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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 10, 2016
Finding Founders: A Solid, Affordable Shoe Brand
If you had $300 to spend on a pair of well-made shoes, you’d do a lot better in 2016 than…
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…
September 12, 2016
New StyleForum Shopping Maps
Two kinds of questions will forever live on men’s clothing forums: “What should I wear to my wedding?” and “What stores should…
June 17, 2016
Bindle & Keep: Suits Without The Gender Baggage Of Traditional Men’s Tailoring
We talk a lot about the finer points of tailoring on Put This On—what fabrics are out there, how a suit…
April 14, 2016
Reviewing Worcestershire Leather Company’s Belts
If you’re looking for a good, casual belt that’ll last nearly forever, you could do worse than by going with…
February 17, 2016
The New Jack Erwin: $195 For Goodyear Welted Shoes
It’s been a few years since we wrote about Jack Erwin – an American company making high-value shoes for budget-minded…
December 17, 2015
A More Affordable Upgrade: Aaron Cheung’s Gloves
There are few better ways to accessorize in the wintertime than with a smart pair of gloves. They not only…
December 9, 2015
Atelier Savas: Making Bespoke Leather Jackets
Few bespoke tailors specialize in casualwear – and for good reasons. Casualwear is a lot more forgiving in terms of…
November 24, 2015
Recalling The Old Abercrombie & Fitch—Well, Not THAT Old
As A+F embarks on rebranding itself in a post-Mike-Jeffries, post-cargo-short environment, writer Alex G. Frank examines his complicated affection for…
October 26, 2015
A Buyer’s Guide To Barbour
It’s been five years since Barbour came into fashion with the rise of the heritage trend. Despite them being a…