The coat route
Subtitle: craft, luxury, & obsession on the trail of a $50,000 coat
By: Meg Lukens Noonan
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781400069934; 9780679605171
Subjects: Custom-made clothing; Luxury
Description: "When journalist Meg Lukens Noonan learned of an unthinkably expensive, entirely handcrafted overcoat that a fourth-generation tailor had made for one of his longtime clients, she set off on an adventure to understand its provenance, and from that impulse unspooled rich and colorful stories about its components, the centuries-old bespoke industry and its traditions, and the master craftsmen whose trade is an art form"--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The roots; title: The fleece; title: The lining; title: The merchant; title: The cloth; title: The buttons; title: The gold trimmings; title: The tailor; title: The coat; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgements; title: Notes.