Jeremy Jordan cleans up fairly properly.
The lead actor in “Floyd Collins,” which debuted to stellar debuts on Broadway on the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Monday night time, performs a cave explorer in Kentucky in 1925 who will get trapped 200 ft underground. His outfit for the musical consists of muddy overalls and a soil-caked Henley.
However as soon as the lights went down, Jordan ditched the soiled wardrobe and slipped right into a bespoke swimsuit created particularly for him by New York-based customized tailor Paolo Martorano for the opening-night celebration at Lincoln Heart. The one-breasted, two-button, peak lapel blue swimsuit constituted of Vitale Barberis Canonico cloth was complemented by a tie and pocket sq., all made completely for Jordan by Martorano. The white customized shirt was created by 100 Arms.
The customized tailor additionally whipped up a tuxedo for Jordan in anticipation that he’ll quickly be receiving a Tony Award nomination for his efficiency.
“I felt like 1,000,000 bucks in my Paolo Martorano swimsuit. I cherished watching folks take a second to acknowledge me having gone from dishevelled and soiled overalls to a bespoke swimsuit. Easy, elegant, comfy, I cherished it,” Jordan mentioned.
John Pizzarelli and Paolo Martorano
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“We’ve made clothes for plenty of performers, however working with Jeremy Jordan was an actual pleasure,” Martorano mentioned. “He’s not solely a prodigiously gifted artist and fantastic within the present, however a real gentleman who understands the dramatic worth of a superbly lower swimsuit.”
Along with Jordan, Martorano dressed John Pizzarelli, the jazz guitarist and vocalist, whose spouse Jessica Molaskey can also be a part of the “Floyd Collins” solid.
Martorano, a Bellmore, N.Y., native, comes from an extended line of tailors, 4 generations deep on his father’s facet. He began studying the craft when he was in highschool, working as an apprentice for Alan Flusser. He moved on to Paul Stuart, the place he helped quadruple the retailer’s made-to-measure and bespoke enterprise throughout his seven-year stint. He then joined Dunhill as its bespoke/made-to-measure specialist for America. And within the fall of 2017, he branched out on his personal and created Paolo Martorano Bespoke.
