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May 31, 2017
Does It Mean Anything To Know Where Something Was Manufactured?
A few months ago, I was talking to Jeffery Diduch, the Vice President of Technical Design at Hickey Freeman. One…
June 1, 2015
What’s In A Shoe?
Given what shoes cost nowadays, it’s important to know whether you’re getting something of quality. Most of our readers will…
February 14, 2015
Could Anything Justify $400 For A Sweatshirt?
In the years I’ve been working on Put This On, I’ve learned to take a gentler stance towards clothing prices….
March 27, 2014
How Much Should You Spend On Dress Shoes?
One of the questions I frequently get in my inbox is: “I’m looking to buy a better pair of dress…
March 17, 2014
The Meaning Of Selvedge Then And Now
Following Jesse’s great post last week on selvedge denim, I thought I’d share some scans from an old 1997 issue…
February 20, 2014
Determining Quality In Leather Goods
Our friend Réginald-Jérôme de Mans has a very good and very active bullsh*t detector, and there’s surprisingly more bullsh*t on menswear…
February 27, 2013
Why It’s Hard To Determine Quality
There are probably no fewer than a hundred books about classic men’s clothing, and the majority of them will have…
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…
June 18, 2012
How To Examine Quality In Leather Goods, Part II
We talked last week about how to judge the quality of leather, but there’s more to leather goods than leather,…
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…
March 11, 2012
“Old Clothes, Like Old Friends”
While catching up on my men’s style blog reading, I came across this post by Nicholas Storey at A Suitable Wardrobe: …
February 23, 2012
Quality As Taste
A friend of mine recently asked me for my opinion on what makes a well-made tie, and the conversation got…
July 9, 2011
John Rushton
Check out this wonderful video about John Rushton, the man behind this shoe shop in London. The message here is one…
April 22, 2011
We Shouldn’t Conflate Heritage And Quality
Jesse made a comment yesterday about how we shouldn’t conflate heritage and quality, and I completely agree. Too many consumers,…