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Get in Liner: Milsurp Liners That Double as Outerwear

March 4, 2019

Get In Liner: Milsurp Liners That Double As Outerwear

Fortune favors the prepared. A few years ago, while surfing for deals on eBay, I stumbled across a cheap Ten…

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The Very Serious Business of Fashion

March 1, 2019

The Very Serious Business Of Fashion

According to Bojack Horseman, Netflix’s horse headed misanthropist, “Time’s arrow neither stands still nor reverses. It merely marches forward.” Whether…

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5 Things under $50 You Can Get Right Now to Prep Your Wardrobe for Spring

February 28, 2019

5 Things Under $50 You Can Get Right Now To Prep Your Wardrobe For Spring

One of the ways we build our wardrobes is “upgrading”–buying better versions of things we already know we like. And…

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Straight Copying: How Gay Fashion Goes Mainstream

February 27, 2019

Straight Copying: How Gay Fashion Goes Mainstream

When J. Crew debuted their Liquor Store ten years ago, they transformed an after-hours watering hole into a menswear-only boutique…

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Harsh Realms and Deal Sleds

February 21, 2019

Harsh Realms And Deal Sleds

Even worse than being out of touch is knowing people think of you as out of touch. In 1992, a…

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How Two Men are Reshaping Men's Style Media

February 20, 2019

How Two Men Are Reshaping Men’s Style Media

Ryan Morgan is a 17-year-old, high schooler who lives in West Bend, a small Wisconsin town with a population of…

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Bid on President JFK's Aloha Shirt

February 15, 2019

Bid On President JFK’s Aloha Shirt

For decades now, the Hawaiian shirt has been something like the male equivalent of mom jeans. Fashion writers use the…

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Suits for Leisu -- I Mean, Nontraditional Suits

February 14, 2019

Suits For Leisu — I Mean, Nontraditional Suits

Some designers and brands are betting that men are ready for a new kind of suit. The generation of men…

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Everyone Dresses Like They're in Portlandia Now

February 12, 2019

Everyone Dresses Like They’re In Portlandia Now

Portlandia is ostensibly just about Portland, Oregon, but it’s really about the kind of microcommuties that make-up (largely) white, liberal cities….

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Why It Doesn’t Seem to Matter That Amazon Will Soon Be the Largest American Clothing Retailer

February 7, 2019

Why It Doesn’t Seem To Matter That Amazon Will Soon Be The Largest American Clothing Retailer

Amazon, the all-seeing eye atop the pyramid of modern American capitalism, made a lot of news last year as it…

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Another Reason to be Worried about J. Crew

February 5, 2019

Another Reason To Be Worried About J. Crew

After a short sixteen months on the job, or what historians measure as six Scaramuccis, Jim Brett stepped down last November…

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