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July 7, 2016
Moc Talk: Reviewing Four Summer Moccasins
Summer footwear is all about ease – sneakers you can kick up your feet in, dirty bucks you don’t have…
July 7, 2016
My Favorite Thing: Ricky Powell
My Favorite Thing is a column where Put This On asks stylish, interesting, and otherwise cool people to name their…
July 4, 2016
Inspiration From Inspiration
Workwear and Americana expo Inspiration has some great portraits on their site of previous attendees and exhibitors. Readers who frequent workwear…
June 29, 2016
The Tailored Cowboy: Ansel Adam’s Personal Style
Art historian Reginald Howard Wilenski once said “all art is the expression of one and the same thing.” So maybe it’s no…
June 29, 2016
My Favorite Thing: Eric Musgrave
My Favorite Thing is a column where Put This On asks stylish, interesting, and otherwise cool people to name their…
June 27, 2016
I Bought A Hawaiian Shirt
Despite their rich cultural history and associations with surfing, most of us think of Hawaiian shirts (known as Aloha shirts…
June 25, 2016
Jacobi Press, 1938
Rare pic of Jacobi Press, founder of J. Press, standing with his wife Jenny front of their Woodmont home in 1938….
June 15, 2016
The Liberating Feel Of Terry Cloth Insoles
Every other summer or so, I pick up a couple of packs of terry cloth insoles. Usually from Aldo, who…
June 13, 2016
Labeling Beauty: The Work Of Joy Pitts
Some people resist labeling, but Joy Pitts has made a career out of it. The British artist recycles clothing labels…
June 10, 2016
The Story Behind Muhammad Ali’s First Bespoke Suit
One morning, Ali said, “We’ll go for a drive into town, I’ve got an appointment.” We drove to Mayfair, to…
June 7, 2016
My Favorite Thing: Michael Hill
My Favorite Thing is a column where Put This On asks stylish, interesting, and otherwise cool people to name their…
June 3, 2016
Ode On Apprecian’ Weird Sneakers
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,” wrote a young John Keats, inspired, ostensibly, by an ancient Grecian urn, a masterpiece of…
May 25, 2016
The Many (Casual) Hats Of Paul Simon
Hats have been on a long decline since the 1960s. It’s often said that John F Kennedy killed the hat…
May 24, 2016
My Favorite Thing: Mark Cho
My Favorite Thing is a column where Put This On asks stylish, interesting, and otherwise cool people to name their…
May 11, 2016
Bow Tie: Excellent Shoes For Under $300
The market is a lot better nowadays for affordable footwear, but it also takes a more sophisticated consumer to separate…