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Today i took a lunch-break jaunt to the renowned Beckenstein's Mens Fabric, aka Fabric Czar, the premier purveyor of fine menswear fabrics. What an excellent place! If you are into tailoring and fine menswear, it's a must-visit location in the NYC Garment District.
I went looking for unusual necktie silk yardage (which i found--over a hundred options, all beautiful quality woven stripes and patterns). They have a wall full of fine shirtings in wonderful stripes and solids, and a large back room filled with top-of-the-line suit-weight wools, as well as a wide array of summer suit fabrics such as linens and seersuckers. The shop is like a small museum of menswear ephemera as well, with several large reproductions of period suit catalogue illustrations and antique wooden torso forms from bygone suit and uniform manufacturers. The sales help was very accommodating about swatching some fabric for me (a coworker had asked me to pick her up some tie silk samples as well), very friendly and helpful.
Behind the register, they have displayed a number of interesting photos and letters--signed headshots from famous suit-wearers (from David Letterman to Sean Combs) as well as thank-you letters from costumiers and couturiers.
If you need to clothe a sharp-dressed man, Fabric Czar is the place to go!
I went looking for unusual necktie silk yardage (which i found--over a hundred options, all beautiful quality woven stripes and patterns). They have a wall full of fine shirtings in wonderful stripes and solids, and a large back room filled with top-of-the-line suit-weight wools, as well as a wide array of summer suit fabrics such as linens and seersuckers. The shop is like a small museum of menswear ephemera as well, with several large reproductions of period suit catalogue illustrations and antique wooden torso forms from bygone suit and uniform manufacturers. The sales help was very accommodating about swatching some fabric for me (a coworker had asked me to pick her up some tie silk samples as well), very friendly and helpful.
Behind the register, they have displayed a number of interesting photos and letters--signed headshots from famous suit-wearers (from David Letterman to Sean Combs) as well as thank-you letters from costumiers and couturiers.
If you need to clothe a sharp-dressed man, Fabric Czar is the place to go!
