Mark your menswear calendar for this Saturday, April 28. Confirmed Stock is hosting it’s debut pop-up retail event at the 2640 Space in Baltimore, Maryland’s Charles Village neighborhood. OTC is proud to support and promote this outstanding event, conceived, created, and brought to life by Charm City locals. Chock full of creative and innovative menswear…
Month: April 2012
Why Classic Style Makes You a Better Person
A few years ago, the International Herald Tribune ran a story about a seismic shift in Italian fashion standards. Some Italian companies were allowing their male employees to go tieless, and even suitless, during the summer months as a way to help fight climate change. Not requiring a tie might equate to less demand for…
Sette Neckwear’s DC Trunk Show: April 21, 2012
Every now and then OTC is contacted about a brand that is so well executed it effectively redefines its product’s category. Sette, maker of incomparable seven-fold neckties, is such a brand. You are invited to visit with Sette’s founder and peruse their beautiful neckties tomorrow, Saturday, April 21. Read on for the event’s particulars. Founded…
OTC Recommends: American Giant
When Bayard Winthrop founded American Giant, which makes perhaps the best sweatshirt we have laid eyes and hands on, he had a very specific mission. As the former CEO of Chrome bags and with a handful of other start-ups under his belt, ranging from real estate to high-tech, he knew how to drive down cost,…
Michael Bastian On His New Suiting Collection for Barneys New York
OTC Recommends: Dahlgren Socks
Portland, Oregon, based sock maker Dahlgren has been making technical socks for the outdoorsy crowd since 1978. Not only have they been fixated on creating the most comfortable and technically superior socks possible, the family-owned company has also kept an eye on the casual wear market. With a variety of styles, colors, designs, and thicknesses…