Yesterday, an interesting article appeared in the International Herald Tribune about how some Italians are shedding their ties in an effort to help fight global warming. Blogger David Wescott, over at It’s Not a Lecture sent me the link and declared – tongue in cheek – that focusing on style is helping to destroy the…
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Paris on the Potomac
Yesterday, I visited the stunning National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum, both of which are located in the renovated Old Patent Office Building in downtown Washington, D.C. It was a remarkable visit to an exceptional museum only recently opened after six years of construction and renovation. I know that many of my readers live…
Dressing well now an official trend (But we knew that)
Leading news outlets have confirmed something that I have noticed for a while; men are looking to dress well again. At the recent Fashion Week shows in Milan, designers made it clear that they are responding to this demand. The look for men this fall and into next spring will be, in a word, sharp….
Pink Heads for the Green
NEWSFLASH: British shirtmaker Thomas Pink has followed in the footsteps of Hermes and Canali, opening a 3,000-square-foot store in New York City’s financial district. The new outlet, located at 63 Wall Street, is steps from the New York Stock Exchange and bolsters the menswear options targeting the city’s financial professionals. In addition to a delivery…
Personal Style When No One is Looking
David Wescott over at the public affairs blog, It’s Not a Lecture, had some interesting thoughts on my recent “How to Wear a Suit and Look Good” post. He posed a sort of social science question about dressing well: essentially, does it matter what you wear when no one is looking? David has the enviable…
How to Wear a Suit and Look Good
Washington D.C. is beset by a scandal of global proportions. Day after day our standing in the world is diminished and in many quarters we are the laughing stock of more elegantly turned out societies. Of course I am speaking about how American men wear their suits. Slouchy jackets, too long trousers, and sleeves that…
Seersucker in Summer
Now that summer has officially struck, heat and humidity are returning with a vengeance to many parts of the country. Having just spent a couple of days in Charleston, South Carolina, I was pleasantly reminded that men still have a truly creative sartorial flair in that fantastic little city. This is particularly worth noting because…
Clothes Maketh the Citizen
One of the things I love most about working in Washington, D.C., is that people come here from all over the world to visit. For some, it is a life’s goal to stand in front of the White House and take in its iconic power of hope, regardless of who is living there at the…
Great Style Resource
I recently came across another blogger with an excellent site dedicated to classic style. A Suitable Wardrobe is a rich and resourceful blog that is definitely worth a visit. It certainly doesn’t hurt that its author is a contributor to the summer issue of Classic Style magazine.In particular, there is an excellent little treatise on…
More Magazine Reviews – Part II
FANTASTIC MAN At the other end of the spectrum from Classic Style is Fantastic Man (FM), a trade publication out of Amsterdam. Now, I’ll tell you up front that this is a very flamboyant magazine and it took some getting used to. But once I opened it up and started reading, my hesitation was set…