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Luxe Men’s Fashion Label, Stinson R. Ely, Adds Holland & Sherry Fabrics to Dress Slack Collection.
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
Fred Astaire Flair: Stinson R. Ely Resurrects Hollywood Waistband Slack Astaire Dubbed His “Third Dance Partner.”
Drawing on two-decades of period movies and archival studio stills from the ’30s to mid-1940s for its design inspiration, Stinson R. Ely’s Astaire Collection revives the Hollywood Waistband slack Fred Astaire designed and called his “third dance partner.”
San Diego, CA. May 4, 2011. Freshman designer, Andy Stinson, may be the gutsiest designer since Ralph Lauren’s own contrarian gamble on the wide-tie struck pay dirt in the late-’60s.
No shrinking violet, the one-time brand image guru turned luxe designer, pinned his collection’s success – along with the future of his Stinson R. Ely brand — on a sink-or-swim redux of the 1940s-era, Hollywood Waistband slack, an Americana fashion icon that hasn’t been voguish in 70-years.
Like Lauren’s own wide-tie wager, Stinson’s high waisted, full-cut slack gambit cuts cross grain against prevailing fashion trends and pits his full-cut, Hollywood Waistband slack against the opposite and still red hot, plain-front, slim-cut silhouette.
With pleats only now flirting at fashion’s leading edge, Stinson’s mostly 2-pleat-front line-up is already a high- stakes bet on a pleat-front revival. But it’s Stinson’s most aggressive model, his four-front-pleat, Astaire Collection, that ranks his boldest, and certainly most audacious, risk. Named for the legendary dancer, Stinson’s four-pleat Astaire group is modeled after Fred Astaire’s own re-design of the Hollywood Waistband slack, a pant he called his “third dance partner.”
Once the signature of Hollywood’s most dashing, Silver Screen legends, thank the Hollywood Waistband’s physique flattering, sleight-of-hand knack for transforming the era’s most debonair cinema icons into slim waisted, long-legged, he-hunk Adonises for its movie star cachet and eponymous, “Hollywood” sobriquet.
Inspired by the slacks from the Duke of Windsor’s famed “Drape Suit,” the Hollywood Waistband slack boasts a tall waist and full-cut thighs stylishly enhanced by dropped belt loops. Absent a waistband, a fluid, uninterrupted drape sleekly tapers from its high waist to narrow, pegged cuffs. The figure flattering lines of its tall, streamlined, “V”-shaped silhouette creates an athletically masculine look that magically slims the waist and adds the illusion of long legs.
Hollywood Waistband’s heyday was also the salad days of song-and-dance musicals and tinsel town’s top “hoofers,” from Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly to Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, instantly made the Hollywood Waistband slack their own. Beyond its physique flattering look and illusion of longer legs, the slack’s one-piece design, pleated front and full-cut leg delivered an rivaled freedom of movement and comfort that dancers found irresistible. Fred Astaire, added his own twist: To its sometime one, but typically two-pleat-front, Astaire added still two more pleats; his totaling four-front-pleats, a hat trick that gave Astaire the freedom to work his legendary dance magic.
Drawing on two-decades of archival film and vintage studio stills that spanned the early-’30s to the mid-1940s for its design inspiration, Stinson R. Ely’s Astaire Collection includes both a belted style and another configured for braces, its tab buttons rigged for outside placement ala ’30s style.
Astaire, tells Stinson, wore both styles with equal aplomb, favoring the added freedom of suspendered versions for suit scenes and belt loops for slack-and-sport shirt shots. To his casual scenes Astaire, added yet another flair that became his personal signature: A silk four-in-hand tie threaded through his belt loops. Still another Astaire-created fashion twist, one that sparked its own craze, was a traditional belt but buckled at his left side, rather than at the front.
About Stinson R. Ely: Born from the 22-year-old, Stinson/R. Ely & Partners, Inc. - the brand imaging 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.
Stinson R. Ely — along with its parent, Stinson/R. Ely & Partners – is headquartered in San Diego, California, at 8775 Aero Drive. Zip code is 92123. Website is 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).
