Last month I wrote about Bill’s Khakis, a brand of khakis and chinos beloved here in Fort Wayne, and well, the rest of America too. In researching the fascinating history of Bill’s...
Chino cloth is a twill fabric, originally made of 100% cotton. The most common items made from it, trousers, are widely called chinos. Today it is also found in cotton-synthetic...
Cufflinks are items of jewelry that are used to secure the cuffs of dress shirts. Cufflinks can be manufactured from a variety of different materials, such as glass, stone, leather,...
Question: All too often I play it safe and avoid patterns, even though I love them. Are there any golden rules for mixing and matching pinstripes, checks et al? Ben, via email
Answer: There can't be many...
Incorporate Them Unexpectedly
Keep a cabin or lodge from feeling overly outdoorsy and nature-inspired by using an industrial material like concrete for the floors.
Create Flow From Inside Out
Since...
To boil it down, there are essentially two different types of color your colorist can use to cover gray hair—demi-permanent or permanent. Demi-permanent haircolor options, like Redken’s range...
Weeks after coloring your hair blonde, you start to notice something strange: the shade you left the salon with is no more, and now your hair has taken on an undesired yellow, orange or red tone. What...
The origin of shawls in the world can be traced back more than 700 years. However it has not been confirmed as to when and where the first shawl was made and in fact by whom. It was Zain-Ul-Ahadin in mid...
Match the Formality of Your Watch With the Formality of Your Outfit
Dress – Sleek, simple, and sophisticated, the dress watch with a plain white face, no complications (the features/extra...
We’ve all heard both terms—“khakis” and “chinos”—used interchangeably to describe the same pants. But there are actually distinct characteristics that make each...
The Dinner jacket
If the event you’ve been invited to doesn’t specify black tie, then the world truly is your oyster. That doesn’t mean though that you shouldn’t still look to...
Being beardless is back in fashion, but removing the facial fuzz needn’t leave you with a jaw that feels like tree bark. Here’s how to do it properly.
Sure, a beard is great when...
If the cast of Rent ever bothered to ask the humble timepiece how it measures, measures the 525,600 minutes in a year, the watch would reply, frequency.
A watch’s frequency is measured...
Tattoo aftercare is essential. Keep it clean, disinfected and loosely covered, and it should heal nicely on its own. But if you allow friends to trace the ink in appreciation with their grubby fingers;...
Wear them in summer. Wear them in winter. Wear them with a suit. Wear them with a denim jacket and slim-cut cargo trousers. These are the ever-changing rules of the knitted tie. If you're wondering where...
It's difficult to find a garment as widely embraced, worn and loved the world over as jeans. The classic symbol of the American West is now a staple in wardrobes around the world. But why? Cowboys may...
You’ve almost definitely seen that striped shirt this summer: a breezy button-up with yellow, white, black, and blue vertical stripes, often worn with the buttons mostly undone. Antoni,...
Socks for Christmas? One should be so lucky. What was once the bugbear of its recipients is increasingly a prized gift, courtesy of the wide array of designer brands that have tapped into the often-ignored...
It's difficult to find a garment as widely embraced, worn and loved the world over as jeans. The classic symbol of the American West is now a staple in wardrobes around the world. But why? Cowboys may...