Fashion
The Timeless Style: Pushing Back on Modern Fashion
A guide to classic style, with a wardrobe checklist focused on fit, versatility, care, and repeated wear.
January 19, 2025
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Fashion
The Art of Simplifying Your Wardrobe: Less is More
Quick answer: To simplify your wardrobe, review what you own, keep clothes that fit your life, and identify pieces you can combine in several ways. Start with existing favorites before buying replacements. A smaller wardrobe is useful when it serves your routines, preferences, and climate. A useful wardrobe is easier to see, wear, and maintain.
June 16, 2024
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Shoe Shining: A Time Honored Craft
Quick answer: A shoe-shining routine starts with identifying the shoe’s material and following its care instructions. For a compatible smooth-leather finish, remove surface dirt, apply a suitable product sparingly, allow it to set as directed, and buff. Product choice and technique depend on the leather and finish. Shoe care is a practical craft: small, regular
June 16, 2024
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Shoemaking Nonpareil: A Retrospective of Crockett & Jones
A retrospective of Crockett & Jones, tracing its Northampton origins, family history and Goodyear-welted footwear.
February 22, 2023
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Crossing Time and Space: Perfumer Carter Weeks Maddox
An original conversation with perfumer Carter Weeks Maddox explores his creative process, personal background and approach to fragrance.
September 18, 2022
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Men’s Suits Series, Part IV – On Choosing Fabric
By Bryan Ergle How do you choose suit fabric? Start with how often you will wear the suit, the weather and the occasions it needs to suit. Compare fiber, weave, fabric weight and feel with your tailor. Bryan’s starting preference is worsted wool, but the Super S number alone does not tell you how a
August 15, 2022
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The Terrible Tees
Bryan Ergle argues for dressing thoughtfully for the occasion in this opinion piece about casual clothing and changing social expectations.
August 10, 2022
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Men’s Suits Series, Part III – The Rising Tide
This suit-series installment discusses custom and semi-custom tailoring. Its historical price examples need context when comparing today’s options.
July 19, 2022
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The Shoes Break the Man
This style essay considers how footwear, condition and occasion affect an outfit, while presenting the author’s preferences as opinions.
July 18, 2022
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Perfume vs. Cologne: On Being Masculine
Perfume and cologne labels describe fragrance categories, rather than deciding who may wear a scent. This essay examines those terms and assumptions.
July 18, 2022
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