How to wear tailoring without a suit
A jacket like this but, you know, well made Suits don’t necessarily fit into everyone’s day-to-day life. For some, in an office full of corporate lawyers, a suit is a necessity and a uniform. It is...
View ArticleAlexander McQueen Spotlight Wool Cardigan
Alexander McQueen’s Spotlight Sweater combines a splash of black and white on a long-sleeved silhouette with a trim fit. Since we’re only dreaming of spring (but dressing for winter), the Spotlight...
View ArticleThe best books on men’s style
Classic men’s style is well suited to scholarly erudition, based as it is in so much history and the trends that speak of centuries rather than seasons. But reading the history of men’s clothing won’t...
View ArticleSimple Leather Duffle, Marc by Marc Jacobs
Need something to stow your stuff in that’s not going to get dated, wear out, or stain? The Marc by Marc Jacobs duffle bag is fashioned in simple leather, with an exposed zip closure and a...
View ArticleMy daily inspiration
Check out Tommy Ton's work on GQ USA I wouldn’t wish that everyone dressed like me. But it’s hard sometimes to find inspiration for the day’s dress when all around you is a sea of jogging bottoms,...
View ArticleThe Best Marilyn Monroe Shots You’ve Never Seen
Via Notamachine.tumblr.com Marilyn Monroe: incredible beauty, icon, the center of heady conspiracy theories. We’ve gotten to know her oft-repeated snaps, from The Seven Year Itch subway-grate picture...
View ArticleY-3 F/W 2011-12
Y-3′s honoring a decade with Yohji Yamamoto–times flies–and they gave the first peeks this week in Paris. “Nature” and “escape” are two prime points of inspiration, with army green heavily represented...
View ArticleRemember texture
Drake's grenadine tie I think if you were to categorise the main aspects of cloth, they would fall into colour, pattern and texture. That’s probably the order most men would notice those aspects in as...
View ArticleMr. Hare King Tubby & Camus
Mr. Hare’s S/S 2011 shoes are here, and the newest ones are available at LN-CC now. Two of the nicely turned-out Mr. Hares are the King Tubby (white outsoles and black suede/leather) and the Camus...
View ArticleThe perfect polo shirt
Shirts can be hard to wear casually. Even the biggest fan of bespoke shirting for wear with his suits during the working week can find himself defaulting to a T-shirt under knitwear at the weekend. I...
View ArticleWhat have you learned from bespoke?
He would have been measured like this. You shouldn't be This was a question put to me the other day by a friend. He was asking about shoes, but I think it applies equally to suiting, shirts and other...
View ArticleThe different formalities of shoes
This is a casual shoe. Can you point out why? (Lodger Finsbury shoe) As with much of menswear, there exists a sliding scale of the formality of footwear that the obsessive can get caught up in if he so...
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