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December 18, 2017
Digging In The Crates: Talking With Brian Davis Of Wooden Sleepers
Wooden Sleepers is the kind of store I wish was near me. Brian Davis, the shop’s founder, has been around…
December 5, 2017
Crowley Vintage Hits Brooklyn
You may remember Sean Crowley from this PTO Man segment on our show – the Bertie Wooster enthusiast who has…
November 17, 2017
Store Visits: Pasadena’s The Bloke
If you’ve never been to Southern California, I will say this: Pasadena is an odd town. On the one hand,…
September 14, 2017
Like Someone Was Thinking About You As They Made It: Repurposed Vintage With Tim Haught Of Countyline General
There’s nothing quite like a great vintage find–flipping through hanger after hanger of throwaway junk on a thrift store rack…
August 24, 2017
Would You Rent Out Your Underutilized Clothing?
If you haven’t heard, fashion retail as an industry is imploding. Major department stores such as J.C. Penney and Macy’s have…
July 31, 2017
The Armoury Introduces Drop93
The online market for second-hand clothes and discounted stock seems to be the new frontier of retailing. Ten years ago,…
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…
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…