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August 28, 2017
This Looks So Terrible
A reader sent in this photo of a recent Lands’ End catalog. The caption reads: Skip the Jacket. You don’t…
October 13, 2016
Short Suit Jackets Look Terrible
We mostly write about classic men’s style here at Put This On, but we’re not sticklers about it. Pete likes…
August 24, 2021
Get You A Man Who Can Do Both
The men’s style community is mostly split into two camps: diehard traditionalists who scowl at anything casual or fashionable, and…
November 12, 2020
Counterculture And Corduroy: Late 60s Campus Style In Getting Straight
What we call Ivy style — trim but natural shouldered tailoring, no-break flat-front khakis, OCBDs, shetland sweaters, loafers, etc. —…
January 16, 2020
Jared Kushner’s Short Jacket
The latest issue of Time Magazine, which hits newsstand today, features President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The story is…
November 8, 2019
Where Do You Buy Your Suits, Tom? Tailoring And Wardrobe On Succession
There’s a scene in Succession’s second season, in episode 2, where born-to-money Shiv (played by Sarah Snook) and her brother…
August 29, 2019
Getting Radical: Q+A With Noah’s Brendon Babenzien
Aggressiveness often softens with time. It’s students who protest; young people who start bands and throw bricks. The older people…
August 19, 2019
How To Get A Good White Dress Shirt
Joel writes to ask: I finally got around to buying a suit. I currently have two white dress shirts (a…
July 2, 2019
Dressing Funny And The Challenges Of Casualwear
In the second episode of Dressing Funny, a new comedy webseries on Netflix, Tan France gives Big Mouth co-creators Nick…
March 12, 2019
A Textile Conservator Explains How To Deal With Clothes Moths
If the mere thought of clothes moths fluttering out of your closet strikes terror into your heart, imagine if your…
September 6, 2018
Fall Sports: Track Jackets
Damon Albarn, rudely awakened by the dustman. I hesitated to write about track jackets. As synthetic, shapeless, valuing-comfort-over-appearance leisurewear, they’re…
July 25, 2018
Everything In Men’s Style Right Now Is About Seinfeld
Men’s style has come a long way in the last fifteen years. There was a time when almost everyone was…
June 28, 2018
What Happens When Your Style Fave Is Problematic?
It’s often hard to separate the artist from their art, and why should we? A lot of the art we…
March 27, 2018
Suggested “Essentials” For A Starting Wardrobe
So, I’ve recently gotten into coffee and I spend an embarrassing amount of time online reading about different brewing methods,…
March 12, 2018
Ugly Shoes That Are Actually Kind Of Great
If you haven’t heard, ugliness is back in fashion. The sort of ill-fitting, cheaply made clothes that inspires your dad…
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