Best Dressed at the 2013 Tony Awards: The Winner Is…
Jake Gyllenhaal. J-Gyl went vintage 007 in a beautifully-tailored, midnight blue dinner jacket with a shawl lapel and turn-back cuffs.
Podcast Episode 13: Looking Good with David Lee Roth and Bad Manners Online
Inspired by an email I got today regarding the sentiment of "it's not whether you win or lose…" I was reminded of David Lee Roth's now famous quote from an awards show sometime in the 1980s: "It's not whether you…
Cutting the Cord, Cutting the Cost and Keeping the Content
I've been without cable for about five years now. In my last year as a subscriber to Time Warner Cable, my package included internet, basic cable and one premium channel (HBO). My monthly tab was $144. I don't miss it…
A #BikeNYC Portrait by Dmitry Gudkov
I unofficially met photographer Dmitry Gudkov on Twitter (@gudphoto) through the #bikeNYC hashtag, then officially met him at this year's Bike Expo New York in early May where I modeled in a fashion show for Momentum Magazine. Dmitry's #BikeNYC gallery…
The Exquisite Clothes in The Great (and Glamorous) Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann's deafeningly-hyped interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is many things. It's excessive, it's artificial and it is, indeed, visually arresting. And it's a great study on a guy who works so tragically hard to acquire all…
Observing First-Hand How the Bike Trumps the Car in Manhattan
Dressed for work, I pedaled at a leisurely pace up a very busy 6th Avenue at the height of the congested work day. I wanted to see how hard/easy/fast/slow the bicycle felt as a legit way to commute around midtown…
UNIQLO x Michael Bastian
Michael Bastian, one of the most worthwhile menswear designers working today, collaborated with UNIQLO to make a line of handsome and affordable polo shirts that fit just the way they're supposed to. These incredibly stylish and accessible polos make perfect…
Victim (1961)
Homosexual acts were illegal in England and Wales until the Sexual Offenses Act in 1967. Despite the law, police in 1960s England tended to be somewhat lax about actually enforcing an antiquated law that even then seemed an affront to…
Podcast Episode 10: Shorts, Flip-Flops, Aereo, Cars and Shaving
After a witchy winter, spring has sprung, including a little flirtation with 80º F earlier in the week. With the warmer weather come shorts and flip-flops, about which I have some definite feelings I express in this episode. And though…