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June 18, 2021
Better With Age: 10 Things Better Bought Used
A couple of years ago, I bought a vintage Lee 101-J trucker jacket from Brian at Wooden Sleepers, one of…
January 12, 2021
Better With Age: 10 Things Better Bought Used
There’s a story about how Miuccia Prada, head designer of Prada and founder of its subsidiary Miu Miu, once found…
October 26, 2020
Actually Sustainable: How Brands Are Going Vintage
Environmental sustainability has become a big issue in these days of climate change, and the makers of manufacturers of just…
September 8, 2020
Fresh Vintage, No Must
There are two kinds of vintage people. The first are those who go all in, lock, stock, and barrel, hat…
January 31, 2020
Retailed: Big Chains Are Giving Secondhand A Shot
Like my viewing habits and listening habits, my shopping habits have changed a lot in the last few years, largely…
August 22, 2019
Shopping For Vintage Graphic Tshirts
When a trend crests, it’s often pretty clear who’s been riding the wave for years and who’s trying to hop…
May 17, 2019
Casual Vests: Okay Layer, Or Unarmed Slobbery?
“A man who wears a vest is a man with nothing up his sleeve.” -Ancient Banana Republic proverb We all…
May 13, 2019
Salute Your Shorts: Military Vintage For Warm Weather
When the military sets out to buy something, they define a gap between what they can do and what they…
March 4, 2019
Get In Liner: Milsurp Liners That Double As Outerwear
Fortune favors the prepared. A few years ago, while surfing for deals on eBay, I stumbled across a cheap Ten…
December 12, 2018
City Hermit: The Style Of Allen Ginsberg
Beat: a word used to describe a group of people, mostly poets, who had in common a general rebellion against…
December 6, 2018
Ivy Workwear Style Via Princeton University’s Beer Jackets
Members of the Princeton class of 1948. Note the white work jackets. A classic Seinfeld bit on helmets goes like…
September 6, 2018
Fall Sports: Track Jackets
Damon Albarn, rudely awakened by the dustman. I hesitated to write about track jackets. As synthetic, shapeless, valuing-comfort-over-appearance leisurewear, they’re…
August 31, 2018
Bobby From Boston’s Warehouse: Vintage Menswear Heaven
This summer, I made a trip to the legendary Brimfield Antique Market to buy for the Put This On Shop. I…
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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