Winter style: Styles you should look out for in December Winter is coming, and with it comes a whole slew of alluring styles that are sure to draw eyes when you walk down the streets. The latest fashion trends to look out for are loud and eye catching, and if you want t read more
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Trunk Show – Why we gladly travel to you
Trunk Show: Why we gladly travel to you Going to a personal tailor seems like an amazing way to get a custom-made outfit done, and you might have found us here at Louis Collections to offer up the exact services you need. Yet, it seems like just a tad inconvenient, seei read more
The winter suit the perfect suit for the coldest of seasons
The winter suit; the perfect suit for the coldest of seasons Winter is coming, and with it one might expect fashion to take a massive downturn, with winter coats and jackets being the main trend and style. For the gentlemen out there though, suits are the ideal way to g read more
What is Cashmere and why is it so expensive
What is Cashmere and why is it so expensive Cashmere has been around for a long time, yet it has only recently jumped into the spotlight. Commonly associated as a luxury fabric, cashmere is smooth, soft, and expensive. One might wonder why something that simply seems li read more
Winter coats: Materials to choose
Winter coats: Materials to choose As we slowly move into the winter months, a winter coat should definitely be on your list. A good winter coat keeps you both warm and stylish at the same time, ensuring that you’ll be comfortable despite the cold weather all around you. read more
Winter coats: What should you look out for when buying one
Winter coats: What should you look out for when buying one When fall ends and winter comes, the most important thing is to keep yourself protected from the harsh winter cold. Winter coats are the best way to keep warm, and not just in snowy climates either. Winter coats read more
5 things you can wish for Christmas that is crafted by a Tailor
5 things you can wish for Christmas that is crafted by a Tailor Tailors are your best friend when you need some custom-tailored outfits or even some alterations to attire you’ve outgrown. Finding a tailor that just clicks with you can be extremely satisfying, and the ri read more
Measurements Why it is so important
Measurements: Why it is so important that you take correct measurements For the uninitiated in terms of tailoring, the entire point of getting a dedicated professional tailor is to get the best possible piece of clothing for your money. The perfect fit is elusive, being read more
Materials What materials are good to keep you warm in Fall
Materials: What materials are good to keep you warm in Fall As the grueling summer comes to a close, autumn arrives, and with that, we get a close to 180 degree turn of weather. Unlike the hot sun characteristic to the summer months, autumn is well known for its winds a read more
Get Ready for Fall
Get ready for the Fall: What you should wear to keep yourself warm (and stylish) As September rolls in, autumn joins the fray with falling leaves and cool winds. While not as freezing cold as the winter, the fall season does demand a certain style of dressing to keep yo read more
Dress Shirts 101 – 6
Dress Shirts 101: From formal to casual, which dress shirt is right for the occasion? – Part 6 Dress shirts, dress shirts. We’ve gone through so much that you’re practically an expert at this point. It definitely pays off to be extremely picky with dress shirts, a read more
Dress Shirts 101 – 5
Dress Shirts 101: From formal to casual, which dress shirt is right for the occasion? – Part 5 The humble dress shirt no longer acts as an underlying layer to a full suit set, instead, it is socially acceptable, and in most cases, expected that ‘formal wear’ means read more
Dress Shirts 101 – 4
Dress Shirts 101: From formal to casual, which dress shirt is right for the occasion? – Part 4 Don’t have a dress shirt in your wardrobe? You’re missing out! Having easy access to a well-made dress shirt at all times is the best method to unlock a ton of wearable read more
Dress Shirts 101 – 3
Dress Shirts 101: From formal to casual, which dress shirt is right for the occasion? – Part 3 In today’s modern era, dress shirts are a must own for basically everyone. Whether for work or play, the dress shirt has a role in radiating style and substance. If you read more
Dress Shirts 101 – 2
Dress Shirts 101: From formal to casual, which dress shirt is right for the occasion? – Part 2 The humble dress shirt has been around for centuries, and it’ still holding strong even in today’s modern environment. The simple act of dressing up is now arguably an a read more
What to Consider Before Ordering Your Work Uniforms – Part 3
What to Consider Before Ordering Your Work Uniforms – Part 3 It’s been a long journey, but we’re nearing the end now. We’ve covered all the bases regarding uniforms, and you should have a decent enough idea about what you want, and how to get it. Regardless, in th read more
Dress Shirts 101 -1
Dress Shirts 101: From formal to casual, which dress shirt is right for the occasion? – Part 1 Dress shirts have played a large role in the development of society as a whole. The classic white dress shirt acts as a great foundation for the gentlemanly suit, and ha read more
What to Consider Before Ordering Your Work Uniforms – Part 1
Since the early 1800s, uniforms have been commonplace as a part of society. Policemen, firefighters, and even the military utilise consistent attire for each different section of their workforce, which helped introduce ease of identification for both themselves, and the read more
What to Consider Before Ordering Your Work Uniforms – Part 2
Previously, we’ve gone through the many parts that make a work uniform an excellent investment. As a quick recap, uniforms act great as a tool for identification, and also helps with good impressions from potential clients. Uniforms are also a great psychological enhanc read more
Dressing For Work During Summer
When the summer comes, we all know that the heat wave follows. It’s this time of year where we all just want to throw out the rules of office attire, and break the dress code we all know well. Luckily, many companies loosen the dress code during the summer period, meani read more
Dressing For Work During Summer
