Episode 48: Online Custom Suits
Online custom suits can be a daunting and confounding prospect. In this episode, I talk about my own experiences with it.
My First Proper Cloth Experience
In my new search for a nice dress shirt with unfused collars, unfused cuffs and a placket, I think I've found a solution.
More Space, More Stuff
For over two decades, I lived in apartments that were all under 500 square feet. Here’s the thing: I wasn’t unhappy.
My current apartment is nearly 1,000 square feet – twice the size of all those apartments I lived in for all those years. Here’s another thing: I’m not any remarkably happier than I was in the smaller apartments.
For the Love of Broadcloth
The myriad of dress shirt fabric options can be overwhelming. Cotton broadcloth ticks all the boxes for me.
My Favorite Shirt Company Killed the Placket
When a company you like makes a product you love, and then changes the product, it's a boner killer.
The May 2019 Playlist: Ride with the Top Down
A soundtrack for a smooth springtime drive with the top down.
Letter from Cleveland: This Town Is Cheap
I’ve struggled for a long time about how to gracefully incorporate my move to Cleveland into this blog, which is about the pursuit of sartorial stealth and effective living for the self-made thousandaire. (I have to write that now and then to remind myself.) A year and a half in, and I’m still adjusting. When old friends ask me “How’s Cleveland?” I think I have a different answer every time.
Cleveland is a lot of things, good and bad. But I’ll start with the one trait about the Forest City that pops up more than anything: Cleveland is cheap.
