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Your A-List, Best Men’s Clothing Store: Capra and Cavelli
If you want to drink like an adult, go to Stephen F.’s Bar and Terrace. If you want to dress like an adult, go to Capra & Cavelli, which won Your A List poll for Best Men’s Clothing Store with a trimming 35 percent of the vote. Truth be told, Austin could use a lot more options for men’s fashion. But C&C has long filled a crucial high end niche, and Esquire magazine recognized it as one of the Top 100 clothing stores in America. The shops, now located downtown in the Austin Hilton as as well on 35th Street, are not about the latest fads. They thrive on tailoring and fabrics and classic lines and, of course, service.
Voters chose a popular chain, Banana Republic, for the No. 2 spot, with 19 percent of the tally. Buffalo Exchange took third (13 percent), Service Menswear fourth (10 percent) and Urban Outfitters fifth (9 percent). Keepers, which competes with Capra and Cavelli for class, took 5 percent, while Flipnotics, Blackmail, Creatures and Crown all drew less than 4 percent.
Hey, all these places are valuable, given the overwhelming emphasis on women’s wear in this town. We appreciate each one.
Write-ins: Estilo, Hutson Clothing Co., Jos. A. Banks, Neiman Marcus Last Call, Nordstrom and Texas Clothier.
Pictured: Kenneth Miller, merchandise manager at Capra & Cavelli. Rodolfo Gonzalez photo.
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