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• A Visit from Naples

  

  The main problem with working with a traveling tailor is that commissioning garments can require long lead times. With only three or four visits per year,... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Tobacco Fresco

  

  Readers who have their suits and sport coats custom made might be interested in a special fabric run I’m putting together. The current book of J J Minnis... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Chapman's Traditional English Bags

  

  I’ve been wanting another game bag - the kind built from a sturdy canvas cloth and trimmed with vegetable-tanned leather. These are, to be sure, built for... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Gyakusou: The Other Sportswear

  

  There’s much written about the kind of sportswear associated with sports few men play (polo, quail hunting, boating, etc), but little about the clothes we need... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Mackintosh & the Revived Traditional Weatherwear

  

  The weather has finally begun to dip where I live, making it ideal again for real outerwear. I’m particularly looking forward to breaking out a quilted jacket... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Ralph Lauren's Pre-Sale Starts

  

  Ralph Lauren started their pre-sale today, with 40% off select items, and an extra 15% kicker if you order before the sale goes public. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Taking a Lot of Shet

  

  Sometimes you find the perfect thing and want lots of it. It doesn’t make for very good financial management, but so long as a purchase doesn’t send you into... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• The Greatest Classic Men's Footwear Site

  

  If “shoe porn” means a spectacular visual presentation of shoes, then let me show you one of the greatest shoe porn sites of all time: Centipede. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• The Making of a Meaningful Stitch

  

  The Irish knitwear brand O’Maille has an interesting section on their website explaining the different meanings behind Aran sweater stitches. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• The Golden Age of Knitting

  Except for Gianluca Migliarotti’s work on Italian tailoring, my favorite menswear films have all been BBC documentaries. Unfortunately, they’re difficult to vie... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• The Secret Life of Sewing Machines

  Anyone around my age (mid-30s) probably spent much of their childhood in the late 1980s pouring over Neil Ardley and David Macaulay’s famous book, The Way Thing... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Vintage Ghurka: Big in Japan

  

  If it can be said that the Italians make good suits, the English make good shoes, and the Scots make good knitwear, then it can be said that the Japanese make... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Brooks Brothers Friends & Family Sale

  

  Brooks Brothers’ Friends and Family sale starts today, which means almost everything storewide is discounted by 25%. That includes some of my favorite fall/... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• The Casual Carry

  

  Although I mostly rely on my Lotuff Clegg briefcase, Ralph Lauren fishing bag, and Filson 256 for my everyday carry, I’ve been getting a remarkable amount of... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• A New Menswear Store to Come

  

  I wrote last year that the online menswear marketplace is the best it’s ever been, but in some ways, also feels a bit homogenous. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Sometimes We Suffer

  

  I don’t know if I can still rightfully keep my blog’s name after this post, but let me tell you about one of my wallets - the one I use when I’m wearing jeans. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Barbour x Norton & Sons

  

  Fall collections are starting to finally trickle into stores and one that’s caught my interest is this new collaboration line between Barbour and Norton Sons. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• "Epic Outerwear"

  

  The weather in the Bay Area hasn’t cooled enough for us to wear serious outerwear, but since fall is on everyone’s minds, I thought I’d share these photos that... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Drake's Fall/ Winter 2013

  

  Drake’s released their fall/ winter 2013 collection yesterday. It hasn’t received that much fanfare on blogs yet (even in the ever-quick Tumblr-sphere), which i... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• A Very Italian Check

  

  I’ve been daydreaming about what kind of sport coat I’d like to get next, and somewhere on the list is a Shepherd’s check, which I’ve long thought of as a very... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 FASHION, LIFESTYLE