Podcast Episode 11: Editing Ties by Size and Getting a Good Shave

Iconic March 1965 Esquire cover by legendary advertising provocateur George Lois
Iconic March 1965 Esquire cover by legendary advertising provocateur George Lois
Among the many things that bar me from movie stardom, one of those preventatives is the fact that I have a monkey head. Typically, movie stars have larger heads when taken in proportion to the rest of their bodies. My head is comparatively small. Having accepted this, I’ve realized that I can’t really wear standard 3″-3.5″ wide ties if the proportions of the tie, shirt collar and jacket lapel are going to look right on me. Narrower is the game for this chimp. The same goes for the scale and proportion of my shirt collars and jacket lapels. The maximum tie width for me is around 2-2.5 inches.

Also in this episode is my spiel on shaving. Too frequently, magazines and blogs publish a piece that boasts the definitive run-down of how to get the best shave, sometimes even citing a grooming expert. Unfortunately, it’s all a recycle of old news. The truth is that – no matter what you read – there is no new ground to be broken in the “art of shaving.” It’s a well-tread track on a firmly-established grooming ritual. In the episode, I explain my ritual and the products I currently use.

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Comments (1)

  1. Hello George,

    Definitely invest in such a wall-mountable mirror, a fogless one obviously. It is an absolute luxury to have. My mom bought one which magnifies, I need to stand quite close which isn’t uncomfortable to me. I have tried all different variations of shaving: pre-shower, post-shower and thus since a while in the shower. I went electric also in the very beginning and trim excess stubble first if I didn’t shave in a week or so. Shaving after the shower always left me with a terrible neck-redness, shaving before was better but left me with the necessary cleanup to be done. Shaving in the shower to me is a killer way of doing it, nothing will ever beat it anymore.

    Regards,
    Jan

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