Would you buy a $3,500 suit made by someone with a Richard Nixon tattoo?
This is not hypothetical. Roger Stone — who volunteered on Nixon’s reelection campaign at age 19 and eventually got the 37th president’s face tattooed on his spine — has entered the menswear business.
Or I guess you could say “returned” to the menswear business if you count the “FREE ROGER STONE” face mask and “ROGER STONE DID NOTHING WRONG” T-shirt he sported ahead of President Donald Trump pardoning him.
How to describe Stone? His political career is long and storied. In February 2020, he was convicted on seven criminal counts related to, among other things, lying to Congress about interference in the 2016 election. Later that year, he was pardoned by Trump. In 2021, he worked really hard to overturn Trump’s defeat and secure pardons for Jan. 6 rioters. More recently, he had taken an interest in securing the release of ex-Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández.
His personal life has also made headlines. In 1996, he denied that he had run ads in a magazine titled Local Swing Fever. In 2008, he admitted that he had. In 2017, he told an activist who asked him about his sexuality, “I’m a trysexual. I’ve tried everything.”
His approach to life might be best summarized by a comment he made following his arrest in 2019: “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”
Now he’s partnered with a clothing company called Tailor on Tap for a line of formal menswear bearing his name.
It’s a surprising move. Or it might have been surprising in another era. In today’s political environment, it makes perfect sense. For decades, Stone’s unabashed ruthlessness and indifference to decorum made him an outlier in American politics. But in the MAGA-sphere, Stone’s eccentricities seem to fit right in. So, too, do his sartorial opinions.
That’s not exactly how Stone sees it. “Good taste is not ideological or philosophical,” he said from his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
He shrugged off a suggestion that his clothing line was politically tinged. “Conservatives are more interested, perhaps, in traditional style, but beyond that I haven’t really thought about it in those terms,” he said.
He also clarified that his political views, which include legalizing cannabis and opposing constitutional same-sex marriage bans, don’t perfectly align with doctrinaire conservatism. “I’m a libertarian, I don’t hide that fact,” he said.
And a libertine? “Well, at least in my younger days, perhaps,” he said.
During his long career as a political gadfly, Stone was a natty dresser. He had an affinity for suits from famed Savile Row tailors such as Anderson & Sheppard and the American tailor Alan Flusser. “Very soft shoulder, very full drape, very full-cut trouser,” Stone, 73, said. “It’s not for everybody, but it works for me and I think for many men it’s complementary.”
He wrote his own rules of style (Rule #51: “Casual dress doesn’t excuse bad taste — no sports jerseys unless you’re an athlete.”) and will soon publish his 16th annual list of best- and worst-dressed celebrities. Tucker Carlson was at the top last year, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. receiving honors for “lifetime achievement.”
Stone has yet to start this year’s list. “The only thing you can say for an absolute certainty is that Steve Bannon will make the international worst-dressed list yet again,” he said. “The word ‘slovenly’ comes to mind.”
Stone is not a fan of figures who violate traditional gender dress codes. Sam Smith, Lil’ Nas X, Ellen DeGeneres and Billie Eilish were among his worst dressed in 2024. “I do believe that men should wear men’s clothes and women should wear women’s clothes,” he said. “But if you go back and look, you’ll see that Joe Biden’s been on my [best-dressed] list. ’Cause the guy has amazing taste in his neckwear.”
The second Trump administration is particularly hung up on clothes and physical appearance. It’s been happening long before U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy called a news conference ahead of Thanksgiving to encourage people to dress nicely at the airport. It goes all the way back to the first day of Trump’s second term, when the president signed an executive order rejecting what it termed “gender ideology” and stating that the United States would recognize only binary sexes.
Historically, the executive branch was never exactly radical in its gender expressions. For all her pantsuits, Hillary Clinton wasn’t exactly Johnny Thunders. But the women in Trump’s orbit have turned up the volume on femme aesthetics: Their hair has gotten longer, their heels higher, their makeupcakier. It’s a look that reinforces Trump’s stated belief in two immutable sexes.
