In this episode, I talk about my first experience with Suitsupply, my first visit to the sensational new Whitney Museum in the Meatpacking District in NYC and a fabulous new Hanx Writer typing app from Tom Hanks. (Yes, that Tom…
I have been – and remain – an advocate of putting plastic taps under the toes and the heels of shoes in order to preserve the soles and extend the overall life of the shoes. I’ve been doing it for years, and it has worked very well.
Every time I bring a new pair of shoes to the cobbler to get “tapped,” he points at the leather sole and asks if I want rubber, which is a thin protective layer of rubber adhered to the leather sole. When I tell him I want taps, he asks again: “You sure you don’t want rubber?”
His obsession with rubber instead of taps under the toes made me wonder: Was rubber really the right way to go?
One of the keys to the perfect weekend getaway is the perfect bag. My friends at Owen & Fred have a very smart collection of duffel bags that fit the bill, coming in several color and material combinations to accommodate any taste.
Tim Gunn is a huge advocate for shopping on a budget, and I love him for that. This is a guy who is not only a major television personality, but a fashion and style expert, a best-selling author and an exquisitely tailored influencer who always delivers. Perhaps most interestingly to me, Tim is also a man who can afford to outspend most high-rollers who aspire to look half as good as he does, and he chooses to get his suits from Suitsupply. Not a luxury label. Not a high-end designer. Suitsupply – maker of beautiful, high-quality suits at an incredibly affordable price point.
My serious suit and tie dress shirt of choice is a slim fit with a semi-spread collar and French cuffs in regular cotton (NEVER no-iron/wrinkle-free). But for casual modes on the weekend, I love white pinpoint oxford shirts with a button-down collar. They’re perfect with jeans, chinos or even shorts outside of the city. I have four of them, all identical, and count them among my favorite garments in my entire wardrobe.
Few things make me cringe more than a man who gets “experimental” with black tie. It’s doubly disappointing when it’s a movie star, who has unfettered access to more resources than we average mortals could touch in four lifetimes. But when a man – movie star or mortal – gets it right, it’s thrilling.
https://youtu.be/Sr2SR_O47lI Here's how it goes on Saturday mornings in my apartment. Lots of coffee and lots of iPad (The New York Times and Flipboard). I also catch up on my favorite podcasts while I do a some cleaning. (When I…
In a fascinating conversation on his Here’s the Thing podcast, Alec Baldwin talks with Ian Schrager, who started and co-owned Studio 54 with the late Steve Rubell. After Studio 54 (and 13 months in prison for tax evasion), Schrager and Rubell went into the hotel business and invented the concept of the “boutique” hotel with Morgans, their first property that launched an empire.
With summer fast approaching, I was in the market for a simple, handsome and elegant slip-on for casual wear. I thought about loafers from Alden and Tods, but an easy everyday shoe that I’d be wearing for walking the dog didn’t strike me as an occasion to splurge. Then I remembered Jack Erwin.
Sometimes you need the right card to convey the right message. No one makes cards for such specific and special instances quite like Terrapin Stationers. With an impressive collection of stock stationery and calling cards printed and engraved with messages like “Good luck with that,” “Go home and change” and the ever popular “FUCK OFF/STFU/NO FUCKS GIVEN” series, head honcho Ted Harrington has added to the collection with what might be my favorite to date