Reflections on Cad & The Dandy

Consider it a paradox of scale that’s so specific to New York City. Outside, there’s this grandness of wandering among 9 million people on concrete. A bombardment of information and window displays. And here inside Cad & The Dandy’s showroom, there’s this cloak of intimacy. And Louis XIII Cognac.

“You are bounced into this soft environment and surrounded by these 8-foot mirrors. There’s this introspective quality and self-reflection that’s very Woody Allen-in-New York.”

Principal Nathan Lee Colkitt is speaking of the custom mirrors he designed for the fitting room at Cad & The Dandy, the bespoke outfitter. “All of a sudden you are on display, and you get to see yourself from multiple angles.”

STAND AT ATTENTION A perch in front of the heroic, monotonal three-way mirror designed by Colkitt.

SOCIAL STUDY “Theres not a place I know of in the bespoke world—with a mirror this grand.”

IN FROM THE COLD Colkitt in a bespoke suit.

EXTERIOR MOTIVE A sartorial stroll through NYC.

ANALYZE THIS The backlit mirrors allow patrons to view the drape and silhouette in a range of light.

STREET CRED Context is king: the clean lines of Colkitt’s suit is reflected in the fabric of the City.

Photography by Mitchell Vito.