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May 8, 2016
No Gucci In The Afterlife
The NYT has one of the most absurd stories I’ve seen about intellectual property rights in fashion. Gucci recently sent…
May 5, 2016
The Case For Color: The Style Of David Hockney
You can steal wholesale from some style icons: McQueen’s sweatshirts, Dean’s jeans, Connery’s suits. But from others, you only hope…
May 4, 2016
Style And Fashion Drawings: Dressing For Golden Week
It’s “Golden Week” in Japan. By coincidence, three or four national holidays fall next to each other at the moment (e.g….
May 3, 2016
My Favorite Thing: G. Bruce Boyer
My Favorite Thing is a column where Put This On asks stylish, interesting, and otherwise cool men to name their…
April 21, 2016
I Buy The Same Clothes Again And Again And That’s Fine
Last week a received a vintage M43 jacket in the mail, washed it, wore it the next few days, then…
April 20, 2016
Style And Fashion Drawings: Non-Conservative Suits
April is the beginning of the new work season in Japan, and many college graduates are starting their first full-time…
April 18, 2016
The History And Craft Of Huaraches
Ever since Jesse wrote about huaraches three years ago, I’ve been wanting a pair for summer. The Mexican woven sandal…
April 14, 2016
The Opposite Of Workwear: Vintage-Inspired Vacation Wear (Part 2)
We got the history of American vacation wear out of the way in part 1, so now we can focus…
April 13, 2016
Style And Fashion Drawings: Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday is an animated film from Studio Ghibli that’s getting a big re-release in English this year. The…
April 7, 2016
Send Your Torso On A Trip With Vintage-Inspired Vacation Wear (Part 1)
Like many moms before her, my mom recently moved to Florida–and last time I visited she’d picked me up a…
April 6, 2016
Style & Fashion Drawings: Cherry Blossoms And Picnic Style
The cherry blossoms are out in full bloom this week and everyone is taking part in hanami (cherry blossom picnics)….
March 30, 2016
Style & Fashion Drawings: It’s Cool To Be Weird With Your Jeans
I loved this guy’s style on Saturday afternoon in Hollywood. His outrageous bomber jacket looked like a firefighter’s outfit, except…
March 28, 2016
A Look At LL Bean’s 100 Year Old Archived History
It takes a lot more than just history to be a heritage brand. Abercrombie & Fitch, for example, is an…
March 24, 2016
Interview With Illustrator Fei Wang, Aka Mr. Slowboy
For a long time it seemed like the only menswear illustration you saw was vintage Apparel Arts men and Free & Easy’s…