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Die, Workwear!
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A blog about classic men's tailoring and style.
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Put On Your Happy Suit
For men who love tailored clothing, it’s a continual challenge to dress well without standing out. Hard dress codes have largely broken down in all but the... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Something Intimately Familiar
At the time of his death in 2009, John Updike left behind an incredible body of literary work, which included thirty novels, nine volumes of poetry, and an... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
The Best Vintage on Etsy
Rummaging through a thrift store is not only a great way to score a deal, it can also be a way to find things you may not be able to get elsewhere – maybe a... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Sang Froid in American Style
It was August of 1939 when Blanche Hays penned a New York Times article describing the unusual sense of calm throughout Paris. Read more
Posted on 23 August 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
A Little Room For Whimsy
Men’s style in general, and tailored clothing in particular, can be very serious at times. Most of our clothes are inspired by hunting and war, and made in... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Looking Good on the Run
The problem with buying nice things is never the cost of the items themselves, but the costs that can come after. Anthropologists call this the Diderot Effect,... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Menswear’s Last Big Moment
It was April Fool’s Day in 2010 when J. Crew presented their fall/ winter collection at New York City’s Milk Studios. The space, which is normally reserved for... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Finding Good Sunglasses This Summer
In New York City’s trendy SoHo district, you can find the flagship store for Gentle Monster, a relatively young South Korean eyewear brand known for their... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
The Most Fashionable Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Jr, affectionately known as John John to his family, is the only person ever born to a President-elect – a reminder that the country at the... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Folios, The Modern Briefcase
As the world gets smaller, so do our possessions. What may have been that stack of books and papers you’d schlep twenty years ago is now just a few PDF files.... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
The Great Uncoupling in Fashion
In 1936, the editors of Apparel Arts published “Permanent Modern,” a fourteen-page article introducing their vision for the ideal menswear store. The article... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Something So Right About Paul Simon
I’d never dress like Paul Simon, but I can’t help but to admire his style. Decades before mixing sportswear with tailoring became a menswear cliché, Simon used... Read more
Posted on 14 July 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
The California Workwear Look
One of the great themes in David Marx’s book, Ametora, is how it’s easy to miss things in your own culture until they get recontexualized abroad. Read more
Posted on 13 July 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Favorite Sneakers This Summer
It’s hard for me to imagine going without a pair of sneakers this time of year. Summer is about having the windows down and volume up, biking somewhere on a... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
The Suit Died, but for Good Reasons
Men in suits love nothing more than to talk about how no one wears suits anymore. And it’s true that with each passing year, fewer and fewer people wear... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Summer Tweed on The Sartorialist
Well, this is a surprise. The summer tweed I ran last year made it onto The Sartorialist, the first men’s style blog I ever followed. Pictured above is Kenji... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Finding the Perfect Summer Tee
For being such as basic garment, the t-shirt represents so much of our cultural history. It’s just four-panels with a ribbed neck, but within such a simple... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Luca Faloni’s Charming Italian Basics
By their nature, basics aren’t very exciting to talk about, but they also form the backbone of our wardrobe. I imagine that’s one of the biggest challenges for... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
The Controversial Issue of Men & Jewelry
To understand male fashion today, you have to go back to The Great Masculine Renunciation. Somewhere around the time of Beau Brummell and The French... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Five More Great Seasonal Sales
There are a ton of great sales right now on everything from tailoring to casualwear. Over at Mr. Porter, prices were slashed earlier this week to 70% off. Read more
Posted on 14 June 2018 FASHION, LIFESTYLE