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.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans. It wasn’t until I read The Story of Babar as an adult, to a young child who loves elephants, that I realized how jarring Jean de Brunhoff’s charming childhood story is.