I’ve been devouring a lot of P.G. Wodehouse recently as his books make excellent summer reading: at once light and substantial. Apart from the masterful prose and subtle satire, what I enjoy…
After my recent review of their double gusset briefcase, Florence’s The Bridge asked to feature me in their new online journal. The piece includes some general background information about yours truly and my…
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,…
On the day I turned 20 I was sitting in my parent’s basement on an ugly tan corner couch they had bought at a furniture warehouse. I was watching TV, not a…
I was fortunate enough this week to be featured on Gentleman’s Gazette for an in-depth interview about my approach to style. The Gazette, if you don’t know, is one of the world’s…
The summer I turned seventeen my father took me to his tailor for the first time. We were on a family vacation in Portugal and I was to graduate into “grown up”…
My grandfather left almost nothing behind. Henrique Mendes was a poor, rural labourer in Portugal when he died in 1956, a few years after my grandmother passed away. The only…
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.…
I’ve recently had a number of guys tell me they wish they could be as adventurous with their clothes as I am. First and foremost, I don’t think I take…