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Store Visit: Grailed LA Pop-Up

April 9, 2019

Store Visit: Grailed LA Pop-Up

There’s a lot to learn about dressing well and identifying quality clothing. Many men enter adulthood with only a passing…

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Hang Out With Us And Other Cool People at The Bloke's 1 Year Anniversary Party this Saturday in Pasadena, CA

October 24, 2018

Hang Out With Us And Other Cool People At The Bloke’s 1 Year Anniversary Party This Saturday In Pasadena, CA

We’ve mentioned Pasadena menswear shop extraordinaire The Bloke on the site before and this Saturday, 10/27, they’re celebrating turning one…

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The Put This On Shop Will Be At Runabout Goods This Saturday!

August 9, 2018

The Put This On Shop Will Be At Runabout Goods This Saturday!

Hello to all our friends in the Los Angeles area! This Saturday, August 11th, we will be hanging out with…

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Inspiration LA 2018

February 10, 2018

Inspiration LA 2018

I love visiting Inspiration, an annual menswear show in Los Angeles headed by the Japanese vintage fiend Rin Tinaka. The…

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Apolis LA Sample Sale

December 6, 2017

Apolis LA Sample Sale

For those in Los Angeles, Apolis is having its annual sample sale this weekend. I’ve been in the past, and…

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Store Visits: Pasadena’s The Bloke

November 17, 2017

Store Visits: Pasadena’s The Bloke

If you’ve never been to Southern California, I will say this: Pasadena is an odd town. On the one hand,…

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Inspiration LA 2017: Shoot Your Shot (Part Three)

February 14, 2017

Inspiration LA 2017: Shoot Your Shot (Part Three)

Here’s our third and final round of awesome shots from Inspiration LA, the annual vintage-industry-Americana-Japanese-American-hybrid show in Los Angeles. To…

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Inspiration LA 2017 Day 2: Shoot Your Shot

February 13, 2017

Inspiration LA 2017 Day 2: Shoot Your Shot

Here’s our second day of candid shots from Inspiration LA 2017, the huge men’s Americana show in Los Angeles. There…

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Inspiration LA 2017: Shoot Your Shot

February 12, 2017

Inspiration LA 2017: Shoot Your Shot

I wasn’t expecting to make it to Inspiration LA, the huge vintage-and-vintage-inspired Americana show, this year because I was supposed…

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Store Visits: Wellema Hat Shop in Altadena, California

January 9, 2017

Store Visits: Wellema Hat Shop In Altadena, California

I met Cody Wellema for the first time a few months ago, as he stood in his particularly well-groomed space…

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Store Visit: Museo in Los Angeles

December 20, 2016

Store Visit: Museo In Los Angeles

A few years ago, I bought a coat on eBay from a seller whose stuff I’d perused a thousand times….

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Style & Fashion Drawings: Heibon Punch vs Silverlake

August 31, 2016

Style & Fashion Drawings: Heibon Punch Vs Silverlake

  I’ve been re-reading Ametora, trying to imitate the illustration styles of some of the artists important to Ivy history….

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Reigning Men: Men’s Style at LACMA

June 6, 2016

Reigning Men: Men’s Style At LACMA

With in-laws babysitting a week or so ago, my wife and I headed to LACMA here in LA to check…

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Is This the Last Zoot Suit?

March 14, 2016

Is This The Last Zoot Suit?

We’ve written before about the Zoot Suit Riots, which weren’t exactly riots, but a widespread wildcat campaign by white servicemen…

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