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September 4, 2019
How To Care For A Suede Jacket
Over the years, I’ve come to appreciate the natural wear and tear that gets put into clothing. Leather shoes look…
May 28, 2015
How Salad Lunches Are Killing American Leather
Bloomberg has an interesting story on the economics behind the leather trade, and how the decline of meat consumption is…
April 9, 2015
The Dirty, Dirty Job Of Tanning Leather
How is chrome tanned leather made? Mike Rowe of the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs finds out. (Skip to the 14…
December 16, 2014
Own The Jackets That Nearly Ruined Buzz Bissinger
“Get a U-Haul.” In an e-mail to Matthew, CEO of luxury consignment business Luxeswap, Buzz Bissinger wanted to communicate the…
September 28, 2014
Pretty Cool List Of Different Types Of Leather Grains
Pretty cool list of different types of leather grains. From C&D Jarnagin Co via Antonio Merccariello, a bespoke shoemaking house that…
August 6, 2014
Building A Patina
As a guy who owns more footwear than he probably should, I’ve found that my best looking shoes aren’t the…
July 28, 2014
Breaking News: Waxed Cotton Jackets Are Waxy
I recently ruined a brand new leather jacket, which taught me a thing or two about storage and cleaning. First,…
May 26, 2014
WSJ On The Shell Cordovan Shortage
If you’ve been in the market for shell cordovan shoes, you may have noticed there’s been a shortage lately. Retailers…
February 20, 2014
Determining Quality In Leather Goods
Our friend Réginald-Jérôme de Mans has a very good and very active bullsh*t detector, and there’s surprisingly more bullsh*t on menswear…
September 26, 2013
Conditioning Leather Jackets
Folks who have read our blog for a while are probably familiar with the importance of treating leather shoes to…
December 14, 2012
Vestis Legis: Grades Of Leather (Glossary)
Vestis Legis: Grades of Leather (Glossary) A very useful and informative guide to what the stuff stamped on the back…
July 24, 2012
Taking Care Of Shell Cordovan
Ron Rider gives some simple tips on how to clean up and restore shell cordovan shoes. Above is a pair…
June 18, 2012
How To Examine Quality In Leather Goods, Part II
We talked last week about how to judge the quality of leather, but there’s more to leather goods than leather,…
June 14, 2012
How To Examine Quality In Leather Goods, Part I
I recently had the good fortune of talking to Dave Munson and Frank Clegg – the two men behind Saddleback…
April 23, 2012
Save On Suede
Ryan Plett from [you_have_broken_the_internet] dropped a recommendation for these reasonably affordable Johnston & Murphy suede derbies, which weigh in at…
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