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Corduroy: The King of Wales

October 09, 2018

by Alan Cornett.   Long associated with college campuses, the English countryside, and teddy bears in overalls, corduroy is a quintessential autumn fabric. Normally made of cotton, corduroy has rid...

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Making An Icon

October 04, 2018

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.  Is the icon of today just the hidebound old crank of tomorrow? This thought brought to you by the intersection of various impressions that raised that question to me. 

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The Casual Suit

October 02, 2018

by David Isle.  Today’s men’s suit began life in the Victorian era as a less formal alternative to morning and frock coats, the standard business dress of the time. Because this “lounge suit” was m...

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Surviving your Critics

September 27, 2018

by Steve Gottschling.   When a man’s tastes tend toward the idiosyncratic, when he sports a French tuck at the bar where everyone else’s hems hide entirely behind their waistbands, we would like to...

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What About the Necktie?

September 18, 2018

It doesn’t bear repeating that the neck tie features in fewer men’s daily wardrobes now than it did half a century ago: quite enough digital ink has been spilled on this subject already. It’s true ...

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On the Best

September 14, 2018

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.    I was astonished to learn recently that a new international custom shoemaking competition, and even more astonished that 30 entries placed. I hadn’t counted on 30 dec...

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So we’ll go no more A-roving

September 11, 2018

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   I knew the art of travel was dead. We all know those hopelessly aspirational social media posts from clickbaiters with that tag, showing pictures of matching hardsided...

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Frida

August 30, 2018

by David Isle.   Fate gave Frida Kahlo a transfixing beauty and a lifetime of suffering, both physical and emotional. Over her life, she developed a distinctive personal style that accommodated all...

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