My parents. A family friend dug up some photos I’d never seen before.
Tag: style
My Father’s Fashion Tips – GQ
The turtleneck is the most flattering thing a man can wear because it strips a man down to himself—because it forces a man to project himself. The turtleneck does not decorate, like at tie, or augment, like a sport coat, or in any way distract from what my father calls a man’s “presentation”; rather, it fixes a man in sharp relief and puts his face on a pedestal—first literally, then figuratively. It is about isolation, the turtleneck is; it is about essences and first causes; it is about the body and the face, and that’s all it’s about.
Intel Visual Life – The Sartorialist. (via)
It seems odd, but it’s almost like going out there and letting yourself fall in love a little bit every day, letting yourself be seduced a little bit every day.
I also like his idea of the internet as a “digital park bench”, where you can see the entire world passing through your neighborhood.
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Cary Grant’s Suit | Granta 94: On the Road Again | Granta Magazine
North by Northwest isn’t a film about what happens to Cary Grant, it’s about what happens to his suit.
Ha! I thought North by Northwest was kinda boring, and I honestly did spend much of my attention on his clothing. (via)
Cary Grant’s Suit | Granta 94: On the Road Again | Granta Magazine
Cary Grant’s Suit | Granta 94: On the Road Again | Granta Magazine
North by Northwest isn’t a film about what happens to Cary Grant, it’s about what happens to his suit.
Ha! I thought North by Northwest was kinda boring, and I honestly did spend much of my attention on his clothing. (via)
Cary Grant’s Suit | Granta 94: On the Road Again | Granta Magazine
Dr. Dre – Kush ft. Snoop Dogg and Akon. In which Dr. Dre wears a motorcycle jacket better than anyone, ever.
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Permanent style: When style becomes costume
Men who are very interested in their clothes are part geeky, petty academic and part creative, artistic aesthete. Everyone needs the former to drive them into reading and investigation, to be interested by the history and traditions of men’s attire. But everyone also needs the latter, to have the kind of mind that created these traditions in the first place.
Of course, this applies to more than just fashion.
Kind Hearts and Coronets: Decadent Dennis Price | Clothes on Film. Storytelling through clothing! Lots of great stills from Kind Hearts and Coronets.
As Mazzini slowly murders his way up the social ladder, his manner of dress, starting as a humble store clerk in a lounge coat, becomes increasingly extravagant and dandified, in keeping with the growing hubris of the character.
Vanity sizing for men < PopMatters
On the recent Esquire pants-size exposé:
Retailers’ facilitating the illusion that we are thinner than we are is a by-product of their chief goal, which is to force us to try on every item of clothing we are considering buying and let the endowment effect work its behavioral magic. Trying something on invests us in completing the purchase to a much greater degree—we’ve gone to all that trouble already and want something to show for our effort—and it also habituates us to the idea that we already own the thing we put on, and to not buy it feels as though we have lost something or had something taken away from us. So the sizes are just very vague guidelines to help us know which items to take to the fitting rooms.
Come to think of it, the endowment effect is probably another reason smart parents tell kids not to touch anything when they go in the store.
Vanity sizing for men < PopMatters
Adam and I visited the wonderful public radio program (and podcast) The Marketplace of Ideas, and they’ve just posted the show. A lot of in-depth talk both about our philosophies of dress and about the behind-the-scenes of Put This On.
My favorite idea from this interview: style qua semiotics.
The Catorialist
Ann Margret and Elvis circa Viva Las Vegas.
Vanity Fair Sheer Gown. Gelatin silver print by Mark Shaw in the Monroe Gallery.
Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture (review: 2/5)
I heard about Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture in Believer Magazine a while back. It’s funny at times, with some good illustrations. I enjoyed being able to point to parts of the emo taxonomy and say “I know someone like that… and that guy… and that one…” And for the emo consumer, there’s a pretty good round-up of what you should be listening to, where you should buy your clothes, etc. The writing is really chatty, though, and I couldn’t help but feel that they were stretching to make a target word count.
Mark Larson 