My 2018 Gift Guide
Here are my 10 favorite gift ideas for guys. These are things I already have (or really want). Happy shopping!
Winter Weather Weekend Wear
It's finally starting to feel like winter here in NYC. Only now am I starting to pull out my cold weather essentials...
Quality Goods, Minus the Middlemen (and the Cost)
For our whole lives, we’ve been trained to believe that certain things just cost what they cost. We just accept it without questioning it. It's a model that disrespects men who may have discerning tastes but not necessarily the means. In a post-crash, post-Occupy, 99% world, it's a model ripe for disruption.
Essentials: The Trench Coat
During the Crimean War (1853 - 1856), tailor and entrepreneur John Emary outfitted British soldiers in coats made of a waterproof cotton he had developed for his company, Aquascutum (Latin for "water shield"). A couple of decades later, in 1879,…
Essentials: The Black Knit Tie
The solid black knit tie is the perfect tie. It's the no-brainer tie that goes with just about every shirt/jacket/suit combination. It's perfect with a crisp white dress shirt, a casual gingham shirt or even a good denim shirt. Of…
Essentials: The Great White Dress Shirt
If, for some reason, you only need one dress shirt in your closet, let it be the white dress shirt. It's the most versatile shirt you will ever own, appropriate for business, dress or casual. The right white dress shirt…
How to Tie a Bow Tie by The Hill-Side
https://vimeo.com/51962571 This is by far the most concise, articulate and easy-to-follow video demonstration of how to tie a bow tie that I have come across. It was beautifully produced by The Hill-Side, a fantastic Brooklyn-based outfit for men's accessories made…
Fine and Dandy: The Men’s Accessories Oasis in Hell’s Kitchen
If you shopped for menswear exclusively in Hell's Kitchen, you'd be limited to tank tops, disposable club clothes, deep v-necks tees that drop to the navel and lollipop colored shirts, shorts and pants from the Skittles Collection. For smart, handsome,…
The Classic Pair of Cashmere-Lined Leather Gloves
Last winter, I did something a lot of us do: I left a glove in a taxi, rendering the other glove useless. Fortunately, winter was waning when I committed this act of omission, and I was able to survive what…
Essentials: The Weekend Bag
Summer is upon us, and it's time for weekending, which requires a smart weekend bag. Zara wouldn't ordinarily be on my radar for this, but as I walked home tonight down Broadway from the Upper West Side, I passed the…