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November 1, 2013
Back In Stock: Vintage Rayon Pocket Squares
I spent about a year collecting rayon from the 1940s and 50s to make our collection of vintage rayon pocket…
October 12, 2013
Cary Grant’s Sunglasses Are The Coolest Item Of Clothing Ever
Slate says Cary Grant’s sunglasses in North by Northwest are the coolest item of clothing ever.
October 3, 2013
Shopping Vintage: Big Mac Flannels
When vintage shopping goes well, it warms the cockles of my thrifty heart. A great suit that can be altered…
September 26, 2013
The History Of Men’s Raiment: Spring & Summer, 1912
The final chapter of our journey through The History of Men’s Raiment is Spring & Summer, 1912. It was the…
September 24, 2013
The History Of Men’s Raiment
A kind reader named Jimmy Marks thought of me and Put This On when he found a remarkable document in…
September 24, 2013
A Suitable Wardrobe: The Pleasures Of Vintage
A Suitable Wardrobe: The Pleasures Of Vintage “I can understand that in classic clothing, the old has a cachet that…
September 9, 2013
Put This On Season 2, Episode 6 Clothing Credits
Intro & Outro Suit: High Society Tailor (Fabric by Molloy & Sons)Tie: Saks 5thShirt: CEGO Custom ShirtsPocket Square: Put This…
July 28, 2013
Vintage Find Bragging From The 1960s
Pierre Cardin, a Frenchman who designs clothes, opened a small menswear shop at Bonwit Teller one evening last week. M….
June 30, 2013
The Smallest Shop In London, Circa 1900
The smallest shop in London, circa 1900: a shoe salesman with a 1.2 square meter shoeshop. (via, ht)
June 20, 2013
Los Angeles Electrical Workers’ Fashion Show, 1970
Los Angeles Electrical Workers’ Fashion Show, 1970 (via)
June 14, 2013
Mordechai Rubinstein Visits The Beach House Of Doug Bihlmaier
Mordechai Rubinstein of Mister Mort recently visited the beach house of Doug Bihlmaier, who works in vintage for Ralph Lauren…
June 14, 2013
Reader Penguincoast Alerts Us To Something Cool
Reader Penguincoast alerts us to something cool: on June 26th, TCM will welcome Joseph Abboud as a guest programmer. He’s…
June 13, 2013
Banana Republic When It Was Banana Republic
An anonymous reader in Yucca Valley, California sent me a cool gift in the mail today – a group of…
June 11, 2013
Collectors’ Weekly: How Boxers And Undershorts Got Into Men’s Pants
Collectors’ Weekly: How Boxers and Undershorts Got Into Men’s Pants
June 9, 2013
BBC: The Accountant Who Created The First Book Of Fashion
BBC: The Accountant Who Created the First Book of Fashion (Thanks, Aaron)