The summer sun is unforgivably hot, and that means that looking professional can justifiably take a backseat when it comes to comfort. If you’re fortunate enough to work with a company that has a lax dress code during the warmer months, you’re in luck. We’re here to off read more
Complete guide to wearing checks
When it comes to shirt patterns, checks aren’t necessarily the most professional choice in the business world, but it’s definitely one of the more prominent fashion statements that refuses to die off despite its roots in history as an identifier for Scottish tribals. In read more
Guide to Dress Shirt Color and Pattern
A Man’s Guide to Dress Shirt Color and Pattern It’s been said time and time again, but a dress shirt is a compulsory part of every man’s wardrobe. It gets you through your weekday sprints, and can even serve as a great base for casual wear for those late night dinners. read more
Finding the Perfect Summer Casual Shirt
Finding the Perfect Summer Men’s Casual Shirt We all know that at work, we as men need to look our best. It doesn’t really matter whether we’re meeting a prospective client, or whether we’re going for a company dinner; we always need to dress sharply to impress. Yet, wh read more
What tie width you should be wearing for your body type
“What Tie Width Should I Wear?”The question is as old as the tie itself. We know the struggle. Trends change, the style norms change. It may be frustrating, but tie width makes no room for exceptions. For the modern day gentleman that wants to stay on trend, it is read more
Everything you need to know about cleaning a necktie
Neckties are, and always will be, a classic style and fashion statement. It can dress up almost any look, unless we’re talking about your Hawaii Shirt and Shorts. That’s even a task too big for the necktie. For all your formal or semi-formal events however, a necktie is read more
A gents guide to a first date (that helps you land the second one)
First impressions are important. We can’t stress that enough. That goes for job interviews, but that also very much goes for your first date. If you’ve managed to convince a cute girl to have a date with you, the last thing you’ll want is to dress inappropriately. You d read more
Job Interview Dress Code: How to make sure to make a lasting impression
“Dress for the job you want, not the job you have” A neat quote, and one that has very much truth to it. We all know that first impressions are crucial. Within the first 30 seconds of meeting someone, your brain is already starting to make decisions and assumptions abou read more
How to build your base wardrobe – the right way!
Upgrade your closet in such a way, so you’ll never end up coming short. Sounds like an impossible task? Actually, no. There are ways of having almost everything you need, for every occasion, in your closet. Getting a well-equipped wardrobe is actually easier than you ma read more
Style 101: How to dress for transitional weather
This article will take you through 6 suitable ways to dress for transitional weather. A perfect reference to when you’re not quite sure about what the weather will be, which in particular parts of the worlds can be quite so tricky to forecast. No matter the weather, you read more
Formal wear for your meeting
Formal wear for your next big meeting You’re ready. You’ve proofread all of your slides, you’ve committed all points to memory, and you’re ready to impress all the CEOs in the room when you step in. You wake up and you’re pumped. A short bath later, you look great, but read more
Differences of MTM and Designer suits
The difference between made to measure and designer suits – a hands on guide In the modern era, buying a nice suit really isn’t hard. Stroll down the apparel aisle of your local supermarket, and chances are you’ll find racks of branded designer suits. If you’re lo read more
The Gentleman’s Guide to Summer Suits
The summer is soon knocking on our doors and with that comes the vibe of ease and relaxation over us. Time to kick back, time to wear lighter clothing, time to feel more, well, free. This favourite of seasons may tempt you to relax on your dress code also, but we’re her read more
A modern gentleman’s guide to suits – Everything you need to know in one article
It is commonly known and said that the suit makes the man – but what does that really mean? What really makes the modern suit? See the suit as an uniform; it should be personal, it should be unique and it should be individual. Having said that, the modern suit and read more
What it means to be a gentleman
Being a true Gentleman – What does it really mean to be a gentleman today? Gentleman, the term stems from the French word gentilhomme, a word describing those born into noble families at the time. Such a title could not be earned, and could only be yours by birthr read more
5 suit mistakes that you’re probably making without even knowing
There’s no end to the number of people we see that make the same kind of suiting mistakes. It’s painstaking to see, especially so, because they could easily be avoided. It’s not only the novices to the suit that we see making them, but also those wearing them for specia read more
Dress Shirts: Quality factors to look out for
Today we’re going to talk about dress shirts. Why? Because we really want you to train your eye on spotting what is real quality and what is not. This can be quite tricky at times, so we don’t blame anyone out there, if they have gotten it wrong before. This article sho read more
7 of the most suit related facts that you (probably) didn’t know about
When speaking about suits, our hearts beats faster, our palms become sweatier. We have a love for suits, for custom-tailored garments in general. That’s our job, but more than even so – it’s our passion. The history of suits and the evolution of this stylish custo read more
Office wear in Winter – Tips for gents and ladies to stay warm and stylish
Dressing appropriately for work during winter can be a challenging task to achieve. You probably don’t want to be spending even more time preparing for your workday, and moreover not during the winter season. Keeping warm can be so simple, without you spending more time read more
A Guide To Dress Shirts – Everything you need to know about Dress Shirts
If you are really honest to yourself, how much do you really know about men’s dress shirts? Be really honest. To some extent, we all know that dress shirts should have a proper fit to your body type in order for you yo look great in it. That’s quite basic knowledge. How read more
Cuffs or no Cuffs – Should you wear Cuffs to your pants or not?
