As most of OTC’s readers know, I am a bag guy. I commute to work by train, which of course necessitates a good bag, but I also have a thing about carrying too much stuff on my person. The search for the elusive perfect guy bag has been, and continues to be, a mission of…
Month: February 2010
The Third Place: Kennedy’s All-American Barbershop
Whatever happened to the barber shop? The kind of place guys went to – not a salon, not a day spa, just a good old barber. Instinctively, men do know about these things, because real barber shops are guy places. They have a certain smell, a certain feel; other guys hanging out before or after…
Review: Style & The Man
I was recently in New York City, meeting with Alan Flusser with whom I will be working on a rather significant project, and was given an advance copy of Style & The Man. The book, which is an updated and trimmed down re-release of the seminal sartorial guide, hit the shelves this week and I…
OTC Exclusive: Jon Green
Jon Green loves to talk about clothing. Actually, he just loves clothing. In fact, I would suggest that Jon is obsessed with clothing and given his profession, that’s definitely a good thing. As one of New York’s finest bespoke clothiers, if not the country’s, Jon Green is privy to the wants, demands, preferences, problems and…