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Opinions, views, and personal observations from the PTO crew.
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December 12, 2013
Audiophile Creep And The Placebo Effect
Robert McGinley Myers writes about audiophile creep and the placebo effect on his blog The Anxiety Machine. Myers is what…
December 2, 2013
There’s Nothing More Classic Than A Pea Coat
I bought my pea coat at a yard sale in Portland. I was in high school – maybe 15 or…
November 11, 2013
Skin Tight Shirts
This image has been making the rounds on various menswear blogs as an example of a well-fitting business shirt. Far…
October 31, 2013
Chief Wahoo, Indians And Rooting For Outfits
Remember the old Seinfeld bit? When you pick a favorite sports team, the players change, the ownership changes… ultimately you’re…
September 23, 2013
What A Clown Taught Me About Dressing
Or: How Not To Be A Lonely Nerd In A Fedora I’ll admit it here and now: I went to…
September 20, 2013
The Point Of Distinction
Here at Put This On, we’re all about encouraging a simple, classic aesthetic. You won’t find Ed Hardy t-shirts or…
September 5, 2013
The Problem With Labeling
Pete posted a great excerpt yesterday from a recent New Yorker article about the relevancy of country-of-origin labels in the…
August 8, 2013
Clothes & The Quiet Movie Theater How To Gain Super Powers With Your Clothing Alone
– At the Movies with Anil Dash At least in my quiet corner of the internet, all anyone’s talking about…
The Importance Of A Good Fit
Following Pete’s post on Panta, I thought I’d share this great photo of our friend Ed Morel. There are so…
August 1, 2013
When You Need It NOW! (You Shoulda Got It THEN!)
A huge portion of the emails I get at Put This On are about men who NEED IT NOW! They’ve…
July 23, 2013
The Personal Uniform
I try and abide by Archival Clothing’s resolutions, in particular “Come up with a signature uniform. Wear it once a…
June 24, 2013
Why Pay For Canvas?
As many readers know, suit jackets and sport coats mainly come in three types of construction: fused, half-canvassed, and fully-canvassed….
June 13, 2013
What I Learned From My Father
Recently Max Wastler of All Plaid Out asked me to write a brief piece about what I’d learned from my…
May 2, 2013
A Shade Lighter
I’m a big believer in dressing seasonally. Consider a simple, basic pairing: a blue oxford cloth button down shirt with…
April 30, 2013
Professionalism
Several years ago, I started reading Put This On and started to think with slightly more purpose about how I…