Gambert Shirts
Gambert Shirts is located in downtown Newark, NJ on Washington Street. SaveSave
English soles, Hawaiian sidewalks
Happy new year! It was a busy Christmas day last week when I stopped by the new flagship Leather Soul shop in Honolulu. LS is quite possibly the most comprehensive, high end men’s shoe store in the US. SaveSave
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Ivy League exhibition
If you missed the Ivy League symposium back in November or the special tours with curator Patricia Mears and Richard Press, you can still virtually walk through the exhibition with them in the video tour. Definitely worth a visit before it closes in early January. The highlights for me were the raccoon coat and the
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Florsheim by Duckie Brown SS 2013
I recently attended a spring/summer 2013 preview of Florsheim by Duckie Brown, which are very affordably priced shoes. I met Steve and Dan, the designers behind Duckie Brown, and they shared a bit of their journey in designing for this old mainstay American shoe brand. After being sold a few times, the company was reacquired
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Noel Coward exhibition
Very few individuals are multi-generationally stylish. These are individuals who remain firmly on center stage over time and continue to maintain a stylistic influence across decades and continents. Entertainer Noel Coward is one of those rare individuals who achieved this in the first half of the 20th century. I recently attended the Noel Coward exhibition
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The ubiquitous trenchcoat and the ultimate hold-all
Casablanca is probably the first film that comes to mind when one thinks of trenchcoats, in particular the final scene with Bogart and Bergman. But Le Cercle Rouge (Red Circle) beats it in terms of the sheer number of appearances the trenchcoat makes in a film. In no other film that I’m aware of does
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Cappelleria Vitali
Earlier this year I strolled by Cappelleria Vitali, a hat store in the resort town of Rimini. SaveSave SaveSave
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