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October 22, 2013
Maintenance: Sneaker Rehab With Mr. Clean
I never advocate fussy treatment of sneakers–boxfresh is nice and all but most improve with a little dirt and creasing….
October 21, 2013
EFFECTIVE Suit Style
EFFECTIVE suit style via The New Yorker’s Currency blog, which recently highlighted ads targeting the high earners of the 1920s….
October 20, 2013
It’s Now Cool To Dress Up
It’s now cool to dress up, and to know about the minutiae of roped shoulders and Windsor knots. Type the…
October 17, 2013
Don’t Know Why Spats Went Out!
“I don’t know why spats went out! The actual name was spatterdashers, and you fastened them over your ankles, you…
October 12, 2013
“In 1951, When I Was Fourteen, I Landed A Job In An Oklahoma City Laundromat
“In 1951, when I was fourteen, I landed a job in an Oklahoma City laundromat. The pay was respectable–fifty cents…
October 10, 2013
It’s On Sale: Barney’s Warehouse
Barney’s Warehouse celebrates Columbus Day (perhaps our most dated-seeming holiday) with additional discounts on suits/sportcoats (50%), ties (40%), and accessories…
October 9, 2013
Norse Store
One of my favorite webshops to browse is Norse Store–I particularly like their sale section, because (1) I’m incorrigibly cheap,…
October 3, 2013
Shopping Vintage: Big Mac Flannels
When vintage shopping goes well, it warms the cockles of my thrifty heart. A great suit that can be altered…
October 1, 2013
Expensive Things: Not Getting Any Cheaper
For years I’ve put off buying one of J. Press’s “Shaggy Dog” shetland sweaters–the fuzzed, Scotland-made wool crewneck that’s a…
September 26, 2013
Lunch With The FT Eats With Tadashi Yanai
Lunch with the FT eats with Tadashi Yanai, owner of Fast Retailing and Uniqlo. It’s a slightly surprising interview in…
September 23, 2013
It’s On Sale: Yoox Sample Sale
Like a giant online euro-TJ Maxx, Yoox gets last season (or older) merchandise from retailers and clears it out at…
September 19, 2013
Real People: Layering Lengths
The ideal men’s casual ensemble, as etched into stone tablets handed down to Steve McQueen by a god resembling On…
September 16, 2013
The Switch
Rigidity about the beginnings and ends of seasons for clothing denies the variability of our climate. Labor Day has come…
September 13, 2013
More Military Surplus: Leathers
Last week’s field jacket roundup addressed primarily cotton field jackets, omitting some other massively influential categories of military outerwear–today we’ll…
September 9, 2013
Neiman Marcus May Be Sold To A Partnership Of Private Equity And The Canadian Pension Plan
Neiman Marcus, the century-old Dallas-based luxury retailer, may be sold to a partnership of private equity and the Canadian Pension…
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