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The Most Imitated Shirt - End-on-end Madras 14 May 2013 | 06:54 pm
As far as favorites go, end-on-end Madras runs a pretty close second to oxford cloth for me. Though this very thin fabric looks great with tweed and can be worn year round, it really comes into its ow...
HTJ Archives - L.L. Bean Spring 1982 12 Apr 2013 | 07:11 am
Spring is arriving slowly. Some days are warm, and just when I think I've worn the last tweed and flannel for the season, it turns cold and damp with gale force winds. Such is spring. However, I recen...
Lazy Lightning: Outerwear for the Spring 15 Mar 2013 | 05:48 pm
The early spring season often requires outerwear that is both waterproof and fairly lightweight. Though it is no longer extremely cold, early spring thunderstorms often bring wind, rain and lightning....
HTJ Archives: Shirts of Every Stripe 5 Mar 2013 | 02:30 am
I recently had the privilege of access to a collection of original copies of the The New Yorker, and was pleasantly surprised by the advertising during post war period of the late 1940s-1960s. America...
Matters of State: That 'Brooksy' Button-Down Collar Roll 16 Feb 2013 | 01:50 pm
The origin of the button-down collar shirt is always recounted as having its beginnings in 1896 when the grandson of founder Henry Sands Brooks, John E. Brooks, saw polo players in England wearing shi...
Cordovan Straight Tip Balmoral & Blucher Oxfords 4 Feb 2013 | 02:54 am
One of the pleasures of cordovan is the variation of color and patina that this leather gains as it ages. Unlike shoes made from calfskin, which tends to age fairly uniformly, cordovan shoes, even of ...
Shawl Collar Cardigans - 150 Years of History 28 Jan 2013 | 06:28 pm
It's perhaps not a bad time of the year to revisit the shawl collar cardigan. Many clothiers are having sales at this time of the year, and with a bit of searching and prudence, one might find a great...
The Mountain Parka and the Winter Tour of 1978 23 Jan 2013 | 12:25 pm
I've wondered at times if the omission was intentional or merely an oversight. I mean, it was such an obvious part of the 1970s and the preppy style of that era, that it could be seen anywhere. High s...
Tweed Jackets & Sweaters: A Classic Combination 17 Jan 2013 | 04:05 am
Worn together, a tweed jacket and sweater is a classic combination that has been around for a long time. Many traditional tweeds lend themselves to being worn with a variety of sweaters, and it's a pe...
HTJ Archives: Brooks Brothers Christmas 1947 7 Jan 2013 | 05:41 am
January 6th, the 12th Day of Christmas, marks the end of the Christmas Season in our home. On this day many people take down, or begin to take down, the tree and decorations and wonder where the time ...
