The package arrived today. Everything looks great and fits beautifully. [Retrofit] is a brilliant idea, and has worked perfectly. Thanks a lot for providing such a professional and friendly service. I’ll definitely be ordering from you again in the future.
- Andrew Key (Shrewsbury, U.K.)
We’re not every man’s favorite retailer. But we are a few distinguished gentlemen’s preferred clothier. READ ALL TESTIMONIALS HERE.
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Thanks to Gino for modeling our second round of Winter 2008 inventory.
In the SHOP now.
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Thanks to Michael for modeling this plaid wool cape from the Bemidji Woolen Mills, and navy tall hat, both circa 1940.
In the SHOP now.
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My new favorite movie is called Rocket Science.
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Thanks to Michael for modeling this 3-button wool suit for Winter.
In the SHOP now.
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Here in the rain stands Victor Solomon, the embodiment of simple elegance in A FINE TOOTH, head-to-toe.
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I’m a big fan of Stanley Marcus, so with tongues-in-cheek we’ll be trying something new at A FINE TOOTH this holiday season: His & Hers Vintage.
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Our FITTED TROUSERS make a cameo appearance in this photograph by the talented Ryan Schude.
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We’re not just stuffy suits and (extremely) well-fitting trousers around here. Stagewear is another one of our sidelines. And one of our favorite front men is Kevin Barnes, lead singer of Of Montreal.
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Apparently, this band is a big deal or something.
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Someone sent me this photo today asking if these are our TROUSERS on Devendra. Yes, they are, and thanks for finding them out in the wild.
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Witness Kevin O’Leary in his vintage frames and Sable Ushanka Hat from A FINE TOOTH. Kevin is now well-prepared for winter in his home burrough of Brooklyn, NY.
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Here is the lovely Anna Gracheva of Moscow, sporting her vintage eyeglasses from A FINE TOOTH with a smart jacket and even smarter hair cut. Bravo, Anna. Thank you.
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by Mickey Glass
A Designer Makes a Fine Mess of Things
Don’t tell James Kessler you wear a large. He doesn’t believe in sizes…
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by Shelby Allison Mcgee
During a trip to India, James Kessler fell in love with a suit—and went on to form on-line vintage store A FINE TOOTH, providing bespoke menswear for rock stars and style hounds alike.
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It was my pleasure to style the jazz-obsessed young protagonist in Jonathon Silvio’s new film, Nocturnal Jake.
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Because he’s been a great sport the past few weeks.
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Thank you to Andrew Sea James for his lovely self-portraits in some of our Vintage Sunglasses for Summer.
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Ravishing. 
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It was my pleasure to style these five short films by director Victor Solomon, based on the book Anthropology, by Dan Rhodes.
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Weddings are always a cause for celebration when the cause for the wedding is love. But when it’s also for progress, I say “God Bless America.”
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Two SXSW showcase shows: 3/12 at Beso Cantina and 3/15 at Sonny’s Vintage. Great bands! Join us if you can. RSVP here.
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Through our factory method we can build a pair of trousers fit especially to your body, and ship them out to you within five business days.
All without ever meeting you.
Want to know HOW WE DO IT?
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Drew Johnson, Jim Morrison impersonator, sporting DANDY PANTS - MEN’S FITTED TROUSERS.
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Thanks to Allen Crawford (aka. Lord Whimsy) for this photo.
As you may know, Whimsy’s book, The Affected Provincial’s Companion, has been optioned for a film by Johnny Depp called Mortdecai.
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Our head tailor, Todd Hudson, lost his father, James Hudson, this Sunday, Nov 18. Our thoughts are with The Hudsons this Thanksgiving.
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Thanks to OK Go for starring in this video promoting our DANDY PANTS - MEN’S FITTED TROUSERS.
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No, not that Will Smith, this Will Smith. In this vintage YSL suit.
In the SHOP now.
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Fine fellow, and one of my best friends and favorite models.
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A FINE TOOTH Suits Up Bands, Celebrities and Style Seekers
In ‘LABEL WHORE’ by Jennifer Henry
Reprinted from APR 07 issue of RACKET MAGAZINE
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We showed up one afternoon in Topanga while Devendra, Noah and Luckey were finishing up the new album, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, brought some clothes and took the band’s measurements for pants.
