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June 23, 2018
Getting Rid Of That Thrift Store Smell
It’s probably happened to you–browsing thrift store racks, you spy a diamond in the moth-nibbled rough. You grab it before…
November 12, 2017
The Art Of Indigo Dyeing In China
Chinese manufacturing nowadays is synonymous with low quality, but the country has a tremendously rich history in textiles. Traders weren’t…
February 7, 2017
Esquire’s Evolution: No More Bullfighting
“There’s no cigar smoke wafting through the pages,and the obligatory three B’s are gone, too — brown liquor, boxing…
August 9, 2016
“Bespoke”: Semantically Adrift
For The New York Times, Jim Farber explores the watering down of one of menswear’s favorite words: For much of…
July 9, 2016
Mister Mort’s Favorite Summer Item
Street style photographer Mister Mort recently talked to The New York Times about his favorite thing this summer: LL Bean’s…
May 26, 2016
The End Of Office Dress Codes?
The New York Times had an interesting article yesterday on the end – or at least the slow death –…
April 11, 2016
Harry Truman: Haberdasher And US President
The New York Times has an interesting article about Harry Truman’s first career running a menswear store, as well as…
January 19, 2016
The Rising Backlash Against Loud, Showy Tailored Clothes In Italy
Guy Trebay in The New York Times has an interesting piece on the rising backlash against loud, showy tailored clothes in Italy,…
August 12, 2015
The NYT’s Panel On Ivy, 1958
From a September 28, 1958 edition of the New York Times, a panel discusses what they think of the then-trending…
August 3, 2015
Reshoring Textiles
The country we’ve insulted for the last fifty years, calling them a low-skill, low-quality manufacturer, is coming to the US…
April 25, 2015
The Stories And Hands Of Shoe Shiners
The New York Times Magazine has a wonderful feature today on shoe shiners, which includes some stunning photographs from NYC photographer…
April 15, 2015
Underindulgence
I’m sure we’d all love the Duke of Windsor’s closet or Adolphe Menjoy’s shoe wardrobe, but could owning too many…
March 15, 2015
Dressing For TED
The New York Times today has an article about how TED presenters decided on what they would wear. Apparently, TED…
February 10, 2015
Holding Onto Textile Traditions In The Face Of Economic Realities
Martin Fackler has a melancholy piece in The New York Times today about the traditional kimono trade in Japan, and…
October 16, 2014
Kimono Exhibits
A bittersweet story in The New York Times recently. Textile historian Terry Satsuki Milhaupt was almost finished with her book…