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November 14, 2018
Closing Time: J. Crew Closes Menswear Flagship, The Liquor Store
Ten years after its opening, J Crew’s Liquor Store is closing this March. The Liquor Store, in some ways, was…
November 2, 2018
Woolrich To Close American Plant By Year’s End
The lights on American manufacturing have been dimming for decades. With the cost of rent and labor going up, and…
October 31, 2018
Can Ralph Lauren Bring Back Prep?
Eighty years ago, it was possible for a man to buy the right wardrobe and be assured that he’d remain…
October 24, 2018
Articles Of Interest, The Smartest Podcast On Fashion
The bread-and-butter of any online fashion media nowadays is talking about how to dress for the office, the weekend, and…
September 20, 2018
The NYT On Italy’s Invisible Labor Class
Ten years ago, you could ooh and ahh the internet with photos of bespoke clothes made with handsewn topstitches. Those are…
September 19, 2018
Your Synthetic Clothes Are Hurting The Environment
Vox posted a great story today on how synthetic fibers in our clothing are winding up in the ocean. All…
September 17, 2018
US Trade Wars Hit Menswear
The US has been engaged in some bitter trade wars, but up until recently, the men’s clothing industry has mostly…
September 10, 2018
We Regret To Inform You That The New J. Crew Is Perfectly Fine
There’s been a lot off buzz over the new J. Crew that’s set to debut this fall, which is now…
September 10, 2018
How Small, Traditional Menswear Retailers Are Surviving
If you’re traveling and want to do a bit of menswear shopping, you have to trawl the internet for…
September 5, 2018
Menswear Is Getting Political
The idea of “keeping politics out of x” has become increasingly difficult, if not impossible, in these highly charged times….
August 27, 2018
A New J. Crew Is Coming And It’s Probably Going To Suck
Well, it looks like the new J. Crew is going to suck. The Wall Street Journal has an article today…
August 22, 2018
A Modernist Screening In Melbourne
If you live in Melbourne and love Ivy Style, the ACMI theatre is hosting a four-day screening of A Modernist,…
August 2, 2018
Did Paul Manafort Secretly Dress Like Steven Seagal?
For men who care about clothes, fashion can be a strange mix of reality and fantasy. We choose clothes partly…
July 2, 2018
What’s Going On With Congressman Jim Jordan’s Jacket?
The news has been covered lately with stories about Congressman Jim Jordan, a House Republican and founding member of the…
June 21, 2018
Get Ready To Pay Even More For Clothes
Breaking with previous decisions, the Supreme Court ruled today that states can require online retailers to collect sales tax, which…