"The Art of the Canvas": A Conversation with Avery Lucas"

“The first and perhaps major reason that Avery Lucas is one of our guests is that I love clothes and I've loved them for the longest time, at least since I was a teenager. Writing this now at the age of fifty-three I had a rather short window of time during which I was able to order a few bespoke clothes. Although our guest was unfortunately not a man who made any of those bespoke clothes, his name was first on the list for an experimental series on tailoring and the art of clothes making. (And as Lucas himself emphasizes it is most certainly an art, and, from my vantage point one of the highest of the arts). Although I have not experienced the "bespoke" route with Lucas I did have closest contact with him in the 1990s: I regularly shopped at Saint Laurie then, right at the time he was a chief designer and tailor there! Although I was not able to order bespoke at that time I was always conscious of his greatest style sense and would admire what he was doing as I purchase quite good garments from other sections of that wonderful store. His spirit certainly presided there. He is one of the very few clothiers who has been both a designer as well as cutter and tailor. Many clothes sellers in menswear, although they may be quite knowledgeable and authorities of a sort on menswear, themselves do not know clothes from the inside out; there are some who cannot sew or cut paper patterns for example. Avery Lucas can and does. Also his taste level is unparalleled, as he is one of a generation from the 70s and 80s with the wealth of experience that one can only get from several decades in the business. Also he speaks like a poet; that is, he is a great orator and raconteur, which, after all, is most important for a podcast. I loved hearing his passion about his life's work on our show and he expresses that passion well for the wides variety of listeners. Whether anybody plans to to ever wear his kind of clothes or not, it is abundantly clear from this episode that Lucas talks about his craft in ways remarkably similar to what  fiction writer, journalist sculptor, painter or filmmaker would have to say about what they do. I hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.” Links to Avery’s Beautiful Work Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mobydic.56/ https://www.instagram.com/quarter_to_nine/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avery.lucas.332 Avery Lucas, a master tailor, and master of the art of dressing. Some highlights include The TV show Empire Boardwalk was an outstanding awards winner for five years, he crafted the clothes for Steve Buscemi and his character Nicky Thompson in the show as well as, Malcom X, Mo Better Blues and more. For Avery's Extended Bio, list us here: https://www.facebook.com/journeyofanaesthetepodcast