High Society

Inspired and inspiring barometer of all things elegant, the Oxford- educated author and celebrity journalist Nick Foulkes is to the world of artisan hand tailoring and haut de gamme horology what Dominick Dunne is to high-society crime — that is to say, he is the authority. A contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a perennial voice in the Financial Times, GQ and Newsweek, Foulkes is also the author of numerous tomes such as Dunhill by Design, High Society and Dancing into Battle: A Social History of the Battle of Waterloo. While Foulkes may have lent his biographical skill to Count d’Orsay in The Last of the Dandies, he is — resplendent in his Terry Haste suit and Charvet shirt — a living testament to the culture of dandyism being far from vanquished. His writing shimmers with perspective and resonates with wit belied by knowledge of craftsmanship so profound he could teach a class on the subject.