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A Camel’s Hair
Camel hair is extremely warm, just a little rough, and has been used in clothing for centuries—at least in countries where camels roam. Its rough texture (as compared to the best cashmere, that is)...
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Goodbye, 2013
Tis the season, as they say (whoever ‘they’ are), and websites, blogs, newspapers, magazines and our television screens are filled with end-of-year lists, best-of’s, and gift guides or recommendations...
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A Date With Time
In this age of the smartphone that will do almost everything but cook breakfast, the idea of a chronograph (specifically a stopwatch) to wear on the wrist seems rather anachronistic. But very few men...
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Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Last week’s polar vortex (a phrase now forever in the American vocabulary) taught us athing or two about dressing for the cold. The real cold. The first thing it taught us was that there is actually...
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Polar Vortex Redux
The East Coast of the U.S. has been pummeled yet again, with snow and subzero temperatures (while Denver was basking in sixty degree weather). No point in being stylish in a blizzard——just stay...
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Two Months To Go…
It’s only a month into winter in this year of the polar vortex, and we (in the midwest and east coast of the U.S., plus many other places on the planet) can’t live indoors all the time, or venture out...
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Snow White
The quest for the perfect white t-shirt——either as undershirt or to be worn on its own—-doesn’t end with a season, not even in the midst of a polar vortex. And that quest can be frustrating in these...
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Spectacles, Sun or Snow
It’s sunglass season, believe it or not, and the more snow, the more you need them, especially if you have skiing in your vacation or weekend plans. Of course sunglasses are a necessity in the winter...
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In Memoriam: Savioa
Michele Savoia, the eccentric but utterly charming Manhattan tailor, passed away last month as only he would: by falling off a ramp leading to his Chris-Craft yacht——where he lived——on the Hudson...
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A Different Jean
We can’t seem to get away from denim these days, with a new company, making selvedge jeans by hand or on ancient looms, surfacing almost daily. And denim is the uniform of choice in hip neighborhoods...
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Surf’n Safari
The safari jacket has all but disappeared from mens’ wardrobes——even in places like Brooklyn, it seems, where anything vintage or vintage looking has appeal——perhaps because it’s almost too ‘normcore’...
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The Seventies
The seventies are considered the nadir in 20th Century men’s (and women’s) fashion—-and for good reason. Polyester suits, ridiculously wide lapels to go with tight pants that ballooned into elephant...
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Straw Dogs
It’s summer (on June 21, anyway), and it’s the season of bright sun and warm, or hot, days. Almost every men’s magazine or blog is extolling the virtues of a straw hat—-especially the Panama, which of...
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Short Pants
While I continue to hold that shorts have no place in the city, reserved as they should be for weekends or summer vacation in the country or at the beach, I’m willing to concede that in hot climates,...
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Strap It
At the risk of offending those who couldn’t care less about watches, much less watch straps, another post on the one accessory no man should be without (and no, a smartphone doesn’t replace a proper...
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Sneak Around
Whatever you want to call them—sneakers, athletic shoes, trainers—it’s been a long time since shoes designed for playing sports or running have remained solely on the playing field. These days there...
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