Are you looking to appear taller or shorter? Maybe you wan to look a bit thinner or bulkier? Or smarter? More casual? What will it be – do you want to fit in with the rest, or stand out more? If you are one of the gents who care about any of these questions, then read more
What to wear as a Groom
This article will focus on the groom’s attire, and what you should wear to ace a great grooms look. Getting married is an awesome feeling. Especially if you are absolutely sure about that your attire is perfectly suited for the big day of your life – your wedding. read more
3 of the most complex tie knots made easy – A Tutorial on Neckties
All too often one particular part of a stylish outfit is overlooked (although it is very important at some events), and that is – Neckties. You may have noticed it already. Gents are looking better each time, stepping up their style game as if they’re climbing an read more
Dress down stylishly – How to not look sloppy in leisure wear
The style world is full of myths. Yes, you’ve read right. You’ve probably heard these, among others. Real style is wearing 3-Piece Suits and trousers creased to perfection. You should wear silk ties with polished shoes. The shoes should bee polished until you see your o read more
Winter fashion: 4 winter style mistakes that you’ll want to avoid
With winter dawning in on us, the last thing you want is to get caught out with your choice of outfit and leave yourself open to the wintry weather. To help ease the transition from summer to autumn/winter, we’ve looked at some of the style mistakes you’ll be wanting to read more
Ladies Suit Fashion: Essential suit tips for women
We’ve witnessed a rise in the trend of women wearing suits, whether that be for business wear, weddings or even social outings – and having seen a countless number of celebs opting to team up a suit jacket with a pair of trousers or shift skirt, the trend looks set to c read more
Fascinating facts about suits that you (maybe) were not aware of
Suits have been around for decades. No, actually for centuries in fact. What was once a fashion trend, quickly became a wonderful hype that is here to stay and now is the undiscputed number one (and only) way of following dress code for formal events and practically all read more
Complementing your partners out with a wedding suit
The wedding is, and probably always will be, one of the most important days in an adult gentleman’s life. This is the day in life where one needs to shine, the one occasion there is that needs to be truly perfect, since not only you, the gentleman, are imagining a perfe read more
Bespoke suit construction – three key stages
At Louis Collections we custom-tailor hundreds of bespoke suits every year for many customers, something that we truly feel blessed and honoured about. Many of our new and potential clients however, often ask us how our processes are when we craft a suit from scratch, s read more
The ultimate guide to buying perfect dress shirts
We all wear them to work, to a night out, to dates and to other events of leisurely or formal nature. You may not give them much credit if you’ve purchased your dress shirts off the rack. However, if you have custom-tailored your dress shirts at least once and felt the read more
Do you really need a bespoke suit?
Yes! You do need a bespoke suit. That’s it. No more to say about that. Shortest article ever written! Okay, it’s not that simple. Let’s give you a few hints and inspirations on why it is important to own at least one bespoke suit. Why you need at least one bespoke suit read more
A guide to suit linings
When you’re buying bespoke suits you are probably accustomed to an abundance of choices when it comes to lining colors in your suit. If you however usually buy suits off-the-rack, then you’re probably left thinking: “Wait, you can actually choose that yourself?”. The sa read more
Planning the perfect wedding date – everything that you need to consider
Love is in the air. It’s Summer and along with it, countless of hopeless romantics, hatching and preparing their perfect proposal plan. Isn’t that right? Are you? For those Gentlemen among you, who are planning to pop the big question this year, we’ve looked at a few ti read more
