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April 27, 2023
How The Pursuit Of Status Shapes Our Aesthetics: Talking With David Marx
Sometime around the turn of the 20th century, social theorists split into specialized fields. The area of political economy, once…
December 12, 2022
Yukio Akamine, Classic Life
Over the summer, while surfing the web for Japanese menswear sites that I can’t read, I stumbled upon the news…
December 18, 2018
One Of The Best Books On Watches Just Got An Update
Men often build their style from the ground up, figuratively and literally. Most start by getting a nice pair of…
June 20, 2018
House Of Nutter, The Rebel Tailor Of Savile Row
The best books about men’s style are often social histories, but they’re few and far between. Thomas Girtin’s Nothing but…
July 19, 2017
Way Down In This: Subcultural Cachet In Cool: Style, Sound, And Subversion By Greg Foley And Andrew Luecke (part I)
I grew up listening to a lot of punk rock, and sometimes I take it for granted that everyone I…
June 30, 2017
Writers And Their Clothes
The New York Times has a great article today on the relationship between writers and their clothes. Although they’re often…
June 25, 2017
Analog Travel Entertainment
It’s summer time and that means that everyone’s got grand notions on a weekend away. Maybe a beach, maybe a…
December 1, 2016
The Hidden World Of Bespoke Shoes
There are dozens of new books every year about men’s style, but few are worth buying. The problem is that…
January 18, 2016
Interview With W. David Marx, Author Of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style
Whether you’re into prep, denim, or streetwear, W. David Marx’s new book Ametora will have something to say about why…
October 8, 2015
The Manly Art Of Knitting
Scans from The Manly Art of Knitting – a short, 64-page book originally published in 1972 by David Fougner in…
September 17, 2015
Bruce Boyer’s New Book, True Style
It’s been almost thirty years since Bruce Boyer published Elegance and Eminently Suitable. For a lot guys, including me, these…
June 5, 2015
Holland And Sherry Harris Tweed Gun Club
“When we’d cleared the ground, I looked down at the green pompoms of trees, and at towns with their brick-red…
August 20, 2014
Emily Spivack’s Worn Stories Project: What Are The Things We Want To Hold Onto?
I don’t have hard data on closet turnover rates, but even the thriftiest and most #timelessly dressed guys will end…
May 28, 2014
Colin Marshall On Men’s Style Books: Adolf Loos, Why A Man Should Be Well-Dressed
Here we have a book that, to Put This On readers, may at first seem both perfectly relevant and perfectly…
April 24, 2014
Menswear Books: 100 Ideas That Changed Street Style
People who love traditional clothing sometimes deride streetwear for being silly and faddish, but streetwear is never just about clothes….
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