What Men’s Fashion Will Look Like Post-Streetwear
Last month, I moderated a panel at a menswear conference in Los Angeles with three industry heavyweights – a buyer from a luxury department store, a creative director from a…
Beyond Streetwear Hype: Building a Style That Lasts Longer Than Trends
I still have the email. April 2016, subject line: “SUPREME DROP ALERT – BE READY.” My friend Marcus had set up a complex system of notifications that would ping both…
Tech Bro to Fashion Pro: Silicon Valley’s Style Evolution
The first time I walked into a major tech campus in Palo Alto, I felt like I’d entered some bizarre social experiment where they’d eliminated all clothing choices to reduce…
American Regional Style: How Geography Shapes Men’s Fashion Choices
The first time I visited Charleston, South Carolina, in the middle of July, I thought I was being punked. It was roughly 95 degrees with humidity thick enough to chew,…
Classic Menswear vs. Modern Reality (What Still Works Today)
My grandfather had a relationship with his clothier that lasted longer than many marriages. Mr. Abrams at Kornblatt’s Men’s Store on Chicago’s North Side dressed him for everything from his…
What Men’s Fashion Will Look Like After Athleisure
I was sitting at a coffee shop in Williamsburg last weekend, watching the Saturday morning parade of guys in performance joggers, technical hoodies, and limited-edition sneakers, when it hit me:…
What American Men Get Wrong About European Style (And What They Get Right)
Three years ago, I stood outside a café in Florence during Pitti Uomo, watching a group of American buyers squint at passing Italians with the concentration of anthropologists discovering a…