I Tried Every White T-Shirt Under $50 to Find the Perfect One Three months, twenty-seven brands, forty-two different white t-shirts, and one very confused delivery guy later, I’ve finally done…
It started as a dare, if I’m being honest. My editor and I were having one of those late-afternoon conversations that happens when both of us are procrastinating on actual…
The first time I realized vintage clothes were sometimes better than new ones, I was 19 and had just found a 1960s Pendleton wool shirt at a Salvation Army in…
The first time I ever walked into a thrift store with the intent to actually buy something, I was twenty-two and broke as hell. My first “real” job interview was…
Let me tell you about the weirdest day of my professional life. Last month, I found myself standing in the fluorescent-lit menswear section of a suburban Walmart at 7:30 AM…
My mom still tells the story of my first outlet mall experience. I was fourteen, we were on a family road trip to Wisconsin, and I convinced my parents…
The most humbling style moment of my life happened at my friend Dave’s wedding three years ago. I’d spent actual hours planning my outfit—a navy suit I’d had custom-tailored in…
The day I discovered what I’ve come to call the “J.Crew cascade effect” was completely accidental. It was January 2018, bitter cold in New York, and I was killing time…
I’ve got a confession to make that might cost me my menswear journalist card: I’ve tried every major clothing subscription service on the market. Yes, me—the guy who once spent…
It started with a joke at a dinner party. My friend Dave—the kind of guy who’s perpetually fifteen minutes late because he’s changed outfits seven times—was complaining about decision fatigue.…