Summer is here, so it’s time to take a closer look at the history of the ultimate warm-weather staple: the T-shirt. Love them or hate them, shorts have a great history which features the French Revolution, Bunny Austin, and a tea shop in Bermuda. From naval ships to nouveau chic courtesy of one of France’s […]
A guide to the best shops to buy men’s clothing in Scotland’s capital city. The clothing staples we wear most often can help us make better decisions in shaping our wardrobes, which is why I’ve made a list of the things I wear most of the time. If you’re buying menswear on a budget, here […]
Having written earlier this week about Michael Jordan, I was put in mind of another North Carolinian who adopted Chicago as his new home in the form of the photojournalist John H. White. White was born the son of a preacher in 1945 in Lexington, NC. As a boy, one of White’s teachers told him […]
Image credit: Jason Leung on Unsplash In many ways, sport has made my life miserable. I mentioned recently the catastrophe that was my adolescent attempts at athleticism, but adult life has proven no less fraught for me in this regard. A teenage hatred of all coordinated physical activity has matured in my case, unexpectedly, into […]
The rugby shirt, as you might expect, originates with the game of rugby, but its journey through fashion has been anything but straightforward. There may be no better shirt for autumn than the trusty chamois. If you, like me, are loath to spend a lot of money on T-shirts, why not check out the king […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved Is there a more fun item in the classic menswear arsenal than the club blazer? Fun shirts, maybe. Or go-to-hell pants. Possibly seersucker, madras, or… actually, you know what, there’s definitely a good time to be had with trad style. But I reckon nothing packs quite the […]
Seiko is the kind of watch brand that inspires a unique type of fanaticism among watch enthusiasts. Here’s why. If you like watches, you can never have enough watch bands — especially if you’re working on a budget. If you’re looking to buy your first mechanical watch, or you just want one watch that does […]
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 When you think of the kind of figures typically lauded as style icons, they are almost always actors, musicians, or people who work in the clothing industry in one way or another. You’ll also find a good helping of other creative types — writers, directors, artists — […]
Royal Stewart tartan has a centuries-old royal connection, but has long been put to entirely different ends by designers, musicians, and the general public. Japanese boro or sashiko textiles offer sound advice on how to think about and treat our clothes. Despite its centuries-long history, plaid continues to be a modern-day canvas for endless reinterpretation […]
Image credit: Keith Allison / CC BY-SA 2.0 The NBA has seen a lot of changes over the last year or so. Think of the newly minted play-in tournament, for example, or the unprecedented case of last year’s hermetically sealed Disney World ‘bubble’. Then there was the strangeness of seeing masked benches and coaching staff […]