Helpful Links
Blogs, Instagrams, Reddit Posts, and Shopping links you might find useful.
Note that there are a few affiliate links on this page and in some of my articles. I stand by all of my advice, and never recommend anything for money—this is a personal blog.
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
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
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.
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
- The Armoury
- Canoe Club
- 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
- SLOU
- Todd Snyder
- Casatlantic, particularly for trousers
- Sunspel, particularly for Sea Island Cotton
- Drake's
Knitwear
- Bosie, particularly Harley of Scottland.
- Inis Meáin
Shirts
- Spier and Mackay, RTW or MTM.
- Bronson, specifically for these Hawaiian-style shirts.
- Proper Cloth—MTM shirting.
- Portuguese Flannel—more casual shirting, mostly on the slim side
- 100 Hands
- Turnbull & Asser
- Luca Vitabile
Footwear
- Meermin
- Anything at Skoaktiebolaget
- Carmina
- Leffot
- 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.