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published 2018 Who knows where George Saunders’ head is coming from? I loved his Lincoln in the Bardo, which resembles no other book. And I love this short story, Fox 8 – beautifully tricked out …

When it comes to menswear history, it can be challenging to separate fact from fiction. The two are often intertwined in vanity books and marketing pamphlets, and these stories persist because they help companies sell …

Director / writer / producer Jane Campion’s last film before the recently lauded The Power of the Dog (2021) was a small, quiet, and exquisite tragic love story about an English Romantic poet. Of course, …

Santa Fe, New Mexico is a crossroads of cultures – an amalgamation of Native American, Spanish, Mexican and Old West history that spans thousands of years. It’s a town known for this rich background as …

“Well, now that we have seen each other,” said the Unicorn, “If you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you. Is that a bargain?” (Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking-Glass) We watched the classic 1951 …

It is often the case that the labels favoured by street kids do not showcase their collections during Tokyo Fashion Week. This year, though, something changed and some Japanese labels appreciated by alternative fashion fans, …

Hello faithful followers. I’ve really been MIA in the social media world for quite some time. Sorry about that. The first half of the course at The Tailoring Academy wrapped up on February 17th and …

I was helping out a friend buy a new suit recently. I took him to J.Crew, in part because I knew I could use their suit to assess the basic areas of fit and extrapolate …

Tonal layering with black jeans: Comfy, drapey, easy Monday, March 20th 2023Tags: CoatsKnitwearStyleAldenAnderson and Sheppardbryceland'sciardiPermanent style Share Share this post Subscribe 59 Comments ||- Begin Content -|| This outfit I wore last week really tickled …

One noisy night in the middle of a cold January, my mind rebelled against the sweatshirts and cargo pants winter uniform I had been wearing seven days a week. My three fellow lodgers had decided …

After finishing my Joy Jacket in fall of 2021, I had some fabric left over. About 1 yard of colbalt blue wool, and about a yard and a half of plaid flannel. I liked the …

Can you quilt with sashiko?If you reduce sashiko to its technique, it is basically a running stitch that creates patterns. So of course you can use it to quilt.Sashiko is a traditional Japanese stitching technique …

In some areas of a garment we may want substantial support and we need to figure out a way to create that structure with interfacing. We want that structure to not compress, squish down or …

A simple overshirt or “shirt jacket” is a piece that has been missing from my closet for a while. I wanted something I could just throw on for days that are a bit too chilly …

You probably know Core Timepieces for their Seven Sins model, a dive-style watch with switchblade hands that uses its date complication to display the seven deadly sins instead. It is… The post Core Timepieces Fury …

15 Neo Decora Looks, Including a Dragon Ball Decora, in HarajukuSuper colorful looks from the March 2023 Harajuku Neo Decora Fashion Meetup in Tokyo - including a Dragon Ball Decora style and kawaii Japanese outsider …

March 20, 2023 I’m writing this on Saturday morning; the temperature is WAY below freezing… sigh… The first day of spring is my anniversary! 19 years – it seems like almost 2 decades… I was …

Knits For The Chill 257.Paul Newman, Venice, 1963.

If you looked at our most recent H. Moser hands-on review (seen here) and that that particular shade of dial wasn’t for you – and you’re like me – then their most recent foray into …