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I Can’t With The Sweatpants

Especially in this time of unparalleled uncertainty, a crisp white dress shirt, a tailored jacket and a pair of polished wingtips can help remind me that all civilization is not necessarily lost and maybe even still worth celebrating a bit. Sweatpants don't do that for me.

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The Black Suit Mistake

With the exception of chauffeurs, Secret Service agents, security guards, pallbearers, or gangsters in a Tarantino film, men should generally avoid black suits.

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My Custom Suits from Black Lapel

There’s something really nice about shopping for a suit online, picking your fabric, making your customizations (like pick stitching, jacket lining, functional sleeve buttons, trouser cuffs and such), buying it and having it arrive at your home four weeks later, fitting like it was made for you. Because it was literally made for you.

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Episode 43: Suits for Suits’ Sake and Conscientious Living

I’ve said it 1,000 times, and I’ll say it again: Nothing makes a man look better than a well-tailored suit. A recent article in the Washington Post mused about the “death” of the power suit, making me dread yet another excuse for men to frump out and be as casual as humanly possible. The simple truth is that no other garment in menswear elevates any man (fit or fat) like a well-tailored suit. Period.

And speaking of elevating every man…

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