Category: Fashion & Menswear
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Watch & Wear: Fall 2025
Is this thing still on? Sure seems like it. A couple of days ago, I got an email from WordPress notifying me about an upcoming annual payment, the very one that secures this domain and an assortment of other premium features I’m too lazy to look into. This was a…
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Do Outfits Always Have to Match “The Vibe?”
A few weeks ago, quite late one Saturday night, I found myself wearing a tuxedo in the basement of Loreley Beer Garden on the Lower East Side. Among a sea of, let’s say, more casual, and certainly more appropriate attire, it was shockingly out of place, but I can’t say…
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How Second-Hand Shopping Has Improved My Style
Recently, I’ve been realizing more and more as I go about my day, documenting my outfits, and awkwardly rambling on TikTok, that a sizeable chunk of my wardrobe has been accumulated through second-hand sources. This has been the case for a while now. In fact, I think I’ve been into…
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My New Year’s Fashion Resolutions: 2025 Edition
At the onset of 2024, I penned a handful of fashion-oriented goals for myself. Aesthetical aspirations, areas where I wished to improve, etc. In my previous post, I went back and determined whether or not I lived up to those goals over the past year. In some cases, I did.…
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Reflecting on My Fashion Resolutions of 2024
It’s hard to believe that we’re mere hours away from 2025, and that it’s been over a year since I first published “4 New Year’s Fashion Resolutions for 2024,” in which I outlined some of my style journey goals and aspirations. Heck, this blog has been around for over a year…
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Watch & Wear: Fall 2024
My God, this has taken me far too long to get to. I don’t exactly make it much of a secret that fall is easily my favorite time of the year for putting together my silly little outfits. I’m not alone in this sentiment either – real autumnheads know that…
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Summer Style Is Tough as Hell, Actually
Somewhat recently, I posted a TikTok that contrasted a montage of some of my very best fall/winter outfits against a somewhat dorky summer outfit I happened to be wearing on that particularly toasty day. The punchline was simple. Fall and winter allow me dress like a man of mystery. A…
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Discover Black Tie with Me!
I’m doing something super cool here, bear with me. This post documents a journey of sorts, as I navigate putting together my very first black tie ensemble. I plan to write entries on various dates as it comes together, elaborating on my progress, and when it’s finished – I’ll publish…
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Suit-Stalking on eBay for Dummies
Lately, more often than not, my response to “Where did you get that suit?” has been, “eBay, baby.” It’s become one of my primary sources for all sorts of secondhand fashion items. Not only is it a sustainable, affordable market, but it’s got the goods. If you know how and…
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Watch & Wear: Spring/Summer 2024
Okay, so this is sort of a new thing I’m looking to try out. Welcome to the big debut, buckos. A somewhat seasonal series in which I go over fashion-related items I’m currently watching – as in, pieces I’m tempted to buy, items I recently bought and absolutely adore, and…
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For Goodness’ Sake, Just Wear a (Proper) Overcoat, Guys
I should not be allowed to ridicule the way other people dress. There are two primary reasons why I believe this. For one, I would hate for someone to do this to me. I’m a pretty big believer in the whole “don’t put out the kind of energy you wouldn’t…
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Bold and Brash: My Limited Adventures with 70s Suiting
Inside me there are two wolves. One is the pretentious embodiment of a yesteryear British aristocrat who values, nay, worships the rules and fundamentals of tailored garments. A guy who appreciates the formality and elegance of classic suiting, in traditional cuts and cloths and yearns to be truly “trad” minus…
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Trends I’ve Retained. Trends I’ve Rejected.
In my previous post, I opened by touching upon the business of trends in fashion and menswear, and how we interact with them. I made the point that trends should be used as a way for us to find the things we really like on a personal level. That it’s…
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2024 Will Be the Year of Real Clothes
I try not to make it my mission to tell others how to dress. I’m also not a staunch traditionalist, despite my penchant for suits, ties, and natural fabrics. However, I do like to observe, and, where appropriate, comment. A ton of menswear content is based around trends. Predicting them. Knocking…
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Why You Should Be Wearing Tweed
“I love all of my children equally.” – Mothers who lie. We all have favorites. When considering the endless array of fabrics that one can experiment with in menswear, there’s a few for which I have a tremendous soft spot. While corduroy is most definitely my runner-up, it is tweed…
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4 New Year’s Fashion Resolutions for 2024
With 2023 nearing its end, I’ve been looking back at my personal style journey with an ounce of pride and bucket full of shame. This was a big year for me! I tripled my suit collection. I bought more vintage designer pieces. I updated my hair style to a middle…
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The Case for Wearing Sport Coats Casually
Sport coats. Blazers. Sport… uh, jackets. Known by many names, or rather, basically just those three, the sport coat has been a menswear staple since sometime around the 19th century, originating in England and its aristocratic populace. While there technically are distinctions between a sport coat and a traditional blazer,…
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Suits, Shabbos, and Smugness
The climate in which I am privileged to wear suits is struggling. What’s wrong with modern suiting trends, and what can be done to rectify it?
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3 Reasons Why Men Initially Stumble When Looking to Scale Their Style
So, you want to get more into fashion. I hear ya. Just avoid these three pitfalls and you should be on the right track…
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