Men’s appearances are also under scrutiny. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called an unprecedented meeting of the nation’s top generals earlier this year to berate them for being fat and bearded. Volodymyr Zelensky’s first visit to the White House began with Trump complaining that the Ukrainian president hadn’t worn a suit. Their relationship basically didn’t recover until five months later when Zelensky showed up in more formal garb. We may never fully understand why Zohran Mamdani’s visit with Trump was so chummy, but it seems a safe bet that the New York mayor elect’s penchant for jackets and ties didn’t hurt.
Let’s also remember that Trump is our most merch-forward president to date. Since 2024, he’s attached his name to sneakers, perfume, cryptocurrency and a mobile network. Stone’s line of suits marries two of Trump’s greatest passions: personal branding and men who wear suits.
Adam D’Angelo, the co-founder of Tailor on Tap, met Stone through a mutual friend. “Roger cared deeply about classic menswear and had a unique style, so we connected over craftsmanship,” D’Angelo said from his home in Falls Church, Virginia.
“My vision for this collaboration has nothing to do with politics,” D’Angelo said. “Roger has a good eye for fashion and that’s what our goal is: to bring that to life and let other people have access to that.”
Stone said he was impressed with the value D’Angelo offered. “I could no longer afford Savile Row prices,” Stone said. “And then he pitched me on doing the collection, which is something I’ve always wanted to do.”
The Roger Stone Collection officially dropped on Black Friday of last week. It features four suits available for preorder priced from $1,100 to $3,500, two jackets ($800), a pair of trousers ($299) and seven dress shirts ($199).
Customers can be fitted for a bespoke piece by using at-home measuring tools, setting up a private appointment with one of the seven stylists on staff or visiting one of the Tailor on Tap showrooms in Tysons Corner, Virginia; Pittsburgh; or Providence, Rhode Island. The suits are made to order but do not come with custom tailoring service after they arrive.
Last Friday, menswear critic Derek Guy published a detailed review of the Roger Stone Collection on social media. In a phone call, Guy told The Washington Post that he is not a fan of menswear businesses structured like the Roger Stone Collection.
“It’s this kind of influencer marketing and this degradation of tailoring that this particular collaboration is just so reflective of,” Guy said. “And for Roger, specifically, for someone who knows about real tailoring and cares about style, I don’t understand how you could possibly market a final-sale suit that you could only return for an exchange, not a refund.”
Earlier today, Roger Stone announced his partnership with a menswear company, where together they’ve released a collection of tailored clothing items. Here is my review of those pieces.
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In his thread, Guy praised the suits for being fully canvassed, for including a classically American single-breasted “three-roll two-closure” jacket and for eschewing high-contrast stitching on the buttonholes. Among his critiques were the inclusion of front darts, the hardness of its shoulder and its use of functional buttonholes. Guy also said that he confirmed with a Hong Kong factory that the Roger Stone suits are assembled there, though he declined to name his source.
Both Stone and D’Angelo denied that any of their suits are made in Hong Kong. Stone said he thought the factory they used might be in Pittsburgh, but directed manufacturing inquiries to D’Angelo. “The cloth is European and the finishing is done in the United States,” D’Angelo said. Citing proprietary concerns, he declined to name the factory, but said it was located in the northeast United States.
As for the darts and buttonholes, D’Angelo said that Guy was referencing an Ivy sack suit. “Roger’s influences are from Savile Row and classic Hollywood where darts and light structure are standard,” he said. “So these were intentional design choices.”
Stone was unconcerned with Guy’s criticisms. “Derek Guy? Is that his real name?” he later wrote to The Post via text message. “How could you take such a person seriously?”
Stone expects naysayers in his wake, whether it comes from haters in the comments or the mainstream news outlets of which he’s suspicious. “The Washington Post Style section’s never been particularly good to me,” he said.
“But that’s life, you know,” Stone said. “You don’t make omelets without breaking eggs. I am who I am.”
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