Metropolitan Society is an online lifestyle magazine dedicated to art, design, fashion, architecture, food, and other creative endeavors. Our latest collaboration with Metropolitan Society’s Creative Director, Stephen Hopkins features Engineered Garment once again.
Read MoreArtist Janet Malenfant lives and works in Porter Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Janet worked for eighteen years as an art director and designer for ad agencies and non-profits in the Boston area. Fourteen years ago she switched gears and began painting in her Cambridge studio. Her paintings are colorful, playful and imbued with a vibrant energy.
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Read MoreMetropolitan Society is an online lifestyle magazine dedicated to art, design, fashion, architecture, food, and other creative endeavors. Our latest collaboration with Metropolitan Society’s Creative Director, Stephen Hopkins features Universal Works.
Read MoreIn 1961, two shirt makers, John La Resca and George Zimmerman, launched a small shirt manufacturing business in Paterson, New Jersey. Their vision was simple: provide America’s best specialty men’s stores with a custom shirt program they could not otherwise initiate on their own. Now, over 53 years later, Individualized Shirts (I.S.) continues to be America’s custom shirt maker. Becoming internationally recognized for the craftsmanship and passion they put into the product.
Read MoreMetropolitan Society is an online lifestyle magazine dedicated to art, design, fashion,architecture, food, and other creative endeavors.
Read MoreBuy 5 shirts and get your 6th shirt on us or order just 2 shirts with no cutting fee.
Read More…Made-To-Measure by Drinkwater’s!
Read MoreWe are privileged to be able to call Julie Hertling a friend. Julie, is a true gentleman, who has been able to stay relevant in this very trendy and fickle industry by steadfastly delivering meticulously hand-tailored trousers—using turn-of-the-century craftsmanship in Brooklyn, NY. In his words: “I don’t know. I like what I’m doing, and if I’m not doing it, I don’t think I’d know what else to do”, revealing what is most likely the key to his longevity and success.
Read MoreJohn Hardy was a remarkable man, a World War II Navy veteran, a graduate of both Harvard and Boston University, a lifelong history professor and our very good friend. Before passing away in 2013, he gave Gary a bamboo tube, not much bigger than a cigar holder containing a parasisal hat body in its original condition—it had been rolled and stored for we guess approximately 80 years.
Read MoreWe pride ourselves on stocking some of the finest quality-to-price ratio suits and sports jackets from brands such as Samuelsohn and Jack Victor. One of the critical components we consider when selecting product for Drinkwater’s is the garment’s construction. As with many other products, a majority of the cost and its life expectancy (value) is based on construction.
Read More…and the groom wore a beautiful Made-To-Measure suit by Drinkwater’s!
Read MoreGary’s visit/interview with Jeff Lahens from DressCode Boston
Read MoreCandice Oyer has developed her own techniques including building low-relief paper sculptures and weaving together paper strips of images like the warp and weft of fabric. Candice is a Somerville resident and Vernon Street Studios artist and designer. In her world, dreams, memories and life experiences shape a visual language. She builds her low-relief, three-dimensional interpretation of these experiences through simplified shapes and color using hand-cut paper, hand-woven paper and painting.
Read MoreFeaturing clothing and accessories by Drinkwater’s
Read MoreDrinkwater’s in Cambridge, MA is one of the top menswear boutiques in the area. Run by Gary Drinkwater, the store is in its fifth year and has recently debuted an in-house line of shirts. Says Gary about the Henderson shirt, “the space that our store is located is the Henderson Carriage Building, where carriages, sleighs and barges were once built. I thought it only fitting to celebrate the craft and the work wear aesthetic for this product launch.”
Read MoreDiscover your inner Don Draper with Italian wool jackets, made-to-measure shirts (including sharp styles from Engineered Garments), and elegant ties.
Read MoreGary Drinkwater’s compact Cambridge boutique effortlessly blends traditional clothing with neo-traditional sportswear.
Read MoreWhen avid hiker George Keeler couldn’t find a waterproof backpack with a bit more urban zing than the ubiquitous North Face carryall, he took matters into his own hands — literally. Then a sophomore at Lehigh University, the Wayland native borrowed a neighbor’s sewing machine, learned how to use it, and cranked out a prototype for his canvas and leather “Hillside” pack.
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