Craig Robinson

Laura's entry about menswear and George Harrison made me realize how we've neglected our dude contingent a bit, so I thought I'd rectify by letting you all know about a rock 'n roll couturier whose bespoke suits and tailoring I'd buy if only I could afford it. Craig Robinson is a sharp-dressed man who makes suits for a particular sort of darkly glamorous indie rock contingent here in New York: he's outfitted Interpol, Elefant. Melissa Auf der Maur and many, many others. What I love about Robinson's work is how it has this old-world, almost 19th century sort of elegance in the details and even a bit of the Wild West in its styling, but the cuts are sleek, modern, and very, very sexy. Robinson's work is being featured at the gallery at the Soho Grand right now; I missed the opening because I was out of town, but now I'm bummed because I was told it was quite the affair. At least I have the photographs in the exhibition, which were taken by Rudy Archuleta and feature the super-hot likes of Interpol, Secret Machines, Elefant, the Raveonettes, Calla, Jon Spencer and more wearing Robinson's clothes, evoking the great tradition of rock dandyism without being a mere imitation of the past. And everyone, I should mention, looking incredibly fine.

See the man at work here:

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