I just spotted these at Brown’s.
Nice! It’s too bad the cost on Alden’s overseas is exorbitant though.
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For when a can of Kiwi and elbow grease is not good enough.
Blankets from Paul Smith.
Throws from Drake’s of London.
Tiger fleece blankets from Wings + Horns. When is CYC going to get into doing bedding? I’d do my entire place in their fabrics if I could.
Filson and Pendleton also make great blankets, but they’re more heavy duty than they are soft.
Thomas Keller’s latest cookbook, Ad Hoc at Home, is his most approachable one yet. It’s very true to its subtitle of “family-style recipes” and all of them are easy to do (I’ve successfully tried about a dozen of them so far). Best yet is that no fancy equipment is needed and just about all of the ingredients that he calls for can be found in most grocery stores. Keller does provide some interesting insights of his throughout the book as well, such as why he prefers canola oil or why you should use palette knives instead of tongs.
True foodies might be disappointed by this book as it’s not exactly groundbreaking stuff like Under Pressure or French Laundry, but for everyone else it’s an excellent resource of information and would be a good second or third cookbook to have (after classics like Joy of Cooking, and Mastering the Art of French Cooking).
Rake magazine (a men’s clothing publication based out of Asia) has just recently started to add more articles from its issues to its website for free. View them here.
Some highlights:
- The style of Miles Davis
- The navy blazer
- Examination of the shirt
- Gianni Agnelli
- A history of Charvet
- An introduction to formal wear
It would be nice to see the publication add a paid option to view everything online (similar to what Monocle does for its subscribers), as it’s still somewhat difficult to get issues here.
Another good piece from David Colman, who wrote another article on the American look just a few months ago.
Drawing the line between polish and pretension is trickier, especially when last year’s costume can be this year’s classic, and next year’s yawn. Just consider the steady infiltration of 19th-century haberdashery into the 21st-century wardrobe. Garment after garment has arrived on the scene that one might think more Gilbert and Sullivan than Bergdorf and Goodman, only to be taken up by the young beards…
…Similarly, the look’s most popular components — tweedy vests, woolen trousers, henley undershirts, dark wool ties, scratchy cotton shirts — appear to have an added dose of authenticity when unearthed in tucked-away shops like Amoskeag XX and Against Nature on the Lower East Side, or Hollander & Lexer in Brooklyn. Often they are made in New York by small labels like Engineered Garments and Freemans Sporting Club, Mr. Somer’s line.
There are definitely some pieces in this season’s collections that are pure costume (like Engineered Garments Edward jacket), but things like wool ties and three piece suits are classics.
New additions to their website this evening: shirts, sweaters, accessories, along with Bass Weejuns, a weekend bag from WANT Les Essentiels, and boots from Aigle. Their fairly large Christmas catalog is now available to view online as well.
