Aleks Cvetkovic can wear a pajama shirt under a double-breasted jacket with such easygoing authority that you feel like you have a fatal lack of imagination. His sartorial expertise is shared widely, whether it’s his podcast HandCut Radio, or his writing which has appeared in Robb Report, and the Telegraph, among other places. He’s also a consultant to a handful of tailors, shirt-makers and shoe-makers. Got all that? Let’s bid!
Read MoreAugust is the perfect time for an Éric Rohmer film. They unfold in relaxed settings—lakeside resorts, borrowed, barely furnished country houses, beach towns. The characters are at leisure and, since they’re French, they tend to discuss their theories of love and morality.
Read MoreIn many ways Brooks Brothers is America’s first clothing company. Founded in 1818, they’ve made everything from Civil War uniforms to camel hair overcoats. The word “icon” has been exhausted but the Brooks polo oxford cloth shirt is an icon in every sense of the word. It still sets the standard for low-key elegance from Midtown to Milan, and the Oxford Sport shirt remains the ideal.
Read MoreThis has always been my favorite shirt in any film. Marlon Brando’s Don Corleone has retired. He’s not in the darkened, wood-paneled office but in the sunlight of the garden. He’s forsaken the professional life for the pastoral life.
Read MoreI recently wrote a piece for Orvis about fly fishing superstitions and the perils of lucky hats. When the fishing’s going well you take the credit, when the hat’s gone then suddenly it had mystical powers and is the source of your struggles. This kind of irrational logic is typical of the angler who can’t decide if the sport is fundamentally simple or profoundly unknowable.
Read MoreLate night eBay is full of risks an rewards. It’s not unlike late-night writing, except you can always edit in the clear light of day, while a forgotten eBay transgression arrives in a mysterious box at your door. You open it and your worst fears come true.
Read MoreTony Sylvester is a force of nature. You might know him as a fierce dandy, devoted gourmande or have seen him onstage with the band Turbo Negro or in the Timothy Everest store. If you are passionate about some far outpost of the sartorial realm then chances are he is too and also happens knows more about it, which is not a problem since he’s easygoing with his expertise.
Read MoreEverybody remain calm, it’s just a friendly addition to the internet. The world might not need another website, but we do need a place to talk about where to buy a first suit, where to drink in Japan and where to bonefish in the Bahamas. Curious people on the hunt are always looking for insight and intelligence.
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