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The first cold snap never books an appointment. Our October checklist for Montreal men: waterproofing, the coat question, and the closet changeover.
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The safe formula for a first day at a new job: the half-step rule, the navy suit, and the one mistake new hires make. From our fitting room in Montreal.
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An honest plan for building a work wardrobe at $2,000, $5,000, and $10,000 — what we'd buy first, second, and not at all, from our Montreal fitting room.
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We don't sell watches — we tailor around them. Our fitting-room rules for wearing a watch with a suit, from cuff clearance to boardroom signals.
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Why a dark sport jacket beats the suit you wore all day, and what to put under it — our Montreal guide to dressing for a business dinner.
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Every piece on our fall floor was chosen in a showroom last winter. Here is how the buy happened — what we said yes to, and what we walked past.
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Stop dry cleaning your suit to death. Our guide to brushing, steaming, resting — and getting good tailoring through a Montreal winter.
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What a tailor can fix, what he can't, and why the shoulders decide everything — honest advice from the alterations rail at Boutique Jacques.
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September in Montreal is jacket weather, not parka weather. How we would build a fall outerwear rotation, and the pieces earning their keep this year.
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