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Confirming his intent to become a power player in ultra-luxe men’s dress slacks, Freshman designer, Andy Stinson, today announced adding Holland & Sherry fabrics to its hand-crafted dress slack collection.
Jun 01, 2011. San Diego, CA. Andy Stinson, luxe fashion’s longtime brand imaging whiz turned menswear designer, today announced striking a second fabric alliance for his soon-to-launch, Stinson R. Ely Collection. This latest, with Holland & Sherry, is for dress slacks, exclusively, and dramatically expands the fledgling brand’s ritzy array of brightly colored, winter-weight gabardines and flannels.
Today’s announced deal adds Holland & Sherry to Lochcarron of Scotland as Stinson R. Ely’s two cloth resources and allies what are arguably the world’s two oldest and most prestigious weavers of luxury woolens. It also promises a slack collection interpreted in heavy, English-style “winter weights.” Both Britannia weavers, Savile Row’s Holland & Sherry touts a near-170-old history matched only by Lochcarron of Scotland, itself a 200-plus-year-old, still family-owned boutique weaver whose River Tweed mill crafts the world’s most luxurious, artisan crafted Tartans and flannels.
Strategically, the between-the-lines message in today’s announcement predicts nosebleed pricing and signals an even further narrowing of Stinson R. Ely’s already sliver-thin focus on a target audience of well-heeled dandies who habit menswear’s ultra-luxe niches. Rochester, New York’s Adrian Jules – itself hailed by in-the-know sartorialists as America’s premier maker of artisan hand-sewn clothing – will hand-craft the Collection’s dress and formal slacks.
Although Stinson declined to reveal retail prices, the combination of Adrian Jules’ Old World hand-make with cloth weavers Lochcarron of Scotland and Holland & Sherry, assures a dress and formal slack collection without rival, the world over, and promises retail prices in the $600 to $700 range, a wafer-thin niche with barely a handful of rivals.
Though few in numbers, Stinson R. Ely’s short list of rivals – all top Italia brands – rank among the world’s most aggressive fashion marketers and include the likes of Kiton, Zanella, Brioni, Barbera, Incotex, and Canali. All are rivals Stinson has successfully battled before on behalf of his agency’s list of Americana clients.
A widely renowned dandy, Stinson’s own design rep is for tastefully juxtaposing often flamboyant design twists atop classic design themes, then interpreting his retro-modern design cocktail in bold, adventurous coloring. His inaugural collection delivers on those expectations, in spades. Anchored by a risk-the-ranch revival of the iconic, ‘40s-era Hollywood Waistband dress slack, an Americana fashion classic that hasn’t been voguish in nearly 70-years, Stinson’s double-dare collection also reprises pleat fronts and bets heavily on their returning popularity.
Once the signature of the silver screen’s most dashing, matinee idols, the Hollywood Waistband’s physique flattering, sleight of hand knack for transforming Tinsel Town’s legendary leading men into long-legged, he-hunk Adonises won the Hollywood Waistband dress slack its enduring sobriquet and turned its high-waisted design into the world’s top fashion craze of the 30’s and 40’s.
A faithful reprise of the original design, Stinson modeled his line-up of Hollywood Waistband dress slacks in a mostly two-pleat front silhouette. But his most avant garde look is the Astaire Collection, a design modeled after the 4-pleat-front, Hollywood Waistband slack Fred Astaire re-designed and nicknamed his “third dance partner.”
Equally risky, Stinson chose a color story that snubs the expected list of Fall-hued earth-tones and instead touts a Spring-like palette that tilts heavily toward jewel-tone brights and includes Ketchup Red, Eggplant, Raspberry, Burnt Orange, Butterscotch and others.
Despite his luxe label’s freshman status, Stinson ranks a veteran designer who boasts an enviable list of design clients. Over his brand imaging firm’s 22-year tenure, Stinson and his longtime partner and co-designer, Robbi Ely, created the press and editorial collections for a bevy of top American and British luxury labels, including Robert Talbott and Audrey Talbott, Cole-Haan, Martin Dingman, Tommy Hilfiger, Insignia Design Group, Pantherella, Seaward & Stearn and others.
About Stinson R. Ely:
Born from the 22-year-old, Stinson/R. Ely & Partners, Inc. – the brand imaging, design and PR firm formed in 1988 by Andy Stinson and Robbi Ely — the debut collection of their luxe menswear brand features neckwear and pocket squares, dress slacks, sport coats, hosiery and dress shirts.
