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February 15, 2014
Put This On’s Inside Track For The Week Of February 16th – February 22nd
Here are our hand-selected favorites from eBay for this week, plus heads-up on recommended sales. If you’re a member of…
February 14, 2014
This Summer, I Was In Naples And Discovered Neapolitan Tailoring
“This summer, I was in Naples and discovered Neapolitan tailoring.” –Peter Saville, amazing graphic designer; menswear noob.
February 14, 2014
EBay Roundup
There are a number of items that really caught my eye this week: this very comfortable looking Albam cardigan, a game bag that…
February 14, 2014
What Olympic Ice Skating Looked Like In 1924
Pictured above: English speed skaters B. H. Sutton (left), L. H. Cambridgeshire (middle), and A. E. Tibbet (right) train in…
February 13, 2014
Picking The Right Varsity Jacket
The endurance of the silhouette and styling of the letterman/varsity jacket is a little surprising to me. Trying to remember…
February 13, 2014
We Got It For Free: 3sixteen’s Double Black Jeans
I wear “tailored” clothes about half the week (i.e. sport coats, dress shirts, wool trousers, and the like), but for…
February 12, 2014
A Little History On The Casualness Of Shell Cordovan
Shell cordovan is sometimes thought of as a “dressy leather,” presumably because of how expensive it is, but it’s actually…
February 12, 2014
Roundup Of Carl Van Vechten’s Portraits Of Harlem Figures Of The 1940s
There are some truly stunning photos in this roundup of Carl Van Vechten’s portraits of Harlem figures of the 1940s,…
February 12, 2014
My Father’s Closet
From a March 16th, 1998 article of The New Yorker, John Seabrook pens this amazing piece titled “My Father’s Closet.” It’s partly about his…
February 11, 2014
EBay Roundup
There’s a really nice Invertere coat in today’s roundup. It somewhat reminds me of this Invertere piece our very own Pete was…
February 11, 2014
The Story Of Japanese American Zoot Suiters
One of our readers tipped us to this great article on the forgotten history of Japanese American zoot suiters. An…
February 10, 2014
[Someone Who] Dresses Well But Not Remarkably.
[Someone who] dresses well but not remarkably. Coco Chanel, when asked how she would define a fashionable person. (This post was…
February 10, 2014
Real People: Finding Your “Voice”
Ethan Newton of The Armoury recently wrote a nice piece about finding one’s “voice” when it comes style, and it reminded me of Niyi in…
February 10, 2014
Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt: another fan of Big Mac flannels. A photographer, Erwitt is a true contender for most interesting man in…
February 10, 2014
Fashion Of The 1930s At The FIT Museum
Curator G. Bruce Boyer says that modern fashion began in the 1930s. His new exhibit, at the FIT Museum in…
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