Monday Music


Always a classic... Who didn't love Dolores O'Riordan, the hair, the tough Irish wit and charm... The theme and way this video was shot still gets me. The Cranberries are definitely up there on my list of great bands from the 90's. Also notable is the band's style on the album cover for "No Need To Argue", could very well hold true as a great style still today... Slim suits and Doc Martens... Sort of punk meets Ska meets New Wave meets 1990's... Reminds me of a cleaner Trainspotting... Which brings me to the subject of that whole very English/Scotch/Irish style which drew from a plethora of different influences from the Specials, to Skinheads and the Working Class... It all melds so well and into a great style. Take a peak... Both will always be classics: Trainspotting.


Analog Lightning now at Public






Simple yet subtle in the details from the overwashed and worn in pieces... Check out those cords for fall. Analog Lightning is now in at Public... Check this brand out, new amongst the selection. Also notable at their online site are the new pieces from Nigel Cabourn and the arrival of Frank Leder whose fall '09 collection was based on legendary Austrian Mountaineer Louis Trenker.

*Bonus items... Two pieces from Frank Leder's fall '09 collection available at Public as well.




10 things on The Wellington Papers



The Wellinton Papers is a witty blog and currently one of my new favorites... Check out my 10 things via this website on today's post. Shouts out to HB Wellington, Greig and the whole Orchard Street Fam & Crew...

Freeman's Sporting Club: Moving Sale!


Now I said this when I posted about Public School having a sample sale... I'm not typically one to do a post on sample sales. However, it's not every day that Freeman's Sporting Club relocate's offices, and has a sale on clear out goods... So here it is the details:
We're moving our office and clearing out; polos, sweaters, shackets, hand-made belts, swim trunks, raincoats, antiques, t-shirts and even our faithful old pool table.

Polos: 35% off
Cardigans: 50% off
Shackets: 45% off
Raincoats: 30% off
Short Shorts: 25% off
Suiting Shorts: 30% off
Handmade leather belts: 40% off
Swim trunks: 30% off

Freemans Sporting Club Office Moving Sale!
Saturday August 22nd to Monday September 7th 2009

Monday to Friday 11 - 8
Saturdays 11 - 7
Sundays 12 - 6

8 Rivington Street
New York City
212-673-3209
Enjoy and best of luck!

13th & Wolf's Fresh Take


I recently had a chance to sit down with Antonio Ciongoli who writes some thoroughly great sartorial conundrums via his blog 13th & Wolf and who is also part of the Rugby Ralph Lauren design team. Antonio is a genuine guy and I was flattered by him wanting to sit down and not only discuss what I actually do but also delve a little on the subject of my blogs and share a bit of myself from my creative endeavors to the business of men's fashion. Take a peak and enjoy the read and be sure to add 13th & Wolf to your daily reads... Antonio is definitely someone with a great deal of knowledge and information worth checking out...

That photo is via The Selvedge Yard which was via Mister Mort... Props to Both!

Essential Culture: Painters Painting


Painters Painting is a 1972 documentary by Emile De Antonio... This film is part of the essential history of American art and the definitive history of the New York school painters as well as the visual documentation of the New York art scene from 1940 to 1970. After WWII Paris which had been the art capital of the world was cut off giving rise to America's painters and making New York City the art capital of the world. Take some time to get cultured and watch Painters Painting .

Stubbs & Wootton... I Reminisce...




Growing up as a kid in Palm Beach, Florida I only ever had one job before I abruptly said screw it and joined the Marines in sought of adventure and a lot more life changing experiences. That job was working for Percy Steinhart at the venerable Worth Ave. location of Stubbs & Wootton in Palm Beach. I had no clue about the footwear game or much of fashion in those days when my high school girlfriend at the time had her friend hook me up with the job but it was a job I would never forget.

Going to the shop each day selling waspy shoes to rich men's wives and socialites was not the worst job in the world at all... Along the way I got to know Percy a bit more as well as his love for art... I was a painter and an avid musician back then and Percy and I would always discuss artists and paintings and which art school I should attend... He collected fine Cuban art which hung around his offices and homes. The best thing I can remember is doing a painting with my best friend as a collaboration around the time, Mr. Greg Mike... I was a senior in high school and the annual holiday gift exchange had come about and I had none other than by chance been picked as Percy's "secret Santa"... So what did I give Mr. Steinhart? I gave him the collaboration painting of course... I guess you could say being young I doubted my artistic abilities... When he received the painting he liked it so much that he framed it and hung it up in his Palm Beach office where it hangs today... That's what I think of to this day when I think of Subbs & Wootton oddly enough, rather than the image of timely well crafted English style footwear...

So today when I read in the Moment that Stubbs had re-opened a store on Madison Ave. here in New York I was delighted and often reminded of my youth as one can be. Be sure to check out the new store on Madison Ave. if you're looking for some official footwear, of the WASP kind of course...

Rough, Rugged, and Worn... Part. 2


















Fall Look I: Rough Rugged and Worn




















Rather than show my picks or tell what's what this fall, I'd rather explain my fall looks and picks through images to create overall moods and influences. I could talk why each look is relevant or why I'm feeling it but I won't. Instead I'll let the reader decide if it fits into their own mold this fall... The next series of posts will be different fall themes that I'm feeling from my own personal sense of style. Feel free to critique or judge but each look has a number of variable reasons on why they were chosen.

 This first look doesn't need much explaining. It's pretty self-explanatory... The man who's in touch with nature and the heritage of the outdoors from numerous eras, told from brands old and new in aesthetic and age, rugged and raw... Hope you all enjoy!

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