Filter:

The Rule of Thumb

January 30, 2013

The Rule Of Thumb

There’s a rule of thumb (literally) that’s often passed around for how to determine the proper length of a suit…

Read More »

The Elevation of a Craft Into an Art

January 23, 2013

The Elevation Of A Craft Into An Art

This Oxxford Clothes pamphlet is probably from the late 70s, but it still functions as a list of features of…

Read More »

Proper Garment Care

January 21, 2013

Proper Garment Care

Buying high quality garments, with the assumption that they’re built to last, only means something if you know how to…

Read More »

Beautiful visual guide to my crazy verbal guide to what color shoes go with what color suit

January 14, 2013

Beautiful Visual Guide To My Crazy Verbal Guide To What Color Shoes Go With What Color Suit

Janete Chun watched S2E5 of Put This On, and decided to make this beautiful visual guide to my crazy verbal…

Read More »

Vestis Legis Spits Truth About Indochino

January 10, 2013

Vestis Legis Spits Truth About Indochino

Vestis Legis Spits Truth About Indochino The brand promise of the online made-to-measure suit company Indochino is exciting. The facts…

Read More »

We get a lot of questions from women who want to wear men’s suits

November 27, 2012

We Get A Lot Of Questions From Women Who Want To Wear Men’s Suits

https://ksr-video.imgix.net/projects/371947/video-184901-h264_high.mp4 We get a lot of questions from women who want to wear men’s suits, but have a hard time…

Read More »

Why You’re Unlikely to Tell Between a Fused and Half-Canvassed Jacket

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…

Read More »

Elegance: Put This On Season Two, Episode Five

October 3, 2012

Elegance: Put This On Season Two, Episode Five

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits Milan, a world fashion capital. In this episode,…

Read More »

Greg Proops

August 24, 2012

Greg Proops

A lot of people go, ‘Oh I hate putting a suit on’ and ‘how can you be comfortable in a…

Read More »

$165 suit doesn’t get much better than this. Good work, Aliotsy!

August 19, 2012

$165 Suit Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This. Good Work, Aliotsy!

thisfits: Trust me to ruin the most amazing and otherworldy lighting I’ve ever seen in my backyard with a robot…

Read More »

99% Humidity August 1st

August 1, 2012

99% Humidity August 1st

Clean, fluid lines all around, no pucker or pulling. An impeccable fit that you should keep in mind next time…

Read More »

Put This On Season Two, Episode 2: Eclecticism

April 11, 2012

Put This On Season Two, Episode 2: Eclecticism

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits New York City, where eclectic style is a…

Read More »

Put This On Season 2, Episode 2: How It’s Made: Jacket

April 11, 2012

Put This On Season 2, Episode 2: How It’s Made: Jacket

Put This On visits tailor Leonard Logsdail in New York City to see what’s inside a men’s suit jacket, and…

Read More »

Q & Answer: Fused vs. Canvassed Jacketing (And Is Fusing Glue?)

March 26, 2012

Q & Answer: Fused Vs. Canvassed Jacketing (And Is Fusing Glue?)

Wes writes: I was checking out a Joseph Abboud blazer at Syd Jerome here in Chicago. I inquired about the…

Read More »

How a Suit Jacket or Sport Coat Should Fit

March 26, 2012

How A Suit Jacket Or Sport Coat Should Fit

A couple of weeks ago, I said that there are different schools of thought on how a jacket should fit,…

Read More »