Vintage Fabrics | Neckties | General Knot & Co.
With the encouragement of friends and family (and a whole lot of work), General Knot & Co. has officially become a reality today. It’s been many months of inspired work- more fun than work actually. Years of vintage shopping at flea markets, estate sales, and hole-in-the-wall shops, helped drive the concept and partnering up with [...]
One | A First Birthday
It’s hard to believe that a year has gone by already. A year ago today I posted my first article on The First Few. Not much of an article actually, but rather a test post dropped into WordPress to test the waters. Being new at the time to blog writing and the software that drove [...]
Dan River Fabrics | Luxury For The Little Lady
During the heyday of the 1950′s and early 1960′s, Dan River was the go-to source for any person’s home sewing project. I say “person’s”, but in those days you would have been hard pressed to find a man who knew his way around a home sewing machine. Women were the center of the home’s universe, [...]
Free History Lessons | Union Square NYC
With everything in New York City so compressed and with everyone moving so quickly, a person can often miss what is right underfoot. Yes, NYC is not “ancient” in the global sense, but we do have quite a bit of evidence of it’s history all around us. I have the pleasure of emerging from the [...]
Vintage American Industry | Textiles and Shoes
I completely lucked out this past weekend finding an antiques dealer who specializes in vintage textile industry artifacts. Being a sweater guy myself, I couldn’t help being drawn to the beautiful colors and yarns. With the American textile industry long declined and currently the most minimal level, these industry artifacts are all that is left [...]
GQ Style Manual
This season’s GQ Style Manual is a welcome hearken back to the original spirit of the ubiquitous men’s fashion magazine, with all the modern style and polish expected in a current publication. The “manual” covers top coats to ties and hats to suits, and everything in between. Each element is displayed with great-looking product and [...]
Duluth Trading Co. | Workwear For Working
Looking around for an authentic coal bag lead me to the Duluth Trading Co., the one-stop shop for everything workwear related. I needed a coal bag that was actually made for lugging around heavy stuff- tools, chains and such. A bag that would do the job and one that I wouldn’t care about getting a [...]
Pocket Watches | The Details
Rodania 17 Jewel Pocket Watch c. 1950′s I personally love the current wave of menswear. Real honest to goodness manly stuff- the clothes and all the extras that go along with being a guy. Tweeds and non-Satin Ties, Worn-in Boots and Belts, Bags and Hats (with brims), Waistcoats and Waxed Canvas Jackets, Beers and Bourbon [...]
Bags | For The Smaller Things In Life
I’ve admitted being a bit obsessed with collecting bags- shoulder bags, backpacks, computer bags, duffle bags, they all catch my eye and seem to find a place in my revolving supply of “necessary” belongings.
Hang Tags | Collections
Hang Tags come in every shape and size imaginable. They are the elements of retail products that get little fanfare but are labored over by graphic artists with the hope of catching a customer’s attention, inform the customer of the amazing attributes of the garment, and generally create a little billboard for some brand recognition. [...]
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