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January 20, 2022
The Best Menswear Shop In Oakland Expands
About ten years ago, I was having dinner with a friend in Temescal, a neighborhood in North Oakland bordering Berkeley….
November 15, 2018
Loafers Only: A Visit To Florida’s Maus And Hoffman
Sitting on the beach while on vacation in Naples, Florida, I mentioned to my wife that I hoped to visit…
June 22, 2018
Snap Shirt Snap Shot: A Visit To Rockmount Ranch Wear
For the most part, regional style in America is gone. You’re a little more likely to see prep styles in…
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…
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….
December 8, 2016
Chicago Vintage Menswear Store Visits: US #1 And Richard’s Fabulous Finds
My brief trip to Chicago afforded me just a smidge of time for vintage shopping, so I asked around and…
December 6, 2016
Store Visit: Optimo Hats Chicago
There are precious few true hatters (and true hat shops) in America. Even most specialty hat stores sell cheap (or…
December 4, 2016
Store Report: Independence Chicago
I visited Chicago last month, and while my time was limited, I took some time to visit a few of…
October 3, 2016
London: The Nigel Cabourn Army Gym
I couldn’t visit London without visiting the retail outlet of my favorite British designer, Nigel Cabourn. Cabourn makes clothes inspired…
October 1, 2016
London: The Real McCoy’s
On the middle of an anonymous, tourist-ridden London street sits Real McCoy’s, the English outlet of the venerated Japanese repro…
September 30, 2016
Vintage Menswear In London: Levison’s
I just got home from two weeks on tour with the Judge John Hodgman podcast. We went from Maine to…
October 5, 2015
A Victory In Copenhagen: Goods
After my disaster in Malmo, Sweden, my friend Eskar and I retreated to his quiet Copenhagen neighborhood, Osterbro. As…
October 2, 2015
Stockholm: Skoaktiebolaget (Sp?)
As I wandered around Stockholm in a jetlagged haze, I managed to throw open the door on a remarkable little…
October 1, 2015
Stockholm: Our Legacy
Modernist boutiques aren’t usually my style – I tend to prefer the dusty and fusty. While in Stockholm, though, I…
September 30, 2015
Stockholm Vintage: Herr Judit
I didn’t have data on my cell phone in Sweden, so I was wandering nearly blind. I’d downloaded a map…
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