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March 27, 2017
J. Crew Color Or Brooklyn Bar Menu Item?
Below are twenty items. Ten are actual names for colors you’ll find on J. Crew’s website, which they used to…
February 20, 2017
A Rundown Of Oxford Shirt Colors
I hesitate to call anything a staple, but I can’t imagine getting by without a handful of oxford-cloth button-down shirts…
December 8, 2016
A Guide To Fall/ Winter Shirts
More often than not, if I’m wearing a dress shirt, it’s an oxford cloth button down. Plain whites and light…
October 26, 2016
When A Quarter Inch Makes A Big Difference: Neckties May Be Getting Wider Again
A Bloomberg writer recently noticed some surprising copy in his J. Crew catalog: they’d widened their ties a quarter inch “to…
October 19, 2016
J. Crew Struggles To Become Relevant Again
What happened to J. Crew? Six years ago, they were the darling of every menswear blog, but now hardly anyone…
September 19, 2016
Style Inspiration Without Clothes
Most menswear editorials revolve around photos of well-dressed men, but some of my favorite sources for style inspiration have nothing…
April 27, 2016
$133 For Wool Pants? Not Bad
We try to recommend well-made, affordable items here at Put This On, but some things are just tough. Wool trousers,…
April 4, 2016
Talking Shirt Fabrics With The Albini Group
If the Scots are known for their tweed and Americans known for their denim, then the Italians are often credited…
March 17, 2016
Ten Great Sneakers For Spring
Should we make this a tradition? Last year we rounded up ten great sneakers for spring, as warm weather calls…
January 8, 2016
Millennials Don’t Need Nor Want Three Wardrobes
Unlike previous generations, millennials don’t need nor want three wardrobes: wear to work, recreation and going out. The casualization of…
November 19, 2015
The Great Khaki Pants-Off
My favorite non-denim pants? Probably a pair of vintage Christmas-y faux-patchwork from Brooks Brothers. The cut is objectively bad but…
October 29, 2015
Fall Textures On Any Budget
Perfect casual clothes for hanging out in the neighborhood? Shetland sweaters with oxford-cloth button-downs, corduroys, and suede shoes. Heavy Tweed…
September 24, 2015
Outerwear That Won’t Break The Bank, Part Two
It’s harder and harder to find well-made, well-priced clothes these days. Everything is either cheap crap from fast fashion brands,…
July 27, 2015
Light Washed Jeans For Summer
Light washed jeans have been growing in popularity for the last few years. No longer considered just the poor fashion…
May 19, 2015
The First Straw: Entry-Level Panama Hats For Summer
The classic, brimmed hat is a fraught accessory in the post-every-guy-wears-one, ballcap age. Few would argue that Sinatra, or Neil…