As a young guy I was supremely jealous of women’s clothing. The options seemed endless. Not only do women wear modified versions of menswear but the traditional Western woman’s closet includes countless…
When I was coaching my seven-year-old son’s soccer team, before each and every game, I told the players that they had to tuck in their shirts before walking on to the field.…
One of Canada’s national newspapers, The Globe and Mail, recently published a short essay I wrote about being a dandy daddy. The article, part of their Father’s Day feature content,…
The social impact of Mad Men is remarkable. A show that on the surface is about the cut-throat world of Madison Avenue advertising in the 60s got us all talking about…
Many of us think we live in a relatively enlightened age, especially when it comes to fashion. We look back and laugh at so many of the style choices people made in the…
When I first saw Hook and Furl lapel pins on the Gotstyle twitter feed, I fell in love. It wasn’t just that they reminded me of fishing flies (I love fishing)…
The first time I came home with vintage clothes, my mother was horrified. I was a teenager and she an old-fashioned Portuguese mom, and the used 1970s loud pants I…
I like the word “dandy.” And I like being called a dandy. In fact, I was originally going to title this website “The Hogtown Dandy.” But sadly, the word has too many negative associations.…
As I’ve written in my about section, while classic menswear is a passion, my career has been in audio storytelling – as a radio and podcast producer – for over…