Aug 05
A new generation of nanotech fabrics is hitting the market. Fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect counterfeiting devices, explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials for hospitals, law enforcement or the hospitality industry are just a few of the products that a new company, launched by two Cornell researchers, will produce. The company …
Jul 07
With death comes the peculiar experience of seeing a person’s possessions detached from their owner. They’re like orphans. This sewing machine belonged to Nan and has now been passed down to me. She used it to mend and alter our clothes. Although it’s around a hundred years old, it’s still in working order. A video …
May 18
I don’t usually cut and paste from press releases but this is nifty and I’m lazy. Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 9 p.m. EST (6 p.m. PST; 10:30 p.m. in NFLD) on natandmarie.com Highlights: Fashion designer Breeyn McCarney and creative technologist Christopher Lewis will make an appearance on the Nat&Marie live webcast to present an extension …
Mar 30
I wrote a short article with five links about bespoke for Aggregation Magazine 05. My article is here, the issue is here and the magazine is here. It looks fine on a desktop but the magazine is optimized for the iPad. So, if you have an iPad, this is the time to use it for …
Nov 29
I wanted a simple grey suit. Something dark and conservative. A counterbalance to my more outlandish choices. It is a classic choice and a male style staple. This potato of suits looks good. I have not given up on the idea. But I have slightly delayed it. Because, when I entered my tailor’s shop and had a …
Nov 17
A documentary about Saville Row tailor Ozwald Boateng. Known for his “cutting eye-popping, super-sharp 1960s-inspired suits with raised waistlines and slimmed-down trousers that elongated and refined the line” Boateng came to the row in May 2002 and was the first tailor to stage a catwalk show in Paris. This documentary is interesting, not just to hear …
Nov 09
Alan Cummings wore this suit at some sort of award show in August. It met with a great deal of acclaim and derision. It’s a real love it or hate it number. Yet the people who love or hate it tend to love or hate the suit. They miss the point. The suit is fine. …
Oct 15
During my most recent closet purge, I tossed out quite a few pairs of shoes. This left me with two pairs for work, one pair of slippers and three pairs (in the fundamental colors of black, brown and silver) for leisure. A perfectly fine base but a collection that I wished to carefully expand. I wanted a …
Oct 12
When building the nest that attracts their mates, male bowerbirds use carefully placed trinkets and interesting designs to show off. The Great Bowerbird also uses a forced perspective illusion only visible to females. They place the biggest objects towards the rear of their courtyard and the smallest near the front. John A. Endler says: “The …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
