Can Women Actually Pull Off Mens Sunglasses?
I’m sitting at this folding table at this outdoor flea market in Lawrenceville a few summers ago, sweating next to an ashtray made from two cups glued together and this…
Can Women Actually Pull Off a Mens Cowboy Hat?
My first “real” cowboy hat love started life crushed crown down in a milk crate at a garage sale outside Greensburg. Buried under a pile of schlocky looking fishing hats…
What Watches Are Actually Worth Buying Right Now
My friend Marcus sent me a text last month. It was a photo of a watch he was about to purchase. Some basic field watch with a canvas strap. Price…
My Go-To Jeans Brand, and Why I Keep Buying It
A few years ago I scored the pair of jeans every denimhead dreams of finding. They were like mine, but not mine: a pair of 1947 501s, discovered at an…
Are Cargo Shorts Actually Back?
I found them folded over a table at a flea market in Lawrenceville back in June. Classic_issue cargo shorts, button flap pockets, waist label, and you could still make out…
Why Do Shirts Even Have Collars?
My father always ironed his collars so stiffly that they could’ve cut paper. When I was maybe ten years old, I remember asking him why that odd triangle flap sat…
Why I Started Wearing Mens Hokas
I discovered my first pair of men’s Hokas cussed-and-cross-eyed like I stumble upon most everything; half on accident while poking through a table I almost skipped because the shoes looked…
What Coats Are Actually Worth Buying This Year
Every October, some menswear account will repost the same graphic. “Coats That Will Define The Season.” Dark green wool. A shearling collar. Something that passes for description, maybe, like a…
How I Worked Out My Vest Size
I have a vest that lives rent-free inside my brain. Folding neatly in the corner of one of the many bins at a Strip District flea market, it remains something…
Everything I Wish I Knew About Scarf Before I Bought Mine
Six. Six scarves languishing in a bin at the bottom of my closet that I will almost certainly never wear again. Not because there’s anything wrong with them. No moth…