Contact:
J. Andy Stinson, co-designer
858-573-1698
www.stinsonrely.com
Bobbi Koller, associate designer858-573-1698
www.stinsonrely.com
Fashion’s Top Brand Gurus Intro Stinson R. Ely; Men’s Most Buzzed-About New Label Weds Daring Flamboyance to Understated Minimalism
Daringly adventurous designs, bold coloring and avant garde silhouettes signature launch of ultra-luxe men’s collection by fashion’s top brand imaging gurus. Risk-assertive collection contradicts all trends, revives long absent, ’30s and ’40s movie star fashion icons, boasts American hand-craftsmanship, exotic fabrics and stratoshperic prices.
San Diego, CA. March 16, 2011
Andy Stinson, luxe fashion’s longtime branding whiz and co-founder of Stinson/R. Ely & Partners — the brand imaging, design and publicity firm he co-helmed for 22-years ago with partner, Robbi Ely — today announced launching Stinson R. Ely, their eponymously named menswear label.
Bereft of basics, it is a dandies collection, exclusively. Unarguably, it promises to be luxe fashion’s most buzzed-about new men’s label.
Throughout, It is resolutely modern and visually dramatic, a salute to the seamless melding of what otherwise would be contradictory design talents between the dashing Stinson and Ely’s understated minimalism. http://www.stinsonrely.com
A narrowly defined collection, it woos a risk-assertive sartorialist, a man who effortlessly marries elegance and modernism with daring, yet sophisticated, flamboyance.
No shrinking violet, its designs, coloring and silhouettes contradict all current menswear fashion trends. Radically avant garde, it dares to take risk at every corner.
Therein its dandy’s appeal.
That it “dares to take risk” is an au contraire description considering it’s designs are minimalistic simple and void of extraneous detail. Motifs are simple, timeless classics. Its palette, for the most part, shaved to just two colors.
Despite its simplicity, its sledge hammer wallop and dandy’s pedigree are won from a few sleight-of-hand design tricks that magically transform minimalist simplicity into daringly adventurous. The unexpected surprise of Spring patterns are transported to Fall-Winter, then powerfully executed in bold, over-sized motifs.
Vibrant colors – juggled in visually dramatic combinations – pit neutrals against the surprise of Spring’s jewel tone brights, role-reversed and unexpectedly used for Fall-Winter. Its seldom seen silhouettes – all classics resurrected from the ‘30s, and ‘40s – have been absent from contemporary fashion’s dialog for decades.
Proving the cliche that it takes-one-to-know-one, no better a dandy’s designer than a dandy. A widely renowned dandy and, with partner Ely, one of the most prolific image makers in the fashion business, Stinson’s own design reputation is for juxtaposing flamboyant design twists atop classic fashion themes.
Completed before her passing, 18-months ago, Stinson R. Ely pays tribute to the design genius of Robbi Ely, an ardent minimalist who time-and-again proved the most visually dramatic designs are those reduced to their simplest elements.
Despite their freshman status, Stinson and Ely rank veteran designers and boast an enviable list of superstar clients. Over their firm’s 22-year tenure, they co-designed the press collections for a bevy of top American and British luxury labels.
Four times a year, Stinson and Ely re-designed the seasonal lines for as many as 10 clients, transforming otherwise ho-hum collections created to be commercially successful into ultra hip “looks” with trend-setting attitude and the edgy, “fashionista appeal” demanded by fashion editors.
Shrewd marketers with a hi-octane design flair and an uncanny grasp of the luxury market, their Stinson/R. Ely & Partners championed American and British brands throughout its 22-years, successfully transforming once-obscure, Anglo-Americana labels into global brands with powerhouse reputations, from Martin Dingman, Pantherella and Cole-Haan to Robert Talbott and Audrey Talbott, Tommy Hilfiger, Traflagar-Ghurka, Lochcarron of Scotland, and others.
Using bright colors and exotic fabrics to interpret their modern take on traditional classics, Stinson turned to Rochester, New York’s Adrian Jules to hand-make its dress slacks, then tapped Carrot-Gibbs Bespoke for hand-crafted neck wear and pocket squares. Mel Gambert Bespoke is crafting dress and formal shirts while New York’s British Apparel Collection is creating its hosiery. Lochcarron of Scotland is weaving its Tartans and richly textured flannels.
