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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Category: Men’s Fashion
Explore men’s style through essays on suits, fabric, footwear, hats and the appeal of timeless clothing.
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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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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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Fashion
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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Men’s Suits Series, Part II – History Moving Against Us
This suit-series essay considers changing expectations, tailoring and the author’s views on fit and quality. Historical comparisons need context.
June 4, 2022
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Men’s Suits Series, Part I – Beginning the Journey
Bryan Ergle shares his experience of finding a suit that fits, introducing the relationship between standard sizing, tailoring and individual proportions.
June 3, 2022
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Accessories
The Cautious Choice of Wearing Hats
This opinion piece considers different hats and how headwear relates to personal style, setting and occasion. The judgments are the author’s preferences.
June 3, 2022
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