Welcome to Southern Threads. I’m your host, and today we’re celebrating a true New Orleans original: the seersucker suit. “For many, the seersucker suit is a New Orleans staple,” and it’s easy to see why. Correspondent Jamie Wax, a Louisiana native, invites us on “a trip through the sartorial side of the city.”

First stop: a historic men’s clothing store, where walls lined with pastel-striped jackets and lightweight trousers remind us that style can beat the heat. Next, we meet an iconic local tailor who’s been crafting seersucker by hand for decades—combining old-world precision with that unmistakable puckered texture.

Finally, the scene moves to the annual Seersucker Social, a fashionable New Orleans party where cotton meets couture in the French Quarter. It’s a celebration of “the beauty and coolness of the seersucker suit,” proving that here in New Orleans, tradition never goes out of style.
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