Boating jackets aren’t the easiest garment to wear around town, but they do make for a heck of a good time. Tied knitwear gets a bad rap, but there’s a lot to be said for wearing your sweater like a scarf. All hail Paul Newman, actor, racer, philanthropist, and menswear king. You would be hard-pressed […]
Image credit: Lena Kudryavtseva on Unsplash The polo shirt exists at something of a crossroads in menswear. It’s a bridge between smart and casual, between modern street and old-school chic, and between practical sportswear and just-for-the-look leisurewear. It seems appropriate for a garment that embodies quite so many sartorial intersections to have its invention mark […]
Image credit: @kjax on Unsplash For whatever reason, cardigans were the first bits of vintage clothing I became interested in. It may have been my grandmother’s love for them that did it, covered as she always was in my childhood in layer upon layer of comfy knitwear. Looking back, I could swear that she would […]
Image credit: cottonbro from Pexels I’ve mentioned my love of the festive season before. The entire spiel has got me hooked: I like amateur carol singing, money-grabbing Christmas albums, and overplayed festive movies. I’ll even go as far as reading any book that so much as mentions the holidays (here’s looking at you, The Corrections). […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved As a child of the 1990s, I’ve been tying sweatshirts and flannels around my waist for as long as I can remember. It’s a practice that has become as seasonally inevitable as blossoms blooming and leaves turning. When those days arrive when it gets too warm to […]