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What to Wear to: Summer Weddings

May 26, 2016

by David Isle.   “Summer wedding” has nearly become a redundant phrase - the most popular months for weddings are, in order, June, August, May, and July. So if you’re going to a wedding, there’s a ...

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What Will Arise from the Necktie's Ashes?

May 24, 2016

by David Isle.   The New York Times is the latest publication to announce the death of the necktie. Like so many articles of its kind, this eulogy proposes to replace the tie with…nothing. Indeed t...

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Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy, Oy Oy Oy

May 19, 2016

by Steve Gottschling.   The news of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s breakup last week came to me via one of those “trending links” at the corner of my Facebook homepage, the ones that, when clicked, bre...

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Our Man in Havana

May 17, 2016

by Neil Watson.  There was a time when the best American nightlife was in Havana. The Hotel Naçional on the Malecón still has pictures of Sinatra and other American matinee idols on its walls. That...

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Ask the Rakish Man: Rapier Wit

May 12, 2016

This question is taken from the comment section of last month’s column: Who writes this tripe? Are they not embarrassed? -Nepotist

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Book Review: Gaetano Savini: The Man was Brioni

May 10, 2016

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   Spare a thought for the poor tailor, one of the real artisans often ill done by in today’s supposed vogue for all things artisanal, which usually privileges the market...

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Piqued

May 05, 2016

by David Isle.   Good taste places fairly narrow bounds on the menu of options in tailored menswear (suits and ties and so on). A suit can have one, two, or three buttons (but it doesn’t matter muc...

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Alone with Style

April 28, 2016

by Steve Gottschling.    You know what would be great? If the key to fixing adult life’s nagging loneliness had nothing to do with actual people. And I don’t mean drilling your mind Sarah Palin-sty...

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