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June 28, 2018
What Happens When Your Style Fave Is Problematic?
It’s often hard to separate the artist from their art, and why should we? A lot of the art we…
February 8, 2018
Is The Idea Of Wearing A Personal Uniform Dead?
President Obama, whose reputation for style only seems to improve now that he’s out of the public eye, famously told an…
February 1, 2018
Inspiration: Cannes In The 60s And 70s
There’s little less glamorous than an East Coast winter, all road salt stains and cinder-flecked snow banks. I live in…
May 5, 2016
The Case For Color: The Style Of David Hockney
You can steal wholesale from some style icons: McQueen’s sweatshirts, Dean’s jeans, Connery’s suits. But from others, you only hope…
March 13, 2016
The Ensembles Of Miles Davis Epitomized Cool
The New York Times has an nice piece today on how Miles Davis epitomized cool – not just through his…
January 13, 2016
David Bowie’s First Stage Costume
How did you dress when you were 15? At that age David Bowie joined the Kon-rads as a saxophonist and…
December 3, 2015
Reminder: Gordon Parks Was Cooler Than You
You’re probably familiar with the work of Gordon Parks, whether it’s his photography (over a decade documenting America and Americans,…
September 2, 2015
Think You Have Problems Finding Well-fitting Pants?
Think you have problems finding well-fitting pants? Pictured above is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar when he was just a young 20 year-old…
August 9, 2014
When Hollywood Actors Dressed Themselves
The blog Collecting Classic Hollywood has a nice post showing the sport coat Gary Cooper wore in the 1934 film…
August 28, 2013
Ernest Hemingway’s Game Bag
Every once in a while, Jesse and I will list a fishing or game bag in our eBay roundups. Nice…
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