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The Jacket: Making Men Look Slimmer Since 1800

July 23, 2019

by David Isle.   Recently I've noticed women wearing dresses with a white center hourglass flanked by curves in black, such as these two. It creates an optical illusion, whereby you see the white s...

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Man, It's a Hot One

July 23, 2019

by Daniel Penny.   For a certain kind of jawnz-loving guy, summer is the worst season of the year. You can’t layer, it’s hard to accessorize, and if you’re like me, everything gets sweaty. This sum...

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Belt Bow Cape

July 16, 2019

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   Three different superhero trajectories, represented by their accessories, resonate with me. The first, the essential human superhero.  The second, the hero that could ...

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If Plants Are Disappearing, Why Are There So Many of Them on My Shirt?

July 09, 2019

by Steve Gottschling.    The academic journal Nature Ecology and Evolution published in mid-June an alarming report on the accelerating rate of plant extinction, but if we’re being honest, they wou...

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A Hall of Famer

July 01, 2019

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   A few words inspired by the recent induction of Bryan Ferry’s band Roxy Music into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It’s more or less a meaningless honor, even if wel...

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The Ballad of Ozwald Boateng

June 25, 2019

by Claude H. Hector.  When the OG’s make a statement, it calls out to the younger dudes they paved the way for to come out and pay homage. That was the case this May when Ozwald Boateng debuted his...

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Lessons Learned: The Casual Conundrum

June 22, 2019

by Joshua M.   I am not a particularly creative person. My right-brain functions are sorely underdeveloped (nb.: alas, the same could be said of my left-brain functions, but one thing at a time). I...

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Book Review: Dandysmes

June 18, 2019

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   Who better to discuss dandyism than Massimiliano Mocchia di Coggia, the cover star of 2013’s I Am Dandy: The Return of the Elegant Gentleman? If only one could have ju...

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