Be a Character. Dress Like That.
Fred Castleberry, Wes Anderson, Scott Fitzgerald, and Ethan Wong believe in complex characters. You should be one.
Toasted Almond: Lighter Brown Linens
I'll explore a few different shades of brown linen. The unevenness of linen helps highlight the depth of each color, and actually helps recall the Maillard reaction that makes food look so good.
Alfargo's Marketplace, May 2022
There's a new vintage menswear popup in New York City. Alfargo's Marketplace, "The Menswear Garage Sale," brings together cool guys with cool clothes to sell. I wanted to write about a few of the cool men and women I met there, and encourage you to pop by too.
How to Dress Like You Belong in a Drake's Lookbook
Drake's lookbooks are magical. Did you ever want to dress like one? Well, you're going to want to understand the way they approach color, styling, quality, and details, and the way these factors all come together holistically. Check it out.
Some Pants I Want
Some of these will be more generic, like off-white jeans. Some will be more interesting, like the pants I want from Bode or South2West8. If you're reading for the former, don't worry, the latter won't hurt you.
Strawberry Shortcake
These pairings give a certain springy vibe... But they also take me right back to those ice cream trucks. The tailoring feels casual and fun and interesting, but not frivolous. The more casual outfits feel warm, clean, and inviting. They all make me smile.
The Ugly Shoe Paradox
Ugly is interesting; ugly presents a challenge to be overcome; ugly is consistent with more casual style that's less concerned being proper and clean and simple. Embrace ugly.
Setting Things Straight: Slim Pants, Wide Pants, and You
One simple and fundamental question has been keeping these groups divided for a long time: how should pants fit?
Eveningwear Part Three: Getting Weird With It
You're about to see men experiment. They're going to break rules. Some of them are trying to get right to the brink of disaster, without going over. That brinksmanship is how great outfits happen. Courage in the face of "rules."
Eveningwear Part Two: Simple Variations
Ivory and color and a couple of other twists. Should be fun.
Eveningwear Part One: Classic Black Tie
Eveningwear makes me happy. It's tailoring that's exclusively for parties. No business: just weddings, galas, holiday parties, fancy dinner parties... It's a symbol of celebration, and here, I'm going to celebrate it.
This is the first album, and the simplest—classic black tie.
Dress Code Gift Guide: Holiday 2021
Chanukah is right around the corner, so here's a gift guide from Dress Code.