by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans. Two children’s books come to mind when I think of Marie Kondo. Fitting, too, as ever since she’s become a sprightly, life-simplifying phenomenon, people on the intern...
by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans. Three different superhero trajectories, represented by their accessories, resonate with me. The first, the essential human superhero. The second, the hero that could ...
by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans. A few words inspired by the recent induction of Bryan Ferry’s band Roxy Music into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It’s more or less a meaningless honor, even if wel...
by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans. Who better to discuss dandyism than Massimiliano Mocchia di Coggia, the cover star of 2013’s I Am Dandy: The Return of the Elegant Gentleman? If only one could have ju...
by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans. It’s the pop psychology self-help trope of our time: stay in the moment (rather than abstracted into smartphone hypnosis); appreciate whatever positive aspects there ar...
by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans. Well, actually, the hat that insufferable pretentious know-it-all young men have made infamous is the trilby, a hat with a shorter crown than a fedora and, crucially, ...
by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans. Today price is another marketing tool. We’re still told to think otherwise, thanks to regular posts and articles that helpfully compare the differences between, say, a...
by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans. For some reason, recent years have seen a surge of discussion of how people could be so gullible they believed the obvious distortions of so-called reality TV shows and...