Thoughts on fashion & style.
In my initial post “A Start,” I mentioned I was starting a blog at the encouragement of a lot of people who enjoy my style, but that I would fund it difficult because I don’t like being the center of attention and, for that reason, don’t like selfies. So…how to deal with that? I had […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been a while since my last post, so here’s an easy one–passing along a blog post from Turnbull & Asser (www.turnbullandasser.com) from a little over two years ago. I think it’s good reading. T&A are a famous British shirtmaker, holding a royal warrant. Generation to generation, the gentleman has long been heralded as the […]
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Man purses. Murses. When I lived in France, I had a very masculine Samsonite bag. I felt funny and very self-conscious carrying it at first. It turned out to be the most practical thing in the world, and I ended up loving it. I had more to carry then than I do now. In addition […]
Continue ReadingI have nothing to say about watches. For me, they’re like cars. Utility is what works for me. My car gets me from point A to point B, hopefully reliably. My watch tells me the time, hopefully fairly accurately. And it gives me the day and date, and is good for timing things in the […]
Continue ReadingThough I may have gotten around to it at some point, it hadn’t really occurred to me to write about scents/fragrances, but a short article in the May 2020 issue of Vogue struck a chord with me—“A Scent of One’s Own…what happens when your signature eau goes mainstream.” Just as I’ve always loved beautiful clothes, […]
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The first time I ventured into a Neiman-Marcus was as a teen, in the suburbs of New York City. I found it sort of intimidating, sort of out of my league. I was more of a preppy L.L. Bean and Bloomingdale’s kind of guy. I knew, though, that they were about quality and service. At […]
Continue ReadingI find Esquire magazine and their daily newsletter to be fairly good harbingers of what’s happening in men’s fashion. Often, though, you’ll see some of the same brands mentioned with more frequency (either within an issue or over time), and I suspect it’s a pay-to-play situation. The newsletter, in particular, helps keep you on top […]
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Quite a long time ago, my dad picked up a hobby of making belt buckles of brass or silver for his friends and family. He’d make them in our basement in his spare time. They were beautifully crafted (he having been a mechanical engineer), and became pretty well sought after. After a while, my mom […]
Continue ReadingOne of the first and only readers of my first and only blog post asked me this morning if I’d been working on the blog much. In my head, yes. On paper, a little bit. I jot down notes. Despite people telling me I should write a blog, I’m not confident of what I might […]
Continue ReadingThis is an attempt at initiating a blog that a lot of people have told me I should do, but I’m really uncomfortable doing it. People like the way I dress and, for me, clothes are fun. Not so much in a fashion way, but in more of a style way. I don’t dress to […]
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