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I’ve Found My First Enemy in the Fashion World: Magazine Editors
When I started my fashion education, I subscribed to GQ, Men’s Vogue, and Details. I have a love-hate relationship with these magazines. On the one hand, they are invaluable for expanding my fashion horizons beyond that of a Southern preppy with an unhealthy addiction to L.L. Bean. On the other hand they seem to be [...]
My Announcement Email
Here’s the email I sent out today announcing my blog:
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Hastings Hart Starts Blog on Men’s Fashion
by Dan D. Lyons
BERKELEY, Calif. — Hastings Hart, a writer in Berkeley, California, has started a blog on men’s fashion, titled [...]
Time Out for a Little Fashion Therapy
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I have to deal with something that I’ve been obsessing about for weeks: my reaction to the D&G advertisement I mentioned in my first post. You may remember that I screamed that these are [...]
Next Step: Make Finer Distinctions and Understand My Values
There’s something I’ve been wondering ever since the beginning, when Catherine got me to start wearing plain-front pants: How should I have been able to determine that plain-front pants are better than pleated pants? How much of the choice between pleats and plain fronts is objective, and how much is subjective? Was there something obviously [...]
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