Tag Archive: style
Nov 10
Glowing Boutonnière by Breeyn McCarney and Christopher Lewis
I have the same relationship with technological style as I do with my wife: Fascination and repulsion. Glowing cufflinks and the like are theoretically neat but the execution often leaves much to be desired. To my mind, at least. Some people manage to build an entire aesthetic around these objects. While it’s not my cup of tea, …
Aug 22
Toronto Life’s Twelve Most Stylish
Toronto Life decided that I’m one of the city’s twelve most stylish people. The wife still can’t believe they didn’t go with the pic of me eating tacos in my underwear. I can’t believe they actually got a usable photo. I’m pretty stiff in front of a camera and don’t like being told what to …
Jan 24
Sprezzatura
As I child, I’d watch Blue Jays games with Dad. The bat cracked, the ball sent on a line into a gap for a sure double. We’d hold our breath. Devon White loped towards it. Then, somehow, he’s there. Waiting. Never seemed to speed up. Always seemed to jog. But his glove always found the …
Nov 01
Dressing For The Zombie Apocalypse
You slept in that day. When you finally awoke you noticed that your RCA clock radio had gone off but there was nothing on the air except static. You switched it off, rolled out of bed and put on your housecoat. You were halfway through your first cup of coffee when you got the news from the internet. Late last night, the dead rose from the earth and were now roaming the earth as zombies. That certainly explains why your favorite blogs were not updated and why everyone was just tweeting “BRAAIIIINS!”
Oct 22
Death of a Few Fashions
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.
Oct 15
Philip Sparks: 8-Hole Lace Up Boots
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 …
- Author (Aurora Award Shortlisted, Technicolor Ultra Mall)
- Blogger (Obviously)
- Critic (Various Places, Various Things)
- Speaker (Panels, contest judge, etc.)
- One of Toronto's 12 Most Stylish (Toronto Life)
- Futurist (The weather will be . . .)
- Husband (Over two years now.)
- Worker (Cause writing is glamour.)
- Dandy (But probably not how you mean it.)
- Contact ( ryan dot oakley at gmail dot com)
