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August 16, 2013
Our Beloved Sponsors
We like to give quick thanks to our sponsors twice a month for the support they give our site. This…
August 8, 2013
Clothes & The Quiet Movie Theater How To Gain Super Powers With Your Clothing Alone
– At the Movies with Anil Dash At least in my quiet corner of the internet, all anyone’s talking about…
June 24, 2013
Why Pay For Canvas?
As many readers know, suit jackets and sport coats mainly come in three types of construction: fused, half-canvassed, and fully-canvassed….
March 25, 2013
A Tale Of Two Hangers
Over the weekend, I was going through the archives of Tutto Fatto a Mano, a blog about tailoring I really…
March 19, 2013
Consider Buying More Than One
I hesitate to promote unnecessary purchases, but in a few cases I’ve been glad that I’ve bought more than just…
March 14, 2013
Finding A Good Dry Cleaner
With the amount of information online about clothing construction and quality, there’s surprisingly little about how to find a good…
February 25, 2013
We Got It For Free: First & Company Coat Wallet
A few months ago, I received a coat wallet from First & Company, a relatively new leather goods upstart based…
February 13, 2013
Finding Affordable Shoes
Shoes may or may not be the most important part of a man’s ensemble, but they can certainly be the…
December 5, 2012
The Put This On Holiday Gift Guide, 2nd Edition
Our second holiday gift guide is here to help you find some useful and unique items for those on your…
November 14, 2012
Why You’re Unlikely To Tell Between A Fused And Half-Canvassed Jacket
Tailor Jeffery Diduch, who maintains the rather illuminating blog Tutto Fatto a Mano, was nice enough to contact us a…
October 15, 2012
Getting A Good Leather Belt
Belts are one of those things you can skimp on without looking too much worse for it. I wrote a…
September 12, 2012
We Got It For Free: Dapper Classics Socks
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that one of our readers founded Dapper Classics, a company dedicated to supplying men with…
June 27, 2012
We Got It For Free: The Knottery Grenadine And Silk Knit Ties
The Knottery, a relatively new entrant in men’s neckwear, recently sent me two of their ties to review. The package…
June 14, 2012
How To Examine Quality In Leather Goods, Part I
I recently had the good fortune of talking to Dave Munson and Frank Clegg – the two men behind Saddleback…
April 25, 2012
The Custom Shirts Series, Part VII: Talking With Ascot Chang
One of my favorite shirtmakers is Ascot Chang, a family-run business with almost sixty years of history. Founded in Hong…