Bereft of basics, it’s a dandy’s collection, exclusively, its designs inspired by the Duke of Windsor and popularized by Hollywood’s dashing, silver screen idols.
Completed shortly before her passing, 18-months ago, Stinson R. Ely pays tribute to the design genius of co-designer, Robbi Ely, an ardent minimalist whose own design influence, time and again, proved the ageless saw that the most visually dramatic designs are those reduced to their simplest elements.
Stinson R. Ely — along with its parent, Stinson/R. Ely & Partners – are headquartered in San Diego, California, at 8775 Aero Drive. Zip code is 92123. Website is http://www.stinsonrely.com. Fall-Winter 2012 “look book” is available in print or PDF versions. Phone for Stinson/R. Ely & Partners corporate offices, Stinson R. Ely, or its co-designer, Andy Stinson, is 858-573-1698.
Stinson R. Ely is a founding member of the Alliance of American Luxury Makers (ALM). Visit the ALM blog at http://americanluxurymakers.tumblr.com/
Contact:
J. Andy Stinson, co-designer
858-573-1698
http://www.stinsonrely.com
Bobbi Koller, associate designer
858-573-1698
http://www.stinsonrely.com
Baade II’s new “College Colors” Cufflink Collection touts school colors for over 200 U.S. colleges and universities; ranks largest selection of school color cufflinks ever offered. Two- and three-color stripes and polka dots counts large and small schools, alike, from Harvard and Yale to tiny Niagra U; includes England’s top 100 Universities. All-handmade collection features both a luxury priced group and a moderately priced, starving students, line-up.
Atlantic City, NJ. February 17, 2011. Mary Ann Paul ranks America’s premier cufflink designer. Paul, whose hand-crafted, Baade (Bay-dee) II cufflinks are sold at America’s most prestigious stores, hails from “‘Bama,” shorthand for Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Only half-joking, she “bleeds red and white”; still more shorthand, this for the Crimson Tide’s colors. Her family dog’s named “Bear,” Seven of the eight dogs on her block are named “Bear.” Paul “Bear” Bryant their namesake.
Last year, cufflink maker, Paul, was struck by a marketing epiphany: There were a gizillion red-and-white striped neckties but no Crimson Tide colored cufflinks.
Therein marketing 101’s founding principle: Find a need. Fill the niche. Advice which Paul faithfully followed. Collectively, that explains the how-and-why behind Paul’s all-handmade and just launched, “College Colors” cufflink collection. Then, she polished-the-apple, adding polka dots to accompany her two- and three-color stripes.
Six-months later, the once empty niche is now chock-full of stripe and polka dot cufflinks representing over 200 U.S. colleges and universities.
To the Crimson Tide’s red-and-white striped motif she added ‘Bama’s school colors in polka dots. Then created another pair in stripes and dots representing her own alma mater: Birmingham Southern. She did the same for her daughter’s alum: Brown University’s red-brown-and-white and Georgetown’s blue-and-gray, its own two colors synonymous with both BYU and the tiny Colorado School of Mines. By the time she was finished, Paul’s roll call of college colored cufflinks had grown to over 200 American colleges and universities, from high profile schools to obscure unknowns. To boot, her collection includes nearly 100 of England’s most elite universities.
From among the dozens of two- and three-color combos in her College Colors line-up, Paul expects her original design — “Bama’s” red-and-white motif — to quickly rocket into the top seller. Beside University of Alabama, red- and-white are also Stanford’s school colors, along with Harvard’s, University of Arkansas, Cornell, University of Nebraska, Boston University, Connecticut’s tiny University of Hartford, and about a dozen more. That’s a lot of alum. And an alum with a lot of buying power.
Not far behind is the navy-and-gold combo which claims UC Berkeley’s Golden Bears, Kent State, Notre Dame, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, U.S. Naval Academy, George Washington and half-a-dozen more.
And If stripes don’t spin your prop, don’t forget that Paul’s Baade II also offers most of those same 200 college colors in polka dots. Or, be a real dandy: Buy both and sport a stripe on one cuff with a polka dot on the other.
For evening and formal wear, Paul is also offering her College Colors Collection – polka dots, included — in “formal suites”: Cufflinks with four matching button studs.
