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We’re approaching the summer, where mens short sleeve dress shirts should be a wardrobe goto. Many men choose not to incorporate short sleeve shirts within their attire as obtaining the right fit / look can be difficult.  Short sleeve shirts also get a bad rap as being strictly for casual wear — a myth which we’ll […]

Cooking a perfect cast iron skillet steak at home is incredibly easy.  You can replicate a restaurant quality steak with just a few items; namely a quality cast iron skillet, a decent cut of meat, kosher salt, and clarified butter.  The methods we explain are so good that you don’t need an expensive $20-30/lb steak

Most men overlook the importance of functionality in favor of aesthetics. While this notion may seem easy to digest at first, our inherent quest for comfort eventually bears a striking influence on the choices of everyday garments, with dress shirts being no exception. The decision making process when purchasing a dress shirt is often focused

The easiest and best way to order a custom dress shirt is to measure a shirt that already fits you well.  Most reputable online custom dress shirt makers will provide instructions on how you can measure a shirt that fits you well as opposed to standard ‘off the rack’ sizing or traditional body measurements. Before

Made to Measure Shirts and Bespoke Shirts. What are the differences and why does it matter? When it comes to a custom dress shirts, you have two options: bespoke and made to measure (MTM). They differ depending on cost, time and construction but either can deliver an exceptional shirt depending on your needs. Also, bespoke or

Tour any guy’s closet and you’ll almost certainly find a mens white dress shirt.  It’s been a staple in men’s attire going back over 100 years.  To most men white dress shirts all look the same, which couldn’t be further from the truth.  There are a number of different attributes (collar, cuff, placket, etc…) along with

It goes by many names.  Mens skinny sweatpants, mens tapered sweatpants, mens yoga pants, etc…. Whatever you call them, these figure enhancing sweats are a relatively new fashion phenomenon that most did not see coming.  Back in the day sweatpants were meant to be oversized, heavy, and most importantly comfortable.  Today, technological improvements to synthetic

The mens black dress shirt is a unique piece of menswear that (if worn correctly) conveys a rugged and masculine confidence.  The man in black (aka Johnny Cash) owes his persona to this trademark look.  There are plenty of ‘faux pas’ that you could make with the black dress shirt, which we’ll try to guide

Daniel Craig’s Spectre Dress Shirt – Deconstructed & Remade. Recently, we were tasked with a really interesting customer request — replicating the beautiful pinned collar Tom Ford shirt that was popularized by Daniel Craig in the James Bond film Spectre.  While this ‘Spectre Shirt’ is commercially available, its $600 price tag is a bit steep for

A Study in Menswear: How the Italians Deconstructed and Remade British Style To say Italians (and by extension Italian dress shirts) are stylish is an understatement. They’ve given the world plenty to see on social media, from their non-chalant style aptly termed “sprezzatura” to their composed flair. We keep wanting to see more and more.