The motivation for this week-long experiment began with my girlfriend telling me I take my intentionally-small wardrobe too seriously. While watching Sherlock reruns one lazy Sunday in February she remarked,…
I never thought that I would take style advice based on watching my friend change shirts in a Starbucks bathroom, but hey…life comes at you weird like that. I was…
Let me be honest with you: My introduction into American made jeans was purely accidental. I was wandering through some vintage shop in Brooklyn when I came across them. You…
Last Tuesday, I got caught in a biblical deluge. You know the sort. The sort that pelts down from steely-grey clouds so heavily that the rain actually rebounds off the…
Do you know how you’re rifling through rails of generic polyester shirt-blouses/the same jumper your mother-in-law wore last Christmas/SOFIA MAXWELL for Target when your fingers brush against a slice of…
Welcome to War on Normal Size , where we highlight interesting trends and stories from around the world of menswear. In today’s column we’re revisiting the white tank top –…
Disclaimer: I’m about to talk about something I’m extremely self-conscious about. Back in my early festival-going years, I unwittingly dressed up as “trying too hard not to look festivaly” for…
I’ll never forget waking up one morning five years ago to find my trainers had risen from the dead. Not metaphysically speaking (although Jesus wears some fine sandals), but because…
Around May every year, the British population is gripped by collective delusion. It’s brightened up. Today is different. This year we’re actually going to have a summer. This year, that…
The first time I ever understood the appeal of vintage clothing was when I was 19 and stumbled across a 1960s Pendleton wool shirt at a Salvation Army in Chicago.…