Whether stripes or polka dots, both are available in either the Euro-favored “double-sided” format– which features decorative heads on each side — or America’s more popular single-sided style which touts a single, decorative head with a torpedo-style, swivel-back closure at its opposite end.
To accommodate the pocketbooks of Wall Street moguls and struggling students, alike, designer Paul created a luxury priced, flagship edition along with a second, moderately priced group.
Designer Paul slated the retail of her luxe-niched, double-sided College Colors cufflinks at $495 and priced the single-sided versions at $325. Formal suites will retail in the $725 range.
All are artisan handcrafted from solid sterling silver and boast a rhodium veneer, a luxury detail exclusive to Baade that adds a soft, subtle brilliance and, at the same time, prevents tarnishing. Whether stripe or polka dot, both are created via true, Vitreous hand-enamels in either cloisonne or champleve, both Old World artisan techniques that date to the ancient Egyptians.
Thanks to Baade’s modestly priced line-up, cash-strapped starving students can brandish their school colors with the same aplomb as their well-heeled, fat cat alums. Featuring a sterling silver plate over brass and touting the same rhodium veneer and Vitreous hand-enameled designs as their ritzy siblings, Baade’s surprisingly affordable line-up retails at $125 and is available in single-sided styling, exclusively.
Baade II’s new College Colors Collection is available, nationwide, at over 200 of America’s premier specialty retailers, from New York’s Barneys to the Beverly Hills stalwart, Carroll & Company.
About Baade II: For over two-decades, Baade (Bay-dee) II, an Atlantic City-based artisan hand-maker of true, Vitreous hand-enameled cufflinks, has produced a limited edition collection of hand-crafted, men’s and women’s cufflinks and formal suites. Fashion cognoscentis and luxury connoisseurs, alike, hail their brilliantly colored, hand-fired designs as America’s – and arguably, the world’s – very finest, artisan-wrought personal jewelry.
Since its 1988 founding, hand-enameled cloisonne and champleve designs have remained the company’s flagship design signature. Today, Baade II’s wide ranging array of over 500 limited edition designs – all meticulously handcrafted in America and now including precious and semi-precious stones – are retailed by over 200 of America’s premier specialty retailers.
Family-owned and co-helmed and co-designed by the mother-daughter team of Mary Ann Paul and Traci Paul, Baade II is headquartered in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Telephone for either Mary Ann Paul, Traci Paul, or Baade II’s design studio and workshop, is 609-340-8650. Website and E-mail address is baadecufflinks.com.
CD formatted digital image, along with select, College Colors cufflinks, are available at editorial request.
Contact:
Ms. Traci Paul
Executive Vice President, Co-designer,
Baade II
609-238-1685
www.baadecufflinks.com
Andy Stinson
Stinson/R. Ely & Partners
858-573-1698
www.stinsonrely.com
Sportcoat : Adrian Jules Regatta Stripe cashmere-wool sportcoat. All handmade. $1,075.
Adrian Jules Custom Bespoke Clothing
1392 Ridge Road East Rochester, NY 14621
585-381-1111
www.adrianjules.com
Pant: Stinson R. Ely by Adrian Jules wool flannel Hollywood Waistband slack with double-pleat front. All handmade. $675.
Stinson R. Ely by Adrian Jules
8775 Aero Dr. #330 San Diego, CA 92123
858-573-1698
www.stinsonrely.com
U.S. luxe cufflink maker, Baade II, intros “College Colors Collection”; boasts school colors for over 200 U.S. universities. 2- and 3-color stripes and polka dots cover large and small, alike, from Harvard and Yale to tiny Niagra U.
Atlantic City, NJ. February 17, 2011. Mary Ann Paul ranks America’s premier cufflink designer. Paul, whose hand-crafted, Baade (Bay-dee) II cufflinks are sold at America’s most prestigious stores, hails from “‘Bama,” shorthand for Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Only half-joking, she “bleeds red and white”; still more shorthand, this for the Crimson Tide’s colors. Her family dog’s named “Bear,” Seven of the eight dogs on her block are named “Bear.” Paul “Bear” Bryant their namesake.
Last year, cufflink maker, Paul, was struck by a marketing epiphany: There were a gizillion red-and-white striped neckties but no Crimson Tide colored cufflinks.
Therein marketing 101’s founding principle: Find a need. Fill the niche. Advice which Paul faithfully followed. Collectively, that explains the how-and-why behind Paul’s all-handmade and just launched, “College Colors” cufflink collection. Then, she polished-the-apple, adding polka dots to accompany her two- and three-color stripes.
