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Half-Shorn Sheep, by photographer Cary Wolinsky, 1986

March 30, 2015

Half-Shorn Sheep, By Photographer Cary Wolinsky, 1986

Wolinsky explains the difficulty in capturing this image, to illustrate a National Geographic story on wool. It seemed easy enough….

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I like Americans

March 25, 2015

I Like Americans

I like Americans… They are the only men in the world, the sight of whom in their shirt-sleeves is not…

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Real People: Another Take on Suits

March 24, 2015

Real People: Another Take On Suits

Many men, myself included, find suits appealing in part because of math. Suits’ “geometry” and “proportion” are matters of measurement and…

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I play until they break out. I don’t change shoes like that

March 24, 2015

I Play Until They Break Out. I Don’t Change Shoes Like That

“I play until they break out. I don’t change shoes like that. I could go 20 or 25 games. Maybe…

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Ellen DeGeneres, from “Clothes I Have Regretted Wearing”

March 23, 2015

Ellen DeGeneres, From “Clothes I Have Regretted Wearing”

I boxed up my clothes, prepared to give them to Goodwill, and then thought, In ten years I might want…

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Nick Bilton brings up one of the potential downsides of wearable tech

March 18, 2015

Nick Bilton Brings Up One Of The Potential Downsides Of Wearable Tech

The New York Times’s Nick Bilton brings up one of the potential downsides of wearable tech (other than it looks…

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10 Essentials for Spring

March 17, 2015

10 Essentials For Spring

Rain Meaningless baseball Songbirds The general greening of things Cool mornings and comfortable afternoons Windows down, volume up Basking in…

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Sprezzatura: from Castiglione to Marketing Copy

March 16, 2015

Sprezzatura: From Castiglione To Marketing Copy

Writer and Princeton journalism professor John McPhee introduces his New Yorker piece on awareness of readers’ frames of reference with…

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GQ April 1966

March 16, 2015

GQ April 1966

Posted mostly to note the subhead “Comeback: The Thirties Look” and the fact that 1966 was significantly closer to 1930…

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Does Your Leather Jacket Wear You?

March 12, 2015

Does Your Leather Jacket Wear You?

After Derek wrote about vintage leathers yesterday, we joked about dressing appropriately for your personality–that is, what if you look…

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Seattle’s Jack Straw Opens Online

March 10, 2015

Seattle’s Jack Straw Opens Online

“In America the distance between wanting something and having it delivered to your living room is not terribly great.” -Gary…

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Don’t Dress for the Job You <i>Have</i>…

March 9, 2015

Don’t Dress For The Job You Have

Kenji Hall explores the carefully preserved world of yuru-kyara, the nonsports mascots of Japan, where every organization seems to employ…

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Don’t Be Satisfied with the Present

March 6, 2015

Don’t Be Satisfied With The Present

Bellamy Hunt is camera obsessed. Fortunately, he lives in Japan, where fellow obsessives are many, and the cameras they obsess…

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Dessert Boots

March 3, 2015

Dessert Boots

Werner Herzog and desert boots: I like and respect both, and did not expect them to come together the way…

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What Is the Least Ridiculous Sports Jersey to Wear Casually?

February 26, 2015

What Is The Least Ridiculous Sports Jersey To Wear Casually?

The vast majority of modern men’s clothing can be traced to two sources: sports and the military. But while many…

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