November 19, 2005
details magazine…?
Someone from New York left Thomas a very garbled message on his answering machine, so I’m doing a little follow-up investigating.
From what we could understand, it appears English Cut was mentioned in the November issue of Details Magazine [U.S. Edition].
Being in the UK, I have no way of confirming this. Are there any American Details readers out there who can help me find out? Thanks.
[Bonus Link:] Origins of the word “Pitch” (as in, “to pitch an idea” etc):
This originated during the Spanish Inquisition. Torquemada, one of its leaders would tell imprisoned playwrights that if they could interest him in an idea, he would let them live long enough to write it. If not, they were dropped into a large vat (or pitch) of boiling tar, hence the term ‘pitch.’
I can’t guarantee that I saw it, but I’m 95% sure I did. There was an article about high-end clothing and I remember thinking back to your blog when I read it. If I can, I’ll check more specifically tonight.
Take care.
–Bill
Considering that Torquemada was Spanish, and that the Spanish word for pitch or vat or tar has nothing to do with any of our words for “pitching an idea”, since the pun is only possible in English, that’s an urban legend.
I’m just reasoning here, but I imagine it goes something like this:
“Let’s pitch the idea to them and see if it’s a hit it” (the oh-so-common sports metaphor)
So, the idea being discussed, becomes the “the pitch”
And the act of putting out there becomes “pitching”.
Later, OED and/or Webster’s add the secondary meaning to the verb “to pitch”
Long time fan — 1st time poster
i just looked at the november issue — there is an article re: bespoke but does not mention english cut
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