Why I Stopped Overthinking Festival Outfits (And You Should Too)
First of all, I hate myself for Latitude 2019. Not in the obvious sense; I didn’t turn up wearing brand-new white converse to a muddy field (although yes, I am…
Blue-Collar Style That Works in White-Collar Settings
The saddest place to shop for clothes isn’t Avenue Z midnight drunkwear or Costco’s camo activewear section. It’s the men’s workwear department of your local department store. Those ugly lighting…
Why I’m Obsessed with That Weird British Thing Where Rich Guys Look Homeless
A few years ago, I went to a house party in the Cotswolds. It was one of those scenarios wherein someone I knew vaguely would send me a text along…
Beyond the Blue Suit: Colors That Actually Work in Professional Settings
When I purchased my first real suit at age twenty-two, it was for the wedding of a college friend. Navy blue. Brooks Brothers. Off-the-rack, with sleeves approximately one inch too…
Western Wear for City Guys (Without Looking Like a Costume)
I’m standing in Bergdorf Goodman – the temple of Old Eastern Establishment wealth staring me straight in the face – when I witness it. A man trying on $3,000 boots.…
Decoding ‘Smart Casual’ for British Social Occasions
Somewhere, right this second, someone is frantically Googling “smart casual,” open-applications Excel spreadsheet tabs upon tabs full of pubs with bottomless Sundays hovering ominously over their browsers. Who invented smart…
Proper Rainwear That Doesn’t Make You Look Like You’re About to Board a Trawler
The British love affair with rain isn’t going so well, is it? If by “love affair” we mean: “something that’s constantly there but you’re too frustrated by it to break…
What British Men Wear vs What American/French/Italian Men Wear
There’s a pub in Mayfair that I sometimes find myself in after press events. It’s not one of those themed Tourist-Trap-In-A-Box pubs plastered with union jack flags – more an…
The High Street vs Designer Jeans Showdown: What’s Actually Worth the Money
I bought my first legitimately expensive pair of jeans – whatever “expensive” meant when I was a teenager – during my second year at university. Months of penny-pinching self-imposed frugality…
The High Street Brands Still Making Clothes That Don’t Fall Apart (A Dad’s Guide to Actually Decent Basics)
I bought this grey polo at Target. Wait, no. That’s not it. Target shirts autumn apart after two washings. Let me try this again. This matters. I’ve been thinking lately…