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January 6, 2016
Why Do We Cuff Our Pants?
For trousers, we may want to conform to a perceived code of dress, or to add a little heft at…
January 1, 2016
New Year’s Sprezza-lutions
It’s 2016–I’m not going to bore you with a rehashed definition of sprezzatura. OK, maybe I will. Sprezzatura has come…
January 1, 2016
“This Will Run Till Next Neveruary.”
“This will run till next Neveruary.” -Jazz drummer Zutty Singleton to New Yorker editor Roger Angell after examining Angell’s antique…
December 28, 2015
Everyone In PJs
“Like, everyone kind of looks like a graphic designer. I just hate that look. It’s predicated on not fucking up,…
December 24, 2015
Deal With It: You’re Probably Not Going To Get You What You Really Want For Christmas
A new vicuna overcoat? A gift certificate for a Panico suit? The New Order fishtail from Raf Simons’ 2003 Closed…
December 24, 2015
“Most New Clothing Shouldn’t Exist.”
Most new clothing shouldn’t exist. It comes into the world promising something that everything you own already covers. Look through…
December 23, 2015
A Tailor’s Masterpiece: Himself
Charles Homans in The New York Times writes about Georges de Paris, an enigmatic tailor in Washington, D.C. who counted…
December 16, 2015
The Collar & The Shape: Were OCBDs Of Old Really Better?
Many men (myself included) tend to cast clothing from the past in a golden light–we lament the demise of traditional…
December 14, 2015
Fashion Santa
I really want to make fun of Fashion Santa (”Yo Santa, which elf cobbled your garbage footwear?”), but he’s raising…
December 4, 2015
The Joy Of Getting A Suit Made
“There’s great joy to getting a suit made. It’s working out all the little nuances, like whether you want 13…
December 3, 2015
Reminder: Gordon Parks Was Cooler Than You
You’re probably familiar with the work of Gordon Parks, whether it’s his photography (over a decade documenting America and Americans,…
December 1, 2015
The Thin Line Between Cultural Inspiration And Cultural Appropriation
With a lack of fundamental understanding of the culture being pumped for design inspiration, there’s always the danger that a…
November 30, 2015
Carrie Brownstein’s On The Proliferation Of Sartorial Choices
Making certain sartorial choices—hair dyed green or shaved on the side, a JFA or Diamanda Galás sticker on a three-ring…
November 24, 2015
Recalling The Old Abercrombie & Fitch—Well, Not THAT Old
As A+F embarks on rebranding itself in a post-Mike-Jeffries, post-cargo-short environment, writer Alex G. Frank examines his complicated affection for…
November 23, 2015
If You Die, That’s Your Ghost Outfit Forever
Every time you get dressed remember that, if you die, that’s your ghost outfit forever. Jennifer Wright