Six-months later, the once empty niche is now chock-full of stripe and polka dot cufflinks representing over 200 U.S. colleges and universities.
To the Crimson Tide’s red-and-white striped motif she added ‘Bama’s school colors in polka dots. Then created another pair in stripes and dots representing her own alma mater: Birmingham Southern. She did the same for her daughter’s alum: Brown University’s red-brown-and-white and Georgetown’s blue-and-gray, its own two colors synonymous with both BYU and the tiny Colorado School of Mines. By the time she was finished, Paul’s roll call of college colored cufflinks had grown to over 200 American colleges and universities, from high profile schools to obscure unknowns. To boot, her collection includes nearly 100 of England’s most elite universities.
From among the dozens of two- and three-color combos in her College Colors line-up, Paul expects her original design — “Bama’s” red-and-white motif — to quickly rocket into the top seller. Beside University of Alabama, red- and-white are also Stanford’s school colors, along with Harvard’s, University of Arkansas, Cornell, University of Nebraska, Boston University, Connecticut’s tiny University of Hartford, and about a dozen more. That’s a lot of alum. And an alum with a lot of buying power.
Not far behind is the navy-and-gold combo which claims UC Berkeley’s Golden Bears, Kent State, Notre Dame, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, U.S. Naval Academy, George Washington and half-a-dozen more.
And If stripes don’t spin your prop, don’t forget that Paul’s Baade II also offers most of those same 200 college colors in polka dots. Or, be a real dandy: Buy both and sport a stripe on one cuff with a polka dot on the other.
For evening and formal wear, Paul is also offering her College Colors Collection – polka dots, included — in “formal suites”: Cufflinks with four matching button studs.
Whether stripes or polka dots, both are available in either the Euro-favored “double-sided” format– which features decorative heads on each side — or America’s more popular single-sided style which touts a single, decorative head with a torpedo-style, swivel-back closure at its opposite end.
To accommodate the pocketbooks of both Wall Street moguls and struggling students, designer Paul created a luxury priced, flagship edition along with a second, more affordably priced, near-luxury group.
Designer Paul slated the retail of her luxe-niched, double-sided College Colors cufflinks at $495 and priced the single-sided versions at $325. Formal suites will retail in the $725 range.
All are artisan handcrafted from solid sterling silver and boast a rhodium veneer, a luxury detail exclusive to Baade that adds a soft, subtle brilliance and, at the same time, prevents tarnishing. Whether stripe or polka dot, both are created via true, Vitreous hand-enamels in either cloisonne or champleve, both Old World artisan techniques that date to the ancient Egyptians.
Thanks to the modestly priced second group, cash-strapped starving students can brandish their school colors with the same aplomb as their well-heeled alum. Featuring a sterling silver plate over brass and touting the same rhodium veneer and Vitreous hand-enameled designs as their ritzy siblings, Baade’s near-luxury group retails at $125 and is available in single-sided styling, exclusively.
Baade II’s new College Colors Collection is available, nationwide, at over 200 of America’s premier specialty retailers, from New York’s Barneys to the Beverly Hills stalwart, Carroll & Company.
About Baade II: For over two-decades, Baade (Bay-dee) II, an Atlantic City-based artisan hand-maker of true, Vitreous hand-enameled cufflinks, has produced a limited edition collection of hand-crafted, men’s and women’s cufflinks and formal suites. Fashion cognoscentis and luxury connoisseurs, alike, hail their brilliantly colored, hand-fired designs as America’s – and arguably, the world’s – very finest, artisan-wrought personal jewelry.
Since its 1988 founding, hand-enameled cloisonne and champleve designs have remained the company’s flagship design signature. Today, Baade II’s wide ranging array of over 500 limited edition designs – all meticulously handcrafted in America and now including precious and semi-precious stones – are retailed by over 200 of America’s premier specialty retailers.
Family-owned and co-helmed and co-designed by the mother-daughter team of Mary Ann Paul and Traci Paul, Baade II is headquartered in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Telephone for either Mary Ann Paul, Traci Paul, or Baade II’s design studio and workshop, is 609-340-8650. Website and E-mail address is baadecufflinks.com.
CD formatted digital image, along with select, College Colors cufflinks, are available at editorial request.
