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November 11, 2014
Escape Map Silk Squares To Benefit Veterans
In the early days of military aviation, fliers often kept silk maps on their person. The maps were sometimes compressed…
October 30, 2014
The Chunky Budapester
Up until about the First World War, it was the English who set all the patterns and guidelines for traditional…
August 18, 2014
American Quilts And Coverlets
It’s not a big jump from appreciating menswear to appreciating textiles, and the greatest of all American textile arts has…
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…
September 5, 2013
The Problem With Labeling
Pete posted a great excerpt yesterday from a recent New Yorker article about the relevancy of country-of-origin labels in the…
September 4, 2013
Renuka Rayasam Talks Labeling On The New Yorker’s Currency Blog
Today, companies in Europe apply origin labels only if they want to… and if a German clothier does most of…
July 26, 2013
Shopping Kamakura Shirts, New York
After reading Derek’s thorough oxford cloth button down (OCBD) shirt series and some background on Japan’s Kamakura Shirts over at…
July 8, 2013
Five Sneakers For Summer
As much as I like leather hard-bottom shoes, summer is really a great time for sneakers. They go well with…
June 10, 2013
Real People: Summer Linen Suit
My friend gdl203 maintains a really nice thread on StyleForum where he reposts his favorite pictures that other members have posted of themselves. It’s…
April 14, 2012
The German Army Trainer – GATs – A Sneaker Icon
It can be maddeningly difficult to find a simple pair of sneakers. If you’re comfortable with something that’s heavily branded,…
November 10, 2011
Suede Shoes
I’m a huge fan of suede shoes and wear them more or less year-round. The word “suede” comes from the…
September 29, 2011
The Shady Series, Part II: Determining Quality
As with everything, some things are made better than others, and you can’t just infer this from price. You have…
August 12, 2011
How To Thrift For Menswear
Part Three: Getting the Good Stuff So: you’ve got your locations scouted and you’re repeating our thrifting philosophies in your…
September 13, 2010
A Graduation Gift: The Stowa Flieger
My younger brother John graduated from college this Spring, and I wanted to buy him a gift. I love the…
September 6, 2010
Q & A: Where To Shop For Men’s Clothes In San Francisco?
Chris writes from Germany: Next month, I’ll be in California for vacation and would like to get some recommendations for…
