Bondage by Tom Ford
The Los Angeles Times has a long but excellent article on the new wardrobe 007 in Quantum of Solace, the latest James Bond movie. Ditching Brioni, Bond now has Tom Ford as his custom tailor. That...
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While parading during Venezuela’s Independence Day, this army cadet looked down to discover that it his crotch was celebrating its newfound freedom. It’s a good thing the soldier wasn’t going commando.
View ArticleFor the Gentleman Cad
Since there’s nothing preppier than corduroys embroidered with cutesy whales, ducks, or monkeys, the folks at Hickey seem to be targeting the elusive Groton-alumni-who-are-truckers demographic....
View ArticleGlambassador
In his memorable essay “The Secret Vice,” Tom Wolfe writes: one day in December, 1960 . . . Lyndon Johnson, the salt of the good earth of Austin, Texas, turned up on Savile Row in London, England, and...
View ArticleWhat Not To Wear on the Casual Friday
Mom jeans. The President is the elegant man who looks very good in the suit, but he definitely needs the casual clothing makeover. He looks like Urkel X. There are plenty of traditional and manly...
View ArticleThe Life Antarctic with Ran Fiennes
One of the great joys of facial hair is observing snow sticking to it, thus proving the beard’s insulating powers. Best of all is when giant carbuncles of ice form, as on Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the...
View ArticleChronic shortage of trousers
Mr. Henry appreciates the best of everything. However, fortune, or rather its absence, does not permit him to have the best of everything he appreciates. Because he prefers to wear the finest suits,...
View ArticleMan in Uniform
According to a profile in The New Yorker, the most influential person in American fashion believes that a man needs a uniform. Every day J. Crew’s Mickey Drexler wears a heather-gray T-shirt, a striped...
View ArticleQuest for Perfect Jeans
Finding a decent pair of denims can become a quest for the holy grail, a foredoomed pursuit of glories past. On their website you can buy Levi’s 501 button-fly “rigid rinse,” the ur-jeans, for a mere...
View ArticleSpring Essentials
It may not seem like it at the moment, but spring is definitely on the way, which means you’ll need to take a look in your closet and see if need to update any part of your wardrobe. Macy’s men’s...
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