the Duchess Register

Hello Friends,

We wanted to let you know that we just discovered that our CLIENT INQUIRY section on our site has been DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS!  If you have submitted communique to us in this manner and haven’t heard from us, please send us a regular old E-MAIL.  We have not received your inquiry! We apologize profusely for ignoring you in such a terrible way. Please rest assured that it was a technology malfunction only and we want to hear from you!

We are working out some bugs as we gear up for a new e-commerce site later this winter. Please bear with us. If you do not hear back from us, please, please, try again!

All our Love,

The Ladies of Duchess

Hi there!

Just a quick note here to tell you about about new sales for the holidays…..

Now through December 31st, 2009:

3 SHIRTS FOR $300 (over a 30% savings)

FREE SHIRT WITH CUSTOM SUIT (does not include Scotch Basic Suits)

and

a special Corduroy Appreciation Day Sale from

11/11 – 1/11

11% OFF ALL CORDUROY GARMENTS!

These special prices are also applicable to gift certificates!

Please contact us for an appointment, or with questions.

Ooh, ahh… behold some of our favorite fabrics from the new batch we received for fall…

A host of new lining selections:

Delicious new tweeds:

Far out striped wool:

Some new shirting fabrics, as well:

See the Daily Show, yes, THE DAILY SHOW, clip HERE.

And then, on Keith Olbermann!

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

In which Ian Svenonius interviews lots of interesting music legends while wearing Duchess. In Portland, Chicago, and beyond!

Chain and The Gang

Originally uploaded by damianhade

We’ve spotted our most spritely of models, the legendary Ian Svenonius, showing off the trim lines and graceful movement of his custom white ACE.

Ah, yes. We were very pleased to see our talented and uber-dashing client, Nick Cave, on the cover of MOJO Magazine wearing one of his Duchess suits for the cover story!

More wonderful pictures of Nick in Duchess from the article here.

We just found a little peek of our friend and rock legend Ian Svenonius charming an Italian crowd in one of his Duchess suits (a modified Carnaby Deluxe).  Catch Ian hosting Vice TV’s Soft Focus and on tour now with his new band, Chain and the Gang!

It is that time of year when holiday parties beckon. We have some suggestions for you. Our resident Black Tie Expert, A. Gustav Bayer has penned a useful guide, detailing the exact requirements of proper black tie dress. It’s cover looks like this:

It includes everything you could possibly want and need to know about how to properly dress up.  We would love to send it to you via email.

The results look like this:

More formal wear and Excelsior! pictures here.