It’s odd how so many period dramas get best costuming when a Sears catalog and piles of vintage clothing tend to be the material studied by the costumers.
This year we get Mank on the running for Beat picture. I don’t know about the movie, but I do have a prediction for best actor at these oscars.
Peterson XL315
I like it. Good for hanging out outside and having a read. A bit of a Sherlock Holmes aesthetic with the shape and a smooth smoke if you keep it clean.
An excerpt of my latest article in The Chap magazine. For the sartorial oriented that want a collar in which everyone looks good, you can get subscribe through the UK, pick it up at various better book shops that have survived the purge.
Check it out here.
THE CHAP
Dapper Day... it's one of those events that came about long after the Fedora Lounge, but I'm sure most of us wish it had been here years before. Back when we were hitting the streets in our fedoras and three piece suits trying to find out where we could still get a leather soled wingtip shoe...
I wouldn’t say I’m a shoe snob, but fickle with shoes. I introduce to you, the Bostonian No. 16 boot. The men’s ankle boot. This pair made in the USA and received for review. Thank you Bostonian. There are a few heritage brands that still hail from the USA that can claim that they are made here...
To my eye it looks like a 1920s... very dangerous if the leather is dried out, but a beautiful find. 30's just have a different feel to the look, and are often zippered because it was an easier sell.
The idea was to bring back a classic open crown that hat shops could customize for their customers Stetson’s Tokyo shop modeling the open crown whippet I designed for STETSON. Special blocks were produced for the Japanese market as Japanese headshapes are on average a wider oval than Anglo...
Answering a few hat questions since the release of the open crown Whippet on the Japanese market. I designed both US and Japanese Versions for STETSON. The primary differences between the @john_b.stetson_tokyo issue Royal whippet versus the 2016 issue US Excellent quality open crown version. 1...
Answering a few hat questions since the release of the open crown Whippet on the Japanese market. I designed both US and Japanese Versions for STETSON. The primary differences between the @john_b.stetson_tokyo issue Royal whippet versus the 2016 issue US Excellent quality open crown version. 1...
Finally released, the remake of the Stetson whippet I designed for @stetsonhats. Took some time to get the open crown whippet back into production. Nowadays, the Japanese market always seams to be the one that loves it most.
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To answer a dancers question... something for then balboa and shag crowd: Many modern remakes of vintage shoes have little arch support. Many custom orthotics can make it hard to dance because they don’t flex, and most off the shelf arch supports tend to fill up a shoe. These new profoot...
“Fish a little craft a little, weave a yard or two.” The 10th Annual Los Angeles Tweed Pub Crawl is November 21th. We meet at the Biltmore Hotel downtown, and move from there. More details to follow!
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I got the chance yesterday to showcase some hats and talk fashion history at Comic-Con for the Marvel Agent Carter panel.
Check it out! More info to follow. Anyone else at SDCC?
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