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March 29, 2019

A baseball shirt layered under a work-style jacket; both by Evan Kinori. Listen. Do you hear the <phwipp> <smack> of…

September 6, 2017

One of the things I love about living in the Bay Area is the temperate weather – winters never get…

March 30, 2017

I asked him about the Tibetan robe—it was a nice story, I said, but I didn’t know anyone confident enough…

April 20, 2015

Now that the weather has warmed up a little, it’s time to put away the heavy coats and break out…

December 29, 2014

Whereas most of us value things that are perfect and enduring, wabi sabi is the Japanese worldview that sees beauty…

August 26, 2013

“Stealth wealth” is a complicated term. Essentially it refers to expensive things that aren’t aggressively, obviously expensive. Taking a positive…

June 5, 2013

Jonathan at the Bandanna Almanac has a short guide to the different types of Japenese textiles to help you differentiate…

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