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Table of Contents

        Blogs
        Magazines
        Instagram Accounts
        Style Books
        Podcasts
        Helpful Reddit Posts
        Youtube Channels
        Shopping

Blogs

• Put This On
• Permanent Style
• Die, Workwear!
• A Little Bit of Rest
• Sam Talks Style, particularly these guides on different lines of clothing from Ralph Lauren, Brooks Brothers, and Giorgio Armani
• Substacks including The Search Continues, Sprezza, Christopher Fenimore, and the WM Brown Weekly
• Opulent Tips (newsletter) (you have to ask Rachel Tashjian to invite you)

Magazines

• The Rake
• L'Ettiquette
• No Chaser
• WM Brown
• Hank's Americana

Instagram Accounts

• @the.second.button—Hey, that's me!
• @jkf_man
• @urbancomposition
• @shuhei_nishiguchi
• @garmsville, the one and only Jason Jules.
• @chrisgrech
• @denny623
• @scottfrasersimpson
• @stephoncarson
• @play5230

And Reels from

• @thestyleturner
• @simon__gold
• @needforbreed

Style Books

• Dressing the Man and anything else by Alan Flusser
• Anything by G. Bruce Boyer
• Men and Style by David Coggins
• Take Ivy
• Ametora by W. David Marx. See, also: Status and Culture
• Black Ivy by Jason Jules
• The World is on Fire but we're Still Buying Shoes by Alec Leach

Podcasts

no links, because podcasts are weird like that

• Articles of Interest
• Handcut Radio (concluded, still worth listening to back episodes)
• Blamo! (significantly better with Patreon, since it includes the Die, Workwear! podcast)
• Enlighten my Loafers (also concluded, also worth listening to anyway)

Helpful Reddit Posts

Your Favorite ___ for $___—a series of megathreads that crowdsource brand recommendations at a variety of price points, with open discussion around each.

Local Shopping Megathread

And a bunch of "inspo" Albums—a bunch of photos fitting a theme designed to inspire you.
by style || by Item || by color || by fabric

Youtube Channels

• Permanent Style
• Drew Joiner
• Tim Dessaint
• Sartorial Talks
• Sangiev—streetwear and high fashion
• fashionlover4
• Gentleman's Gazette—watch for information, not for style
• Trenton & Heath—cobblers discussing shoes

Shopping

Multi-brand Stores

• Mr. Porter
• No Man Walks Alone, largely for refined, smart casual, with a few funky twists, but also with some high-end tailoring.
• Stag Provisions, mostly for westernwear and workwear
• Nepenthes for Japanese streetwear from brands like Needles, Engineered Garments, and South2West8
• Canoe Club, a Denver-based store
• Haven, a Vancouver-based store, for brands like Auralee, Lemaire, and Kaptain Sunshine
• The Armoury, mostly for classic menswear. High-end tailoring from Ring Jacket, and they host many bespoke trunk shows with some of the most widely celebrated tailors in the world.

Thrifting

• Luxeswap on eBay
• Alfargo's Marketplace, an NYC popup, to thrift in person.

General-purpose brands

• Ralph Lauren, particularly if you know how to buy vintage.
• Spier and Mackay for tailoring, OCBDs, and knitwear. Kind of a budget brand, but it's crept up towards midmarket pricing lately.
• Poszetka, particularly for tailoring and outerwear.
• Bronson for Americana (largely milsurp-inspired) on a budget.
• American Trench, especially for retro stripe socks
• SLOU
• Todd Snyder
• Casatlantic, especially for trousers
• Sunspel, particularly for cotton
• Drake's

Knitwear

• Bosie, particularly Harley of Scottland.
• Inis Meáin

Shirts

• Spier and Mackay, RTW or MTM.
• Proper Cloth—MTM shirts.
• Portuguese Flannel—more casual shirts, mostly on the slim side.
• 100 Hands
• Turnbull & Asser
• Luca Vitabile

Footwear

• Meermin
• Anything at Skoaktiebolaget
• Grant Stone
• Carmina
• Oak Street Bootmakers
• Leffot
• Viberg
• For sneakers, you know what you're comfortable in, but I generally feel like big brands—Nike, New Balance, Converse—are the right way to go.
• Jacques Soloviere for more unique pieces.
• Yukuten for pieces more unique than that.

Outerwear

• Barbour via Nordstrom, particularly their waxed cotton jackets.
• Private White VC
• Stoffa

Tailoring

• Spier and Mackay—use referral code E4HPYF to get 20% off.
• Suitsupply, particularly the Roma jacket and Duca trouser cut.
• Black Lapel. I like them. Here's My Review.
• Natalino, based in Europe.
• Pini Parma, also based in Europe.
• Full list of MTM and Bespoke tailors in NYC, with a few comments.

Accessories

• Drake's—known especially for their neckwear.