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Notes From the Ground Floor

June 22, 2021

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.  As I get older, it’s amusing to recognize that so many of the pithy quips and sayings I have derive from a small set of catchy past readings, however shallow my culture. 

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Rabbit Holes

June 15, 2021

by Alexander Freeling.  The curse of the algorithm is also its genius: the goal is to make you watch one more video, but whether you click or not, it uses that fact to become even more persuasive n...

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Alternative Style Icon: Jimmy Wang Yu in The Man From Hong Kong

June 08, 2021

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.  There are things we always want to reclaim from our past, even from its most confused, bittersweet moments. In my case, the thoughtful moments driving home late at nigh...

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Other People's Gear

June 01, 2021

by Alexander Freeling.  Borrowed branding has a strange appeal. The most egregious example might be Franklin & Marshall: not the small liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but the I...

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Book Review: Richard James Savile Row

May 25, 2021

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.  As Troy McClure said about playing the human in a musical adaptation of Planet of the Apes, reviewing this book is “the role I was born to play!”

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A Slipper to Enjoy

May 18, 2021

by David Isle.  Life in the time of coronavirus has raised at-home footwear to a place of paramount importance in my life. I’ve always been an outdoor-shoes-are-for-outdoors kind of person, but hav...

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Fashion Survivor

May 11, 2021

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.  “It’s STYLE not fashion!” enough of us have trumpeted, reflexively, defensively, guiltily, at surprised interlocutors who have confused our interest in clothes no one e...

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Rules of the Hat

May 04, 2021

by Alexander Freeling.  This year I broke a rule I didn’t know I’d made: no hats at home. It wasn’t intentional, I realized, but over the years hats, like shorts, had become things to wear only in ...

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