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With menswear, there are some basic areas where we can express a smart dose of flair: tie, pocket square, cuff links, a ring (one, not three). This is…
After eight years of too-frequent wearing and basic-care neglect from not oiling, polishing or using shoe trees, I was about to kiss an old pair of boots goodbye.…
While being frugal with other parts of wardrobe basics, one can have a treat with other parts of getting dressed. When in my “uniform,” which is a simple…
The iconic work of designer and illustrator David Klein defined the Jet Set style. Though he created countless designs for numerous industries during his decades in the advertising…
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a freak for wing tips. If I had my druthers, I’d collect a bunch of them from the best shoemakers like Grenson,…
Awards shows for creative showbiz types can be fertile ground for formal wear experimentation gone disastrously wrong. Watch the Tony Awards and you’ll see what I mean. Actors…
In our digital age, Terrapin / Stationers Engraving and Printing Co. is beautifully preserving the endangered art of the handwritten note and the calling card. A family run…
Moleskine notebook, black Bic Uni-ball pen, headphones, Burt’s Bees lip balm, iPhone 4, keys, Timex military Watch*, calling cards. Links: Moleskine Squared Reporter Notebook Uni-ball Roller Stick Fine…
For years, I harbored a fantasy of opening a barbershop. But not just an average barbershop. I mean a barbershop of the old school, a real man’s place.…