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January 30, 2017
In The Future, Robots Will Make Your Clothes
There’s a lot of talk these days about handmade clothes, but the truth is, almost everything you see today was…
May 8, 2016
No Gucci In The Afterlife
The NYT has one of the most absurd stories I’ve seen about intellectual property rights in fashion. Gucci recently sent…
April 28, 2016
The Demise Of Bills Khakis
Some readers may know that Bills Khakis had a liquidation sale last year. Crazy, crazy low prices, with the company’s…
March 14, 2016
New US Law Lowers Import Taxes
Good news for US readers. If you’ve been eyeing a particularly pricey jacket or pair of shoes at an overseas…
October 7, 2015
Copyright Trolling In Fashion?
Fortune has an interesting article today on the surge of copyright lawsuits over textile designs. Some call it copyright trolling;…
September 15, 2015
Even Well-to-Do Americans Aren’t Spending Much On Tailoring These Days
The latest stats on how Americans spend their money are out, in the form of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s…
August 3, 2015
The Problem With Some Subscription Services
I get a lot of press releases. In 2014, a lot of them were for new selvedge denim lines. This…
August 3, 2015
Reshoring Textiles
The country we’ve insulted for the last fifty years, calling them a low-skill, low-quality manufacturer, is coming to the US…
March 12, 2015
“Am I Going To Get A Customs Bill?”
There’s never been a better time to shop overseas. The US dollar has been gaining strength against most foreign currencies,…
November 17, 2014
A Good Time For Americans To Shop Abroad
If you, like me, use dollars to trade for goods and services, you’re in luck. This year has been good…
September 10, 2014
Are You Wearing Knockoffs?
When we think of knockoffs in fashion, we typically think of the cheap imitations of luxury brands such as Chanel…
September 9, 2014
Why It’s Hard To Take Men’s Fashion Magazines Seriously
This New York Times Magazine piece features a brooding model wearing some beautiful leather jackets in a banal suburban setting….
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