Feb 18
This article, Too Brilliant to Bathe is something that I’ve often found interesting. That people see being a slob as indicative of “genius” in men but, in women, it just wouldn’t stand. Thus, in exchange for looking his worst, a man will, under certain circumstances, be taken more seriously. It will be assumed that the time and …
May 21
It’s almost The Rapture. You’ve formed a plan for your atheist pets, deleted your porn stash and got right with Jesus.Either that or you’re shooting heroin with a prostitute while being double penetrated by a goat and Anton LeVey. But whatever you’re doing, there’s only one thing left to figure out. Just what do you wear to The Rapture? …
May 06
It feels like I’ve been attending and complaining about FAT (Toronto’s Alternative Fashion Week) for years. Double checking that feeling against my blog archives, I’m surprised to learn that my memory is correct. My first mention of it is back in 2006 and now it’s, um, a different year. Also: Holy shit, I’ve kept this blog for …
Feb 10
When doing too much make sure that it’s enough. I don’t usually care for this sort of thing but this shirt and collar is great. None of it would work without that peculiar head popping out the top of it. As Ms. Zoetica Ebb said earlier on the Twitter: “Don’t ever look like your clothes …
Oct 22
When reading about suits, one can find quite a bit of fussy, fashionable nonsense. Edicts about the amount of buttons, the ones that should be done up and the correct width of ties. While some of these make a great deal of sense (meaning I subscribe to them) others are just passed from person to person without much intervening thought. Indeed, some of these, at one time, did make sense but in today’s world veer into obsolescence. The basic rules of fit, texture and color remain fundamental. Some of the other stuff can be dispensed with.
Mar 02
I thought about blogging about the Buy Design campaign and the photoshoot but I can’t remember much about the shoot and I don’t really understand the charity. It supplies poor people with new clothes? Some sort of sweaters for hobos initiative? Frankly, I’m not sure I approve of that. If paupers have new clothes, how …
Jan 15
pic nicked from here When a ship is at sea for a long time, a bizarre species of crustacean, known as barnacles, affix themselves to the hull. Although one barnacle does no damage, too many impair the ship’s speed and manoeuvrability. When that happens, the ship must return to port to be cleaned, stripped and …
Nov 15
GalaxyDress: The biggest LED dress in the world debuts | DVICE. When this becomes suit technology, the way will be paved for the second coming of Liberace. It was foretold by the elders.
Sep 02
While sneakers have been naming their shoes after celebrities for quite some time, it now seems that dress shoes have caught onto this branding trick. But, instead of being endorsed by a living athlete, their shoes are often named after some corpse who probably wouldn’t have been caught dead in them. Driven by my typical …
Aug 22
YouTube – Winkers tm a 4. Via Winkers are pants that make your ass wink at people with the misfortune to walk behind you. At 2:25 in the vid, there’s an owl pair of Winkers. I like owls so much that I might even like that. That is, if the forehead did not look like …
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May 20, 1990: Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson’s remarkable Kenyon College commencement address on creative integrity.
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