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October 30, 2017
Forgotten British Textile Labels
We don’t write much about designer clothing, but this season’s Dries van Noten collection is pretty great. For this year’s…
February 26, 2017
Women In Menswear, 1900
Mashable has a cool story about two Norwegian photographers and their gender bending experiments in the late 19th century. Between…
February 2, 2017
Esquire, 1968: The Deplorables
Hillary Clinton wasn’t the first to use the word deplorable as a noun. Back in 1968, the editors at Esquire…
January 15, 2017
Martin Luther King Jr., One Stylish Dude
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The site American Rhetoric has recordings of Dr. King’s two most famous speeches – “I…
December 1, 2016
The Madison Avenue Look (ca. 1953)
“You will be seeking a new look, the Madison Avenue Look, which is essentially dun-colored and round-shouldered. Selecting jackets with…
November 8, 2016
The Story Behind That “I Voted” Sticker
If you step outside today, or even open an internet browser, you’re likely to see an “I Voted” sticker. The tradition…
September 29, 2016
What Color Is Your Collar?
Every four years or so we hear a lot of classification of Americans by the synecdoche of their collar–blue or…
September 21, 2016
The Proto-mod Scene
“I had on precisely my full teenage drag that would enrage him–the grey pointed alligator casuals, the pink neon pair…
August 25, 2016
What Happened To Cary Grant’s Wardrobe?
There’s a big market these days for celebrity memorabilia, with common personal items selling for thousands of dollars. A snotty tissue…
August 15, 2016
How Can I Make My Watch Cooler Yet Harder To Read: Shrapnel Guards
I’m less of a sporty Rolex guy than a vintage military watch guy, partially for style preferences and partially for…
June 29, 2016
The Tailored Cowboy: Ansel Adam’s Personal Style
Art historian Reginald Howard Wilenski once said “all art is the expression of one and the same thing.” So maybe it’s no…
June 25, 2016
Jacobi Press, 1938
Rare pic of Jacobi Press, founder of J. Press, standing with his wife Jenny front of their Woodmont home in 1938….
June 10, 2016
The Story Behind Muhammad Ali’s First Bespoke Suit
One morning, Ali said, “We’ll go for a drive into town, I’ve got an appointment.” We drove to Mayfair, to…
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…
May 25, 2016
All Waistcoat, No Pants: A Partial Inventory Of Gustave Flaubert’s Personal Effects
A few years back, illustrator Joanna Neborsky brought to life a list of the Madame Bovary author’s things, catalogued shortly…