Fit first. Color always.
Virgil learned to make things the old way — from a father who tailored in the 1970s, when fit mattered because every piece was made to order, and from a mother who taught him that design is how a thing feels before it is how it looks. Wool, silk, wood: the material always leads. Today he brings that same eye for proportion, color and timeless style to every Right Angle piece.
From the tailor's table to the woodshop.
Virgil's father taught him that a garment should feel like it was made for the person wearing it — because it was. In the 1970s, tailor-made meant natural fibers, careful fit, and a respect for how cloth moves. Virgil watched, measured and learned that the best designs disappear into daily life.
His mother taught him the other half: design is intention made visible. She showed him how color sets a mood, how proportion guides the eye, and how a well-considered object can feel both new and familiar at once. That education became the foundation of his woodworking.
Color theory, balance, proportion and the quiet confidence of a well-made object — Virgil applies them all when he draws the form that Carl and Dominic will build.
Along the way he picked up a camera too. The same eye that notices drape and grain also catches light on a beach, color against a wall, and the small stories the city leaves behind.
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Design that outlasts trends.
Tailor's eye
Fit is a language. Virgil learned it from a father who measured twice, let the fabric fall, and cut only when the drape was right. That same patience now shapes every edge and angle in the shop.
Natural materials
Wool, silk, linen, wood — the material sets the rules and the maker listens. Virgil chooses cloth and grain the same way: by hand, by texture, and by how it will age in a real home.
Color theory
Some palettes never age. Virgil pairs ebony with brass, zebrawood with cream, and paint with panel the same way a suit gets its lining — with intention, contrast and balance.
Form & proportion
The same proportion that makes a jacket sit right makes a tray feel balanced in the hand. Virgil draws the line between old-school craft and the clean geometry of mid-century modern.
Canvas, camera and city.
Virgil's work moves between paint, wood, resin and photography — all of it shaped by the same lessons: fit the form, respect the material, and let color do its job.
Chess study
Contrast & geometry
Afro puffs
Acrylic on canvas
Guitar duo
Painted rhythm
Red with blue
Color study
Wood + resin
Sculptural form
Kobe 24
Jersey graphic
Shoreline
Through the lens
Bougainvillea
Natural color
Birdhouses
Spotted in the city
Want a piece designed by Virgil?
Commissions open a few times a season. Tell us the room, the material and the mood, and Virgil will draw something that fits — tailor-made, in Atlanta.