Newsroom — Daniel Penny

Latest

Man, It's a Hot One

July 23, 2019
by Daniel Penny.   For a certain kind of jawnz-loving guy, summer is the worst season of the year. You can’t layer, it’s hard to accessorize, and if you’re like me, everything gets sweaty. This sum...
Read more

Antiquarian Style

March 29, 2019
by Daniel Penny.   A few weeks ago, I attended the New York Antiquarian Book Fair for the first time. It was one of those days in early March when there still aren’t any buds on the trees, but the ...
Read more

Ralph at CFDA

March 22, 2019
by Daniel Penny.   In the opening pages of Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud spends a great deal of time describing Rome. It’s meant as an elaborate metaphor to convey the variegated ...
Read more

Style Icon: Fred Korematsu

March 03, 2019
by Daniel Penny.   This past January 30th was Fred Korematsu Day, a state-wide holiday in California celebrating the legacy of Japanese American activist Fred Korematsu. Born in Oakland in 1919 to ...
Read more

Jobs? Never!!

November 20, 2018
by Daniel Penny.   A few weeks ago, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed when I came across the trailer for Jobs? Never!!, a new skateboarding film directed by, and starring, Jim Greco. Throug...
Read more

A Film of One's Own

December 12, 2017
by Daniel Penny.   If cinema has taught me anything about policing, it is that the key to being a good detective lies in having the proper outerwear. Nowhere is this more true than in the dystopian...
Read more

Priorities Straight, Pants Wrinkled

June 06, 2017
by Daniel Penny.   Some men go through life constantly adjusting their appearance: straightening their ties, re-puffing their pocket squares, running their fingers through their hair. As some astut...
Read more