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JJ LEE is the menswear columnist for the Vancouver Sun and broadcasts a weekly fashion column for CBC Radio in Vancouver. He spent a year as an apprentice at Modernize Tailors and was featured in the award-winning film about
the shop, Tailor Made: The Last Tailor Shop in Chinatown. In 2007, he wrote and presented an hour-length radio documentary on the social history of suits, entitled The Measure of Man, for CBC Radio's Ideas. Lee lives in New Westminster, where he works as a creative consultant for a design firm.

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The Measure of a Man
Written by JJ Lee

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Emblem Editions | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Design - Fashion
978-0-7710-4648-3 (0-7710-4648-0)

May 15, 2012 | $22.00

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The Measure of a Man
Written by JJ Lee

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ISBN: 9780771046483
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FINALIST - Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - Governor General's Literary Award - Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - BC Book Prize's Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (2012)
 
A son’s decision to alter his father’s last surviving suit for himself is the launching point...



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The Measure of a Man
Written by JJ Lee

Hardcover | 304 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; History - Social History; Design - Fashion
978-0-7710-4647-6 (0-7710-4647-2)

September 27, 2011 | $29.99

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The Measure of a Man
Written by JJ Lee

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780771046476
Our Price: $29.99
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FINALIST - Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - Governor General's Literary Award - Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - BC Book Prize's Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (2012)
 
A son’s decision to alter his father’s last surviving suit for himself is the launching point for this powerful book – part personal memoir, part social...



Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

book cover
The Measure of a Man
Written by JJ Lee

eBook | 304 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Design - Fashion
978-0-7710-4649-0 (0-7710-4649-9)

September 27, 2011 | $14.99

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The Measure of a Man
Written by JJ Lee

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780771046490
Our Price: $14.99


FINALIST - Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - Governor General's Literary Award - Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - BC Book Prize's Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (2012)
 
A son’s decision to alter his father’s last surviving suit for himself is the launching point for this powerful book – part personal memoir, part social...



Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.

              
              



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