Grabbed this new book (True Prep: It’s a Whole New Old World by Lisa Birnbach) after seeing it mentioned a few times. It’s definitely not a serious book. More of a tongue-in-cheek and perhaps slightly sarcastic look at the American…
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Book Review: Take Ivy, The Trad Bible & What’s A Bumbershoot?
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Take Ivy is a coffee table book that was just released a couple of weeks ago. I pre-ordered it early in the summer and have been waiting. It’s actually a reprint of a Japanese book from 1965. Take Ivy turned…
Two Style Books: Style and The Man & Gentleman A Timeless Fashion
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Two books I picked up from Amazon in the last couple of months, good to have in your personal library if the topic interests you. Gentleman: A Timeless Fashion [Illustrated] [Hardcover] by Bernhard Roetzel Style and the Man: How and…
Book Review: Bespoke: Savile Row Ripped and Smoothed
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“A man can not make love with any kind of conviction unless he is wearing a coat cut within a half mile of Piccadilly.” – Tailor & Cutter c. 1860 I suspect that there are no “casual Fridays” at Richard…
Book Review: Clothes and the Man by Alan Flusser
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This book was recommended to me by my good friend ‘ratskunk.’ CLOTHES AND THE MAN: Principles of Fine Men’s Dress by Alan Flusser, Villard Books, New York, October 1985. Large format, 210 pages. Flusser’s Clothes and the Man is an…
Book Review: Handmade Shoes for Men by Laszlo Vass
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Handmade Shoes for Men by Lazslo Vass by Laszlo Vass. Copyright 1999, printed in Germany. 216 pages. ISBN-10: 3895089281 Had this book delivered earlier in the week. Fascinating book with wonderful pictures. Highly recommended! [I must admit that my wife…
Book Review: Bringing Home the Birkin by Michael Tonello
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Michael Tonello’s Bringing Home the Birkin is not like any of the other books I have recently read/reviewed. It’s definitely non-fiction, but more of whimsical and personal tale of a man who fell into a business unexpectedly. Prior to his…