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August 9, 2016
More Hot Bike Commute Tips
After our recent post on bike commuting and style, reader Emptym from Styleforum got in touch to make some additional…
August 9, 2016
“Bespoke”: Semantically Adrift
For The New York Times, Jim Farber explores the watering down of one of menswear’s favorite words: For much of…
July 28, 2016
21 Patterns, Ranked
Objectively correct rankings for 2016. See also colors, ranked. 1. University stripe—the only correct pattern for the most correct shirt,…
July 25, 2016
Can You Buy “Cool”?
Well, you can certainly try to sell it. For Quartz, Marc Bain dissects the neuroscience of “coolness” and how fashion brands…
July 14, 2016
A Shirt With A Sense Of Place: The Aloha Shirt By Dale Hope
To call something a coffee table book is sometimes damning: coffee table books are pretty and hefty but the format—large,…
July 8, 2016
It’s On Sale: Really Nice Shoes At Leffot
One of our favorite shoe-centric shops, New York’s Leffot, has a number of shoes (and socks) on sale for 30%…
June 30, 2016
If It Ain’t Broke, Maybe Break It: The Art Of Kintsugi
Sometimes I get jazzed about a topic that’s barely tangentially related to clothing (film photography technique, 1990s skate shoes) and…
June 22, 2016
Einstein’s Theory Of Versatility
Me and Albert Einstein? We have a LOT in common. OK well at least we both like the same Levis…
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…
June 15, 2016
The Blazer Experiment: The Roots Of Police Uniforms And How One California Town Took A Chance On Ties And Jackets
For 99% Invisible, Delaney Hall explores police reform efforts in late 60s Menlo Park, California, where an independent-minded police chief…
June 14, 2016
In Washington, D.C., The Residents Tend To Crave Power More Than Fame Or Money
In Washington, D.C., the residents tend to crave power more than fame or money—their clothes in a psychological sense have…
June 8, 2016
It’s Okay To Be Eccentric
“It’s okay to be eccentric, as long as you are rich; otherwise you’re just crazy.“ -Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia founder
June 3, 2016
Ode On Apprecian’ Weird Sneakers
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,” wrote a young John Keats, inspired, ostensibly, by an ancient Grecian urn, a masterpiece of…
May 31, 2016
Subcultures And Style With Tony Sylvester Of Turbonegro
Drake’s recently posted a piece by Tony Sylvester, with whom I share a love for 80s American hardcore music, vintage…
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…