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New Products from Trafalgar - Dec 07, 2009
Posted at 12:15AM Dec 07, 2009 by Brand Manager in General | | Tags: new-products trafalgar
Share / SaveA Brief History of Trafalgar's Limited Edition Braces
Wearing Trafalgar's
conversational Limited Edition Braces is, without question, a most
discreet and elegant manner of expressing one’s dash, style, and sense
of humor. Many of these hand-loomed silk braces have already
established themselves as collectible and wearable works of art. In
fact, there have been numerous gentlemen willing to purchase braces
from early sold-out editions for several times their original worth.
Some notable and celebrated individuals wore the originals, including
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Benjamin Disraeli, and Oscar Wilde. Recent
limited editions of these braces are enjoyed by a diverse and worldly
group of aficionados - from royalty to rockstars, Supreme Court
justices, film directors, sports heroes, diplomats, novelists, and
adventurers. Pick a pair that suits your fancy. Wear them with your
casual, business, or evening attire and enjoy the wonderful new
dimension they bring to your life. But beware! If not already a
devotee, you may soon find yourself collecting these timeless braces.
The intricate designs seen in these pages a rewoven using only the finest denier silk yarns. Yarns that are so very delicate, they could not be used on today’s high speed looms. In the early 1970’s, Marley Hodgson, the founder of Traalgar, discovered eight disassembled 200 year-old wooden looms in an abandoned European carriage house. Originally built like fine pianos, Hodgson had each loom re-built and refurbished over a two-year period. Today, one of Europe’s finest weavers is producing these brace fabrics in limited editions, in part, because even the most skilled crafts men can only weave five yards of narrow silk fabric a day.
The artistic and sometimes whimsical designs of the Limited Edition braces come from a variety of sources. Many have been generously loaned for reproduction by collectors, some of whom were members of the original “International Society of Brace Collectors”. Over twenty-five are faithful reproductions of pre-WWII New York City haberdasher, Calvin Curtis - who designed eccentric, often humorous braces for influential men of the period. He created America Hurrah for Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the early 1940’s.
Posted at 01:39PM Dec 06, 2009 by Ami Arad in Accessories | | Tags: trafalgar
Share / SaveNew Products from Trafalgar - Aug 19, 2009
Posted at 11:26PM Aug 19, 2009 by Brand Manager in General | | Tags: new-products trafalgar
Share / SaveNew Products from Trafalgar - Dec 13, 2008
Posted at 10:57AM Dec 13, 2008 by Brand Manager in General | | Tags: new-products trafalgar
Share / SaveNew Products from Trafalgar - Nov 09, 2008
Posted at 10:21AM Nov 09, 2008 by Brand Manager in General | | Tags: new-products trafalgar
Share / SaveIn With the New, Out with the Old
There are a number of new Limited Edition braces that will be added to the site shortly (Cigars, Golf, Poker, and Sailing), some that are already live (Cocktails Anyone and Bull Market [poorly timed, we know]).
There are also a number of braces that have been re-issued, including Muy Caliente, Scales of Justice, and Tranquillite D'Esprit.
And lastly, there are a few that are being cleared out, and are on sale for the low, low price of $85. These braces are moving quick, and we only have 1 of each, but those still available include Third & Long, Silky Slim's Jazz Band, Grand Prix, Checkmate, and The Open. You can see any clearance-sale braces left here.
Posted at 02:17PM Nov 08, 2008 by Ami Arad in Accessories | | Tags: trafalgar
Share / SaveNew Products from Trafalgar - Oct 31, 2008
Posted at 12:34AM Oct 31, 2008 by Brand Manager in General | | Tags: new-products trafalgar
Share / SaveNew Products from Trafalgar - Aug 12, 2008
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Share / SaveNew Products from Trafalgar - Apr 10, 2008
Posted at 12:00AM Apr 10, 2008 by Brand Manager in General | | Tags: new-products trafalgar
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