well dressed. I hadn't trodden in anything and there was barely any soup on my tie. I nominate me as the people's choice.

Last edited by Terry Lean (2007-02-04 02:04:52)

I gotta go with Marc. (I still can't believe he's a 42 long). His clothes look sculpted by the finest artisan, say, someone like Benvenuto Cellini.

Although to be fair, I've never seen Manton, only read and enjoyed his wonderful book. Do I then lose my right to vote?

Last edited by richt (2007-02-03 10:01:35)

Well, from the pictures that I have seen on these sites, only Marc would be in the running, but to me he would not win.  This is not to say anything bad about Manton or FNBs style, it is just that they are built in less 'normal' ways.  Perhaps this is one reason that they have gravitated towards bespoke, but it also can make the overall look a bit less classically elegant.

^^^^^^^^^^^looooooooooooooooool

Mory has got to be one of the five worst dressed that I have ever seen!

One of the 5 worst? LOL. That's harsh.

I like Mory's style because he takes chances and his clothing is put together in a sexy way.

Sometimes he can be self-effacingly simple in the Italian tradition, or as colorful as a young banker in London who just made his first million pounds, though always closer to the Italian tradition.

As anyone who experiments, his clothing can sometimes look a bit over the top and sometimes even silly. But generally he looks impeccable and, at his best, he looks amazing.

Btw, the best dressed New Yorker has probably never been photographed or is photographed very seldom. I know a few in the private equity and hedge fund fields who only wear bespoke and look absolutely impeccable (the younger guys in PE and hedge funds of course wear jeans and maybe proper trousers on a good day - I'm talking about the gents over 50).

^ LOL, your personal anecdotes are always entertaining.

I was thinking more along the lines of polished guys like Nelson Peltz.

I almost forgot! I think Domenico Vacca looks great too. He'd be in my top 5 I think.

^ I don't know if I follow?