Put This On

Our Rudiments host Dave Hill has a new single with his band Valley Lodge. It’s called Kiss Me, I’m Drunk.

Our friend and beloved correspondent Dave Hill takes on New York’s restaurants for Grub Street. He’s got some great suggestions for places to go on Valentine’s Day. And, uhm, stuff to do if you don’t have a date. Like, uhm, somewhat NSFW stuff.

Just watch it it’s so great.

If you watched the debate last night, you know it can be tough to get straight talk from political candidates. That’s why our friend and Rudiments host Dave Hill convened his own debate, at his house, and moderated it himself.

Elegance: Put This On Season Two, Episode Five

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits Milan, a world fashion capital.

In this episode, our director Benjamin Ahr Harrison visits Biella, north of the city, to talk with Luciano Barbera. Barbera isn’t just one of the world’s most elegant men, he’s also the leader of Carlo Barbera, one of the finest fabric mills in existence.

For our PTO Place segment, we talk with the owner of G. Lorenzi. It started as a cutlery shop, and has become a spectacular tribute to the finest small accessories imaginable. It’s home to a visually stunning spectrum of knives, scissors, shaving goods, toothbrushes, combs, shoehorns and other tiny necessities.

In PTO Man, we visit Salvatore Battello, the elegant owner of W-D Man. Before he started his line, he ran one of the last companies in the world that worked with shagreen - the beautiful skin of sharks and rays. Battello tells us about his passion for vintage fabric, and his definition of elegance.

Plus Jesse answers the question “what color shoes go with the suit?” and Dave Hill offers a rudiment on the topic of socks.

This is the fifth episode in our six-episode second season. In this season, we visit the three greatest men’s style cities in the world, as chosen by our readers - New York, Milan and London.

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This episode was supported by our viewers.

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Executive Producers: Jesse Thorn & Adam Lisagor

Director: Benjamin Ahr Harrison

Host / Writer / Producer: Jesse Thorn

Rudiments: Dave Hill

Producer: Gianluca Migliarotti

Director of Photography: Daniele Vascelli

Sound: Daniele Belli

Editor: Todd Thoenig and Benjamin Ahr Harrison

Subtitle Translation: Giovanni D’Amico

Put This On: Rudiments: Sport Sunglasses

Excerpted from S2E3 of Put This On: “(New) Traditions”

Dave Hill offers thoughts on when you should and should not wear sports sunglasses.

Put This On Season Two, Episode 3: (New) Traditions

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits London, where we examine how traditions are being reinvented in the birthplace of classic menswear.

We go to Savile Row, where we meet up with a historical guide to talk about the history of the world’s oldest tailoring street. We also chat with the tailor Richard Anderson about what’s special about The Row. Patrick Grant, the owner and designer of Norton & Sons, talks about how Savile Row can become a vital part of the international fashion world again.

Just off Savile Row, we go to the basement showroom of W. Bill, the world’s most legendary tweed merchant. Ray Hammet, who’s worked at W. Bill for decades, shows us around the stacks of wooly majesty.

In our PTO: Man segment, we talk with Ian Bruce, painter and member of the band The Correspondents, about re-imagining the SoHo dandy for the 21st century. He takes us through London’s red light district, and tells us why he doesn’t want to look like a painter at the end of a long day of painting.

We visit the tie factory owned and operated by Drake’s of London to learn how a high-quality tie is made, from fabric to finished product. Then we buy one to send to a supporter of the show.

Plus Dave Hill tells where sport sunglasses are and are not appropriate, in Rudiments.

This is the third episode in our six-episode second season. In this season, we visit the three greatest men’s style cities in the world, as chosen by our readers - New York, Milan and London.

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Buy Season One on DVD for $16

This episode was supported by our viewers and by The Put This On Gentlemen’s Association.

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Executive Producers: Jesse Thorn & Adam Lisagor

Director: Benjamin Ahr Harrison

Host / Writer / Producer: Jesse Thorn

Rudiments: Dave Hill

Producer: Kristian Brodie

Director of Photography: Charlie Cook

Sound: Kristian Brodie

Put This On Season Two, Episode 2: Eclecticism

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Buy Season One on DVD for $16

This episode was supported by our viewers and by The Put This On Gentlemen’s Association.

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Executive Producers: Jesse Thorn & Adam Lisagor

Director: Benjamin Ahr Harrison

Host / Writer / Producer: Jesse Thorn

Rudiments: Dave Hill

Producer: Andrew Yamato

Director of Photography: Ryan Samul

Sound: Andrew J. Reardon

PTO Rudiments: Alterations

Put This On Presents: Dave Hill vs. Fashion Week 2012

Put This On’s intrepid field correspondent Dave Hill hit New York’s Fashion Week once again to find out what makes it so magical. Turns out, it’s mountains of cocaine!

Can you spot Anna Wintour, Scott Schuman and Bill Cunningham? How about Dave Hill? Can you spot Dave Hill?

Put This On Season Two & Season One DVD: Coming Tuesday 3/13!

Previously: Dave Hill at Fashion Week 2011

(And be sure to pre-order Dave’s new book, Tasteful Nudes… and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation)