February 2012
26 posts
January 2012
32 posts
Kiyoshi of The Silentist has a great blog, and is very honest and forthcoming with his menswear advice. He was one of my first customers when I started Newton Street.
thesilentist:
This might be the pinnacle of the uniform for me, the baseline of sorts. Nothing revolutionary or new or even too rebellious. Well, except for the socks — I do love a pair of red socks.
The pocket square is new. I...
Drake's Diary: Sixteen Stylish Maxims for the New... →
Bruce Boyer’s style maxims.
drakes-london:
Style and taste are a particular sort of intelligence, and vice versa.
Aesthetic judgments rarely transcend the culture of the judge.
The style of studied nonchalance is the psychological triumph of grace over order.
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. Which is…
Real Heritage: The Norman Hilton Tweed Jacket
Back in 2010 I was psyched to find out that Norman Hilton was launching a heritage line focusing on a small batch of well-tailored, domestically-made sport coats. Actually, “heritage line” might not be the right term, because the new Hilton is really more of a true “repro” line, meticulously replicating the detailing of 1960s ivy league tailoring.
I’d seen and...