Look for Devendra wearing A FINE TOOTH in this month’s issues of Fader Magazine and GQ.
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Thanks to Devendra and friends for appearing in our first ad promoting DANDY PANTS - MEN’S FITTED TROUSERS.
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I knew Keith was damaged goods when he told me my first commercial for A FINE TOOTH should be about a group of scientists chasing a bat that flies through solid objects.
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It has been my pleasure to dress The Corlene Machines, opening this Friday night for The Killers and Louis XIV @ Theatre Under The Stars, Las Vegas.
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Max Supera of The Corlene Machines, wearing a pair of pink seersucker Dandy Pants, very poorly sewn together in a pinch by yours truly.
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Special thanks to Brian Hainer for bringing both his talent and his ideas to this, our first set of promotional photos.
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It was my pleasure to dress Keil Corcoran—of the bands STRFKR, The Vulcans and Flaspar—for this year’s lineup of Las Vegas’ Twenty Most Beautiful People.
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Every time I think of Damian I think of Pamplemousse, his favorite french word. Long story, which you can read here.
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Our official merchandise for OK Go.
These one-of-a-kind OK Go Ties & Buttons are authentic band merchandise. They have been selected and approved by Ok Go, and designed and produced by A Fine Tooth in San Francisco, CA.
Each item is part of a limited-edition series of only 65 ties and 35 buttons. Each is completely unique and made from one of a select group of original vintage ties. A different thread color has been chosen for each tie, resulting in a one-of-a-kind design, selected and approved by Damian, Andy, Tim and Dan.
TIES:
ALL ITEMS SOLD. THANK YOU.
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ALL ITEMS SOLD. THANK YOU.
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Thanks to Kerri Johnson for these hilarious photos of Clark Caldwell, master of ceremonies for this year’s annual bingo tournament at Lucky Tackle in Oakland, CA.
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I was honored to dress Of Montreal for press photos for their new album, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
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It was my raw and unmitigated pleasure to dress Devendra and his band—performing as Bathhouse of the Wind—for this year’s Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan.
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Thanks to DJ Kai Kunimoto for wearing this suit with such panache.
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Tarik Thami is one of only two people in the country of Japan certified by guru Pattabi Jois to teach the ancient form of yoga known as Ashtanga. He’s pictured here in Viranchyasana A—and a Corneliani suit made for I. Magnin, circa 1980.
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Here are some images from our shoot with The Backdrops and Tokyo-based photographers Hirose Shinya and Riri Inoue at Asahi Studios in Chuoku, Tokyo.
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It was my pleasure to dress actor Sung Kang for the Hollywood Premier of Fast And Furious 3: Tokyo Drift on June 4, 2006 at Universal Studios.
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You may remember director Justin Lin and actors Sung Kang and Jason Tobin from Better Luck Tomorrow, an MTV Film. Here they are at the premier of Fast & Furious 3: Tokyo Drift on Sunday June 4, wearing threads by A FINE TOOTH.
Rumor has it the trio’s next project is a seventies period piece based on the life of Bruce Lee. (You didn’t hear it from me!)
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Actor, Director and Musician, Vincent Gallo is as good looking as this picture is a bad likeness of him.
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Friday’s Gentlemen’s Cocktail Hour at The Salon served as afterparty for the finale of this year’s Mission Creek Music Festival.
I sold a pair of Beatle boots to Vincent Gallo while his bandmate, Sean Lennon, chatted away in one of my Louis XIV chairs. NBD.
Thanks to Kyra Brown for the photos (that’s one of Kyra’s belts on Mr. Lennon).
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It was my pleasure to dress the producers of the Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival for this year’s tenth anniversary.
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The Lovemakers’ music is infinitely danceable and catchy. I should know. I just spent fourteen hours listening to the same track, yet still find it in my heart to shake my ass whenever I hear the opening beats.
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We are thirty-six floors up waiting for OK Go to take the stage for their New Year’s Eve performance atop the Pontiac Garage in New York City’s Times Square, to be televised on (of all places) ESPN.
Myspace [is] why I’m even present tonight –as the wardrobe assistant for A Fine Tooth, a vintage men’s clothing start-up based in San Francisco, which managed to land this gig after friending the band less than a week ago.
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