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July 17, 2012
Put This On Season Two, Episode 4: Eccentric Style
Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits London, where we visit with a few of…
July 16, 2012
Paris Is Burning
There’s no better master class on the semiotics of getting dressed than the documentary Paris Is Burning. Released at the…
June 22, 2012
An Email From Emily Spivack At The Smithsonian
I just got an email from Emily Spivack at The Smithsonian about a new blog she’s writing, Threaded. It’s about…
June 11, 2012
At The Rose Bowl Flea Market This Weekend
http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf At the Rose Bowl Flea Market this weekend, I narrowly missed out on a beautiful bone stickpin in the…
May 31, 2012
The Style Of Basketball Legend Rick Barry
I got a kick out of this San Francisco Chronicle retrospective on the style of basketball legend Rick Barry, from…
May 22, 2012
Beanbag
downeastandout: Simple, durable and well-made gets better with time. As you can see.
May 16, 2012
A New Method Of Evading Prohibition Agents Was Revealed Here Today By A.L. Allen
Via Kottke and nyer photo booth, bootleggers’ Cow Shoes: A new method of evading prohibition agents was revealed here today…
March 18, 2012
The Mugshot Of William Munro, 1924.
The mugshot of William Munro, 1924. That might just be a grenadine tie. More wonderful photos here. Interesting (to me…
February 16, 2012
Keep It Simple, Stupid.
I was watching The Odd Couple the other night, and I was struck by a question: why does Walter Matthau…
January 5, 2012
Great Catalog Graphics From Banana Republic
Scott Adams of Abandoned Republic just added some more great catalog graphics from Banana Republic back when it was Banana…
December 13, 2011
The Crew Of The Terra Nova Expedition To The South Pole
The crew of the Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole, 1910-1912, led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott. From The…
November 29, 2011
Vox Sartoria Takes On The Issue Of Formal Pumps With Black Tie
Vox Sartoria takes on the issue of formal pumps with black tie. I’ve worn both oxfords and pumps with black…