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April 12, 2019
Ephemeral Beauty: Light Jacket Season
Ladies, if you’re cold, might I offer you a light jacket? Every year in Washington, DC, spring arrives with an…
March 22, 2019
Who Made That Strange Pixelated Camo?
The November 1995 issue of Esquire may be the first time desert night camouflage entered the publication’s style pages. In…
February 1, 2019
Barbours In The Falklands
What could possibly be more British than showing up to a colonial war in a Barbour jacket? As a brand…
January 10, 2019
Caught By The Fuzz: A Brief History Of Fleece
Not long ago, synthetic fleece represented what men did not want in their clothing. It was as comfy, middle-aged, and…
November 20, 2018
The Pilgrims: The Original Sadd Boys
When I was in college, I bought a pair of chunky square toe shoes (that were probably Prada knockoffs although…
February 1, 2018
Inspiration: Cannes In The 60s And 70s
There’s little less glamorous than an East Coast winter, all road salt stains and cinder-flecked snow banks. I live in…
October 30, 2017
Forgotten British Textile Labels
We don’t write much about designer clothing, but this season’s Dries van Noten collection is pretty great. For this year’s…
February 26, 2017
Women In Menswear, 1900
Mashable has a cool story about two Norwegian photographers and their gender bending experiments in the late 19th century. Between…
February 2, 2017
Esquire, 1968: The Deplorables
Hillary Clinton wasn’t the first to use the word deplorable as a noun. Back in 1968, the editors at Esquire…
January 15, 2017
Martin Luther King Jr., One Stylish Dude
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The site American Rhetoric has recordings of Dr. King’s two most famous speeches – “I…
December 1, 2016
The Madison Avenue Look (ca. 1953)
“You will be seeking a new look, the Madison Avenue Look, which is essentially dun-colored and round-shouldered. Selecting jackets with…
November 8, 2016
The Story Behind That “I Voted” Sticker
If you step outside today, or even open an internet browser, you’re likely to see an “I Voted” sticker. The tradition…
September 29, 2016
What Color Is Your Collar?
Every four years or so we hear a lot of classification of Americans by the synecdoche of their collar–blue or…
September 21, 2016
The Proto-mod Scene
“I had on precisely my full teenage drag that would enrage him–the grey pointed alligator casuals, the pink neon pair…
August 25, 2016
What Happened To Cary Grant’s Wardrobe?
There’s a big market these days for celebrity memorabilia, with common personal items selling for thousands of dollars. A snotty tissue…
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