All Articles
Filter:
January 13, 2014
Abercrombie Adventures: Christmas, 1959
I recently obtained a stash of Abercrombie & Fitch store catalogs from the 1950s. If you don’t know, A&F wasn’t…
January 13, 2014
Christopher Payne’s Large-format Photographs Of American Textile Mills
The New York Times Magazine is featuring a beautiful slideshow of Christopher Payne’s large-format photographs of American textile mills. The…
January 13, 2014
It’s On Sale: Shirts
Want some shirts? There are a ton of places right now with deep discounts. The new Amazon-owned e-tailer East Dane…
January 13, 2014
Real People: Wearing Short Jackets
If there’s one thing that peeves traditionalists, it’s the trend for short jackets, which has been going strong for over…
January 12, 2014
It’s On Sale: Stuff At Indigo & Cotton
Indigo & Cotton just made another round of price drops, with discounts of up to 50% off select fall/ winter…
January 11, 2014
Put This On’s Inside Track For The Week Of January 12th – January 18th
Here are our hand-selected favorites from eBay for this week, plus heads-up on recommended sales. If you’re a member of…
January 10, 2014
Really Interesting Little Article On Reddit
Reader A.M. points us to this really interesting little article on Reddit, cataloging the moccasin manufacturers of Maine, and the…
January 10, 2014
The History Of Conservatives Marking Liberals As Effete, Affluent, Out-of-touch “eggheads.”
Even worse, [the Foreign Service] were often further described as having stripes on their pants. Nineteen-fifties-era Republican Sen. Joe McCarthy…
January 10, 2014
EBay Roundup
Again, lots of stuff today I wish was in my size, like this Engineered Garments corduroy jacket, Woolrich Woolen Mills plaid shirt,…
January 9, 2014
Australian Convict Uniforms
Here’s a curious thing. Above is what the Australian government used to make their convicts wear. The broad arrow you…
January 9, 2014
Improvements At John Doe
John Doe recently loaned me a pair of their latest oxfords so I could check out the improvements they made since my last review….
January 8, 2014
It’s On Sale: Stuff At No Man Walks Alone
No Man Walks Alone – a new menswear e-tailer co-founded by my friend Greg Lellouche – just started their end-of-season…
January 8, 2014
Perspective On Pitti
Today marks the start of another Pitti Uomo, the sprawling men’s clothing tradeshow held semi-annually in Florence. Pitti is technically…
January 8, 2014
Donegal Tweed Ties
As conventional wisdom goes, grenadines are some of the most useful ties you can own. The reason is they’re (typically)…
January 7, 2014
EBay Roundup
Lots of great stuff today that I wish was in my size, such as this Barbour Beacon bicycling jacket, Engineered Garments shirt…