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February 20, 2024
A Tailoring Directory
Every once in a while, I’ll get an email from a reader who asks the most important wardrobe question: Can…
July 13, 2023
What Makes Something An Heirloom?
What distinguishes something as an heirloom? Is it monetary value? How was something made? When my father died in the…
July 21, 2021
The Springboard Wardrobe
When I started getting into fountain pens about eight years ago, I was overwhelmed by the number of options. The…
October 29, 2020
A Basic Guide To Useful Knitwear
I have a sweater for almost every season and occasion: linen knits for spring/ summer, cashmere for fall/ winter, chunky…
September 30, 2020
How To Tell If Soft Tailoring Is Right For You
About thirteen years ago, Carlo Brandelli, then-Creative Director of Kilgour, bragged to the Financial Times that his new Unstructured line felt featherlight…
December 20, 2019
How To Shop On A Budget
Last week, Simon Crompton published a post on how he’d shop on a budget. Simon’s blog, Permanent Style, focuses on…
November 21, 2018
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide To Synthetic Fibers
In menswear, few things are hated as much as synthetics. Every time the topic comes up, someone always says how…
October 8, 2018
Six Suggestions For Developing Personal Style
A couple of years ago, the luxury department store chain Barneys conducted a survey to find out how men decide…
May 29, 2018
Five Starting Places For Building A Casual Wardrobe, Part Two
Casualwear can sometimes feel messy. Without the guidelines in traditional tailored clothing, many guys feel it’s hard to understand how…
May 21, 2018
Five Starting Places For Building A Casual Wardrobe, Part One
It’s hard to talk about casualwear in the way you can talk about tailoring because you have to think about…
April 5, 2018
A Practical Guide To Getting Started
It’s crazy to think that Put This On is nearly ten years old, and while we have tons of posts…
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 26, 2018
How To Judge Quality In Clothing
It’s been over ten years since men’s style was obsessed with all things Americana and heritage, but the movement has…
March 7, 2018
Why This Matters
One of the questions we sometimes get here at Put This On is why clothing matters at all – why…
February 25, 2018
How To Put Together A Successful Outfit
Bruce Boyer, one of my favorite writers on men’s style, has a great intro to one of his chapters in Eminently…