The 29 Best-Dressed Detroiters of 2008

It’s something retailers and the international couture community have known for years: Detroiters know fashion. Photographs by Joe Vaughn

By Chuck Bennett

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It’s something retailers and the international couture community have known for years: Detroiters know fashion. Just check the beautiful people on parade at the Auto Show Charity Preview, Sunset at the Zoo, and the Fire Ball.

It’s a scene worth noting, which is why we asked metro Detroit fashion journalist Chuck Bennett to name names for our first-ever best-dressed list. A popular fixture at all the parties in town, Bennett consulted his little black book and offered 29 names — only a fraction of the people worthy of the honor.

We thank our high-profile group for making time to be photographed. Their portraits appear in no particular order on the following pages.

Chauncey Billups

Bloomfield Hills, Detroit Pistons

Billups likes everything coordinated when he gets dressed, even if he’s just wearing jeans. In fact, one of his favorite looks is jeans with a beautiful sport coat and a highly detailed shirt. His style is conservative with a flair, and sometimes outright fashion-forward. Billups has all of his clothes custom-made. His suits are crafted in Denver at Clothing by André. His more casual looks, including his jeans, are made by Ray Hines and Herman Masters at Paul Cicchini Custom Clothier in Birmingham. It’s important, he says, that his clothes not only look good, but feel good as well. He spends a great deal of time selecting the softest, most luxurious fabrics for his garments.