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January 4, 2015
A History Of The Necktie, From Chloe Chapin
A history of the necktie, from Chloe Chapin, professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. via Sleevehead (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
December 29, 2014
Why Do Little Boys Wear Blue?
The Smithsonian has a great article on how children’s clothing became gendered in the 20th century. An excerpt: Little Franklin…
December 20, 2014
Back When Santa Wore Brooks Brothers
From a 1928 catalog of Brooks Brothers, back when Santa wore soft shouldered, 3-roll-2 suit jackets and trousers with deep…
November 21, 2014
Donegal Tweed, 1957
A fun video about Donegal tweed, produced in 1957. For a more modern version, check out our video on Molloy…
November 20, 2014
Mike Nichols Jokes With The New York Times, 1965
The other day I ran into Billy Wilder, and asked him what I should wear on the set. Wilder put…
September 12, 2014
When Undergrads Wore Tailcoats To Parties
Ivy Style somehow tracked down the man you see above. In the photo, when Life Magazine shot him for a…
August 20, 2014
Actual Japanese Workwear
Check out these absolutely stunning Japanese firemen coats. Known as Hanten coats, these were worn by Japanese firefighters in the…
August 9, 2014
When Hollywood Actors Dressed Themselves
The blog Collecting Classic Hollywood has a nice post showing the sport coat Gary Cooper wore in the 1934 film…
July 12, 2014
John F. Kennedy In SI, 1960
I was going through the garage of an estate sale this morning, and happened upon this old issue of Sports…
June 3, 2014
Discovered: The Oldest Trousers Known
Discovered: The Oldest Trousers Known These are 3000-year-old Central Asian pants, worn by horse-riding nomadic people. A generous seat and…
May 26, 2014
A Pair Of Men’s Stockings From The Late 18th Or Early 19th Century
Via the Cooper-Hewitt design blog, a pair of men’s stockings from the late 18th or early 19th century. Surprisingly, they’re…
May 5, 2014
The US Government Guide To Shirts
Apparently, if the internet were around in the mid-20th century, the US Government would have had a great menswear blog….
April 10, 2014
“Putting On (H)airs”
The Appendix has a great story about Abraham Lincoln’s famous beard (or “whiskers,” as writers of that time would say)….
March 26, 2014
The Man Who Believed In Simplicity
Although I own more clothes than I need, and think there are a number of advantages to having a big…
March 17, 2014
Eight Pages From Welch Margetson & Co Ltd: 1930-1931
Thank you to the person who scanned these eight pages from Welch Margetson & Co Ltd: 1930-1931. Catalogue of Menswear &…