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August 31, 2017
Should You Use Cream Or Wax Polish For Shoes?
After Jesse’s post yesterday on how the US Navy is implementing new rules around shoes, one of our readers emailed…
August 30, 2017
A Complete A To Z Guide On Proper Shoe Care
If you want to score a pair of good dress shoes for less than $150, your best bet is to…
August 30, 2017
Don’t Let Crayons Cramp Dad’s Style
Becoming a dad means you get used to certain changes from your pre-kid life. Rarely do you get to sleep…
August 21, 2017
The NYT Guide On Clothing Care
There are hundreds of guides online on how to take care of your clothes, many of them terrible. The New…
May 8, 2017
How To Beat The Endowment Effect
If you’re anything like me, you probably have a bunch of clothes in the closet that you love, but rarely…
April 6, 2017
The Official List Of Shoe Care Essentials
1. Shoes. Hopefully nice ones. 2. Shoe polish or wax. Meltonian was discontinued last year, so if you’re looking for…
March 13, 2017
How To Take Care Of Knitwear
Spring doesn’t officially start for another week, but it already feels like it’s here. The songbirds are singing; the dandelions…
February 8, 2017
The Best Knitwear Detergent
If you’ve been reading menswear blogs for a while, you probably have a bottle of Woolite Dark sitting somewhere. Ten years…
January 19, 2017
How To Fix A Hole In A Sweater
The other day, I was picking through my sweater closet and found an old Ralph Lauren Shetland I hadn’t worn…
November 2, 2016
Do You Know Your Laundry Symbols?
‘Laundry symbols are an attempt to make clothing care easier, but do they? In circumventing language, do they make your…
August 18, 2016
Downy’s Wrinkle Releaser
Few people like ironing, which is why there’s a multi-million dollar industry around helping people reduce their ironing time. Recently,…