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The Shock of Sudden Flatness

April 25, 2019

by Steve Gottschling.   With so many publications declaring the suit on life support, it should comfort the tailored clothing faithful to see how tightly Andy Warhol clings to the popular imagination

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On Envy

April 23, 2019

by Alexander Freeling.   I speak today of a secret vice. Rarely admitted, but relentlessly practiced. “The sin that everybody commits.”* No, not that one. A distinctly modern sin, made for (and per...

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The Origins of Business Casual

April 17, 2019

by David Isle.    Deirdre Clemente’s recent article in The Atlantic argues that business casual originated in Silicon Valley as a bottom-up phenomenon.  This is a story that both Silicon Valley and...

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Untruisms: You Get What You Pay For

April 14, 2019

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...

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Fitmania

April 07, 2019

by Claude T. Hector.   In my life, I’ve been a fan of many things. Chief amongst my interest have been superhero comics; fashion; and the world that combines both of those things, Professional Wres...

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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 ...

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Craft as Design

March 25, 2019

by Alexander Freeling.    How do buildings resist gravity? Or, for that matter, strong winds, weathering, tectonic shudders, and the seasonal heat and ice? The modern answer has two parts: a scienc...

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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 ...

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