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July 6, 2017
Beyond The Basic Polo: Ban-lon And Related Styles
Business casual killed the basic pique cotton polo. It took a trim, sporty shirt option and drowned it in the…
July 5, 2017
Legendarily Snobbish Store Welcomes Pranking Goof
London’s Harrod’s has a reputation for selling almost absurd–OK just absurd–luxury goods to the richiest of the rich, and for…
June 29, 2017
Why Do Men Want So Badly To Wear Shorts To Work?
Every summer we have the same debates: should men wear shorts? At all? If so, why can’t they wear them…
June 27, 2017
Party Jeans!
Steve wears jeans at the party. Darker than his work pair, thinner than his everydays. These are his party jeans….
June 22, 2017
Archives For Alpinists: Patagonia Documents Its Early Designs
I love when brands get serious about their archives. Levis has had a professional archivist since 1989, but Patagonia (to…
June 8, 2017
Our Musical Taste Is Firmly Established In Our Teens–What About Our Taste In Clothing?
The music you like at age 14 is music you will probably like for the rest of your life. For…
June 6, 2017
Arts And Craft: Celia Pym’s Darned Sweaters
Check out this cool Norwegian sweater, which is a finalist in the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize competition and on display…
June 5, 2017
“The Acquisition Of Goods Simply For Style… It’s Just Never Seemed Interesting To Me.
“The acquisition of goods simply for style… it’s just never seemed interesting to me. And yet I love fashion and…
June 1, 2017
Style Inspiration: The 1970s Films Of Jack Nicholson
Jack doesn’t necessarily make the Mount Rushmore of men’s style icons on film (McQueen, Connery, Newman, Grant?) but his rise…
June 1, 2017
How You Dress, And How You Are Treated
“I feel like this world judges you from the outside, so if I walk into a store with a hoodie…
May 22, 2017
Warning: Cool Bags On Ebay May Contain Moon
The Wall Street Journal has a great story on how a rock buff ended up with a bag full of…
May 18, 2017
What You Can Really Afford: Uniqlo’s Oversize Pocket T-shirt
I like a good fitted pocket t-shirt–in fact, they’re the backbone of my summer weekend wear. I have some loud-ass…
May 11, 2017
My Print Shirt Spirit Animal: Elliot Gould In California Split
We’ve talked up print shirts a decent amount in the last couple of years, maybe most prominently aloha shirts. Unfortunately,…
May 10, 2017
Beyond Brown Duck: When Carhartt Went Western
James at 10Engines wrote about one of my favorite niches of 1990s vintage: Carhartt’s southwestern collection. He talked with the…
May 6, 2017
Your Moment Of Laser Denim Zen
A reader sent me a video of denim being laser-etched with sick fadez, which sent me down a rabbit hole…