Last week I shared a list of my favorite style books. Following is a list of style books in my library that were not worth the money. Esquire: The Big Black Book. These annuals are really more magazine than a book. I have the same problem with these annuals that I have with Esquire magazine; they are heavy on ads for trendy clothing and light on good advice. It's a shame that the current magazine isn't more like the Esquire of eighty years … [Read more...]
Style Library [Part 1]
January 5, 2011 | By
Over the years I have collected a number of books on men's style. Following is a list of some of my favorites (in no particular order). Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion, Alan Flusser (2002). This 305 page tome is one of my all-time favorites. It is full of photographs and old Esquire illustrations. Flusser covers the full spectrum of men's style. The book includes chapters on color, proportion, and pattern. Each … [Read more...]
A Morning At Carreducker
January 3, 2011 | By
Happy New Year to all. I thought for my first contribution of 2011 I would share an interview I conducted back in November while in London. James Ducker, half of the dynamic duo that make ups Carréducker shoes, was kind enough to meet with me in his Cockpit Yard studio in Bloomsbury to talk bespoke footwear. James ended up making shoes almost by accident. After university, James wanted to go to South America, but his mother luckily convinced … [Read more...]
Interview: Adrian Herring Of Herring Shoes
December 27, 2010 | By
Funny what results from a bet over a dish of fried seaweed; it certainly was in Adrian Herring’s case. Adrian is the man behind Herring Shoes, an online retailer selling some of Northamptonshire’s best known shoemaking brands, including Trickers, Church’s, Cheaney and Loake. In doing so he’s acquired some interesting customers, from Leonardo Dicaprio and business guru Theo Paphitis to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Bath … [Read more...]
Warby Parker: Sneak Peek
December 21, 2010 | By
I got a sneak peek last week of some great new eyeglass frames from Warby Parker. Warby Parker sells vintage-inspired acetate eyeglasses online for only ninety-five dollars. I personally wear a pair of the Thompson frames in revolver black. Friends call them my Walter Cronkite glasses. Back in July when I reviewed some Warby Parker frames on my blog, A Southern Gentleman, my chief complaint was the fit of the frames. I expected that the big, … [Read more...]
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