Do's and Dont's
Being, as it is, past Labor Day, we are in prime plaid shirting season. Yet wearing this staple is trickier than you might think, fraught with unseen risks. Before you button down, read up. There are three kinds of plaid: vintage, mod plaid of the kind found on Don Draper’s casual jackets, which I lack [...]
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How to Wear This Classic Cloth
With Memorial Day approaching, a whole host of sartorial chestnuts will soon be available to the fashion-conscious man until Labor Day, including summer seersucker. Here’s how to avoid looking like a wrong-side-of-history extra in Django Unchained. Seersucker was first introduced to Americans via British India, the puckered fabric keeping the cloth away from the skin, facilitating [...]
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All Work No Play?
I spent a little over two years as a pretty strict raw vegan, another as a regular, not-insane vegan. Now I’m a lapsed vegan, but during that time, I’d eat very simple meals, made of whole foods. It was a great time for me, nutritionally; I always felt energetic, and was never sick. I ate a [...]
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Smell like a Classic Sir
The cologne you wear says a lot about you. Like a lot. A LOT A LOT! Are you the guy who douses his body in Axe? If so, stop reading, go shower off and try and stay away from any open flames. Going off of that, a big issue with cologne that I have noticed [...]
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A guide to watches
THE STYLE OF TIME Today it seems more and more to me that people are sporting watches less and less. In fact I happened to have a conversation with my roommates the other night about how none of them even own a watch. “A watch? What is that? Like the clock on my phone?” I [...]
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How To's
Do you know how to tie a tie like a Classic Sir? A man ties a tie. A gentleman, a Classic Sir ties a tie. Let’s start off with the basics. You’re standing in front of your mirror, an untied tie draped around your neck; and suddenly you’re seven years old again and you might [...]
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Ready to Wear
Seersucker is a flexible and versatile fabric that is often ignored because of other more exciting options like linen, chambray and madras check. Perhaps, these may be a bit over your head as well, and instead your closet is full of shades of run of the mill cotton. While, summer seersucker is a type of [...]
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How To Stay Classic In the Heat, Part 2
If you read my article on cashmere, you’ll know I’m unafraid of statements that might make most Woosterians howl and fray their handlebar mustaches; here’s another: take off your tie. Take it off; gently drape it over a hook; whisper that everything will be okay; smooth its tired, wrinkled neck; and pop open your second button. Really, it’s a [...]
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Classic Sir
There was once a time in history when every man dressed to the nines all the time. When ladies were dolls and guys were dapper gentlemen. That lavish and extravagant era became commonly known as the Roaring 20′s. Heralded by one of this summer’s biggest blockbusters, The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo Di Caprio, the [...]
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The Art of the Shave
Only a true gentleman understands importance of a close shave. It’s no easy feat given that it gives lie to the idea that practice always makes perfect: you could shave day in and day out and still be left with results that simply don’t meet your standards. The truth is, a plain old razor and [...]
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