Although Stinson declined to disclose retail prices, industry insiders predict a RTW collection trafficking at nosebleed prices with barely a handful of rivals and a sliver thin niche of superstar retailers that, beyond Neiman Marcus, Saks, and New York’s Bergdorf Goodman, counts less than 100 stores, nationwide. Thanks to its artisan hand-make and exotic fabrics, pundits guesstimated dress slacks at $600 to $700, neck wear in the $150 range and pegged dress shirts at $240.
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 neck wear 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.
Stinson R. Ely — along with its parent, Stinson/R. Ely & Partners – is 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)
Contact:
J. Andy Stinson, co-designer
858-573-1698
andy@stinsonrely.com
http://www.stinsonrely.com
Bobbi Koller, associate designer
858-573-1698
bobbikoller_stinsonely@yahoo.com
http://www.stinsonrely.com
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New Men’s Luxe Fashion Label, Stinson R. Ely, Inks Haute Fabric Deal With Lochcarron of Scotland.
Signaling its intent to battle Italy’s top brands for a chunk of men’s ultra-luxe fashion niches, Stinson R. Ely announced inking a fabric alliance with Lochcarron of Scotland that promises an artisan-made men’s collection without rival, the world over.
San Diego, CA. February 23, 2011. Andy Stinson, fashion’s longtime brand imaging whiz turned luxe men’s designer, today announced striking a fabric alliance with Lochcarron of Scotland. A 200-plus-year-old, still family owned boutique weaver whose River Tweed-based mill crafts the world’s most luxurious – and priciest – woolens, Lochcarron of Scotland boasts a reputation as the world’s premier weaver of artisan crafted Tartans and flannels.
Strategically, the announcement signals Stinson R. Ely’s focus on menswear’s ultra-luxe niches, exclusively. It also predicts nosebleed pricing and narrowly defines his target audience as dandies and well-heeled sartorialists.
The between-the-lines message in Stinson’s announcement left no mistaking his ambition to capture a chunk of the men’s ultra-luxury slack market, a niche that seamlessly dovetails with his longtime marketing expertise. More importantly, it tattles Stinson’s intent to aggressively go toe-to-toe against a sliver thin clique of powerhouse rivals that includes Italy’s top brand dynasties. To date, Stinson’s upstart is the only American label with the daredevil audacity to challenge this Italian juggernaut and their longtime domination over menswear’s priciest fashion niches.
Stinson’s just announced Lochcarron deal unites what is arguably the world’s premier luxury cloth maker with Rochester, New York’s Adrian Jules, itself arguably America’s premier artisan hand-maker of men’s luxe clothing, dress and formal slacks, included. Stinson R. Ely’s savvy allying of Lochcarron of Scotland with Adrian Jules dramatically bumps-up-the-ultra-luxe-bar and, even more significant, promises a collection of dress and formal slacks that are without rival, the world over.
Beside predicting a slack collection retailing at ultra-luxury retail prices, Stinson’s deal with Lochcarron of Scotland also tips his design hand, promising dress and formal slacks that tilt heavily toward Tartans and richly textured flannels. A widely renowned dandy, Stinson’s design rep is for tastefully juxtaposing often flamboyant design twists atop classic design themes, then interpreting this modern take on traditional classics in bold, adventurous coloring. Extrapolating forward, Stinson R. Ely is expected to be chock full of vibrant colors, despite it a Fall-Winter edition.
Although Stinson declined to reveal retail prices or designs specifics ahead of the July launch of his Stinson R. Ely label at Mrket’s New York venue, pundits claim the combination of Lochcarron cloth with Adrian Jules’ artisan hand-make argues for a RTW slack collection trafficking in the $600 to $700 range at retail, a very narrow, nosebleed niche with barely 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.
Despite his luxe label’s freshman status, Stinson ranks a veteran designer who boasts a vaunted, if not 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 timeless 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 – is 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).
Contact: J. Andy Stinson, co-designer
858-573-1698
