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April 20, 2021
Smoke Em If You Got Em: The Menswear Hemp Boom
When you imagine somebody wearing hemp clothing, what do you picture in your mind? An old hippie selling astral projection…
October 26, 2020
Actually Sustainable: How Brands Are Going Vintage
Environmental sustainability has become a big issue in these days of climate change, and the makers of manufacturers of just…
April 2, 2019
Patagonia Drops Co-Branded Fleece Vests
It seems that it wasn’t an April Fools joke. Yesterday, the President of the aptly named company Vested — a…
January 10, 2019
Caught By The Fuzz: A Brief History Of Fleece
Not long ago, synthetic fleece represented what men did not want in their clothing. It was as comfy, middle-aged, and…
August 13, 2018
Our Favorite Things This Summer
The term wardrobe essential is often used to describe those generic items in our closet that almost everyone owns (or…
February 12, 2018
Q & Answer: Office Appropriate Backpacks?
Kai writes: I’ve been using briefcases for years now, and I have a really nice one from Linjer. Unfortunately age (or…
June 22, 2017
Archives For Alpinists: Patagonia Documents Its Early Designs
I love when brands get serious about their archives. Levis has had a professional archivist since 1989, but Patagonia (to…
April 21, 2017
Patagonia Goes Online With Recycling
Here’s something awesome. Patagonia just put up a website for their in-house recycling program, called Worn Wear. The program itself…
January 9, 2017
Baselayers: The Foundation Of Winter Layering
I struggle to call anything a wardrobe essential, but if you live in a place that gets snow, I can’t…
September 19, 2016
Style Inspiration Without Clothes
Most menswear editorials revolve around photos of well-dressed men, but some of my favorite sources for style inspiration have nothing…
August 18, 2016
Five Pairs Of Cargo Shorts That Aren’t Terrible
With summer slouching toward Labor Day, you thought you’d be spared another mention of menswear’s roughest beast: the cargo short….
July 14, 2016
A Shirt With A Sense Of Place: The Aloha Shirt By Dale Hope
To call something a coffee table book is sometimes damning: coffee table books are pretty and hefty but the format—large,…
June 8, 2016
It’s Okay To Be Eccentric
“It’s okay to be eccentric, as long as you are rich; otherwise you’re just crazy.“ -Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia founder
January 3, 2015
I Bought A Polar Fleece Coat
I never thought it would happen. Polar fleece hit big at the start of the 90s. I was the urban…
November 9, 2013
Looking Rake-ish
A fall weekend like this one in the Northeast, as chilly as a significant other’s stare when you get yet…
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