There are certain steadfast rules which I think ought to guide a man safely through the perilous Scylla and Charybdis that are Fashion and Fad. They're all pretty obvious, but still bear repeating, even in our enlightened times: 1) Don't wear linen or white before the end of May (t-shirts excepted). […]

A 1967 short film by Martin Scorsese about shaving? We watched this for the first time recently and were blown away. An apparently simple film which shows a man shaving, 'The Big Shave' is most frequently interpreted by critics as a comment on America's reckless, doomed involvement in the Vietnam War, particularly its self-destructiveness. (It's […]

The bow tie is essential neckwear and you ignore it at your peril!  Whilst our friends in America have never turned their backs on the bow tie, especially in the sleepy south, in London it has fallen out of favour despite having a noble place in the history of British men's style.
The Duke of Windsor […]