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Article: John Bartlett, Heir Apparel; The Designer Is Poised to Take Menswear's Crown
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- The Washington Post
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- June 2, 1998
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Designer John Bartlett has accomplished a simple but
monumental feat. He has returned both strength and virility to
menswear.
Bartlett's image of man has the potential to permanently alter
the way a fellow dresses, how a gentleman thinks about his public
face and the manner in which masculinity is perceived.
"I think he may be on the cusp of his time," says Valerie
Steele, chief curator for the Museum at the Fashion Institute of
Technology. "He's one of the most interesting designers to come out
in recent years."
Instead of crafting clothes that keep a gentleman's carnal
fantasies and ruminations hidden, or that function as tools in his
climb toward the corporate mountaintop, ...