Fine and Dandy

June 27, 2019 1:08 PM

Zack McLeod Pinsent is making the rounds with a short and sweet BBC video featuring himself, a posh gentleman who has been making his own clothing in Victorian style since he was 14.

Here's a link to the same video but with more images and a writeup on Jezebel. His Instagram - Pinsent Tailoring, which led me down a rabbit hole and turned up this Insta for men's accessories shop in NYC, Fine & Dandy, which it certainly is.

posted by amanda (13 comments total)

Beau Brummel reincarnated.
posted by Caduceus at 1:13 PM on June 27, 2019

Please let him not be a milkshake duck because just based on this he's so adorable and I love him.
posted by soren_lorensen at 1:17 PM on June 27, 2019 [6 favorites]

Beau Brummel reincarnated.

He looks a good lot more fun than Beau Brummel.
posted by explosion at 1:36 PM on June 27, 2019 [2 favorites]

I want to know how he makes the hats, which are spectacular.
posted by jrochest at 1:59 PM on June 27, 2019

He does not make the hats or the shoes. He links to the hat maker on his instagram, that i am to tired to search, sorry.
posted by thegirlwiththehat at 2:01 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]

Over on Youtube the BBC have posted the widescreen version of the same video, its also a smidgen longer, and not on Facebook.
posted by Lanark at 2:02 PM on June 27, 2019 [2 favorites]

I admire his passion and willingness to explore it so thoroughly. Not sure what people love so much about fashion but I do respect that it can be high art and obsession worthy given the details, especially in the time period he is focusing on. He must scour history books endlessly. It's hard to believe how dressed up people used to get to go to town, dinner at home even, at least in the shows I've seen. Now all we got are sweat pants and tennis shoes, even at Broadway shows! I can understand his fantasies.
posted by waving at 3:01 PM on June 27, 2019 [1 favorite]

I'm guessing it's a measure of the size of chip on my shoulder that I watched this thinking "Yes, he's charming, and those clothes are amazing, but also wouldn't it be lovely if non-posh/privileged people could have this kind of extraordinary self-confidence too?"
posted by penguin pie at 3:10 PM on June 27, 2019 [2 favorites]

I will have to check his Instagram, thegirlwiththehat!! Thank you!
posted by jrochest at 4:09 PM on June 27, 2019

I know this guy! He really knows his stuff, and I can confirm for soren_lorenson that he is, to the best of my knowledge, a very nice man. (I'm basing this on a few friends in common, moving in the same reenactment circles, and a couple of casual chats, so I can't promise, but I've seen no evidence to the contrary).
posted by BlueNorther at 4:13 PM on June 27, 2019 [4 favorites]

He would be a great cameo in Black Girl in a Big Dress. Which has a sneak peek posted in February of Season 2!!
posted by amanda at 4:52 PM on June 27, 2019 [4 favorites]

For those who want more historic clothing reproduction, I follow Dames A La Mode on Instagram. A few months ago she and a few others went to Venice for a series of balls during Carnival and seeing the dresses in the right environs was really great.
posted by PussKillian at 8:10 PM on June 27, 2019 [2 favorites]

The Guardian has a story today (with photos) about this guy and other people who wear complete historical dress every day
posted by bitteschoen at 3:02 AM on July 4, 2019 [1 favorite]