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"My favorite thing to buy is underwear. I think buying underwear is the most personal thing you can..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:05 -0700

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My favorite thing to buy is underwear. I think buying underwear is the most personal thing you can do, and if you could watch a person buying underwear you would really get to know them. I mean, I would rather watch somebody buy their underwear than read a book they wrote. I think the strangest people are the ones who send someone else to buy their underwear for them. I also wonder about people who don’t buy underwear. I can understand not wearing it, but not buying it?

Anyway, one Saturday morning I called a B who knows me pretty well and asked him if he would like to go underwear-shopping with me at Macy’s.

‘Macy’s?’ he grumbled. I guess I woke him up but think of all the buying time he was losing. ‘Why Macy’s?’

‘Because that’s where I get my underwear,’ I told him. I used to go to Woolworth’s but now I can afford Macy’s. Periodically I stop in at Brooks Brothers to look at their fancy old-fashioned boxer shorts but I just can’t bring myself to give up Jockeys.

‘I wouldn’t mind buying some underwear,’ B said, ‘but I buy mine at Bloomingdale’s. They have pure cotton. Pima cotton.’ This B is like that. He finds something he likes, Pima cotton for example, and he acts like he discovered it He gets completely attached to it. He won’t buy anything else. He has extremely definite taste. Which I think is bad because it limits his buying power.

‘No, let’s go to Macy’s.’

‘Saks is nice,’ he whimpered.

‘Macy’s,’ I insisted. ‘I’ll pick you up in an hour.’

”

- Andy Warhol (or his ghostwriters) on underwear shopping, from The Philosophy of Andy Warhol.

making the case for neckerchiefs/ascots/cravats voxsart: The...

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:27:00 -0700

making the case for neckerchiefs/ascots/cravats

voxsart:

The French Riviera, 1955.

With Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.

Relaxing in suit and tie. With Balzac, Pendleton 1910, and a...

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:27:00 -0700

Relaxing in suit and tie.

With Balzac, Pendleton 1910, and a Montecristo.

Tattersall and the black and white repp tie.

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:29:39 -0700

Tattersall and the black and white repp tie.

voxsart: Rome And The Gucci Loafer. Matt Damon, with Gwyneth...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:07:50 -0700

voxsart:

Rome And The Gucci Loafer.

Matt Damon, with Gwyneth Paltrow.

Supposedly in NYC you had the season’s greatest Christmas party...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:20:56 -0700

Supposedly in NYC you had the season’s greatest Christmas party every year. Did you and what made them so epic?

Bret Easton Ellis: Christmas parties were packed. Anyone could come. I always liked the party scene in the film Breakfast At Tiffany’s: that’s the vibe I wanted.

— via reddit.

voxsart: The Knit Tie And Glen Check Suit. Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:36:52 -0700

voxsart:

The Knit Tie And Glen Check Suit.

Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Kirk Douglas and Hoagy Carmichael.

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:39:00 -0700

Kirk Douglas and Hoagy Carmichael.

Paraphrasing Sam Bivins on the latest Daft Punk album: cosmic poolside melancholy. next level...

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:33:00 -0700

Paraphrasing Sam Bivins on the latest Daft Punk album: cosmic poolside melancholy. next level galactic sadness-party. so expensive; you can practically hear the millions of dollars in every note.

Siegfried Farnon and the contrasting cardigan sweater vest.

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:54:00 -0700

Siegfried Farnon and the contrasting cardigan sweater vest.

Berkshire Chase Savile Row Beaufort Panto...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:37:00 -0700

Berkshire Chase Savile Row Beaufort Panto 14K

voxsart:

Professor Jones.

Harrison Ford.

"There is no such thing as a good fit that is uncomfortable. The good fit, which, as I have said,..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:13:48 -0700

“There is no such thing as a good fit that is uncomfortable. The good fit, which, as I have said, must be allied to cutting, must never have any appearance of strain anywhere, and it should look as relaxed as you feel.”

- Hardy Amies (via voxsart)

"I am quite aware that I shall annoy some people by my insistence on correctness based on tradition..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:00:00 -0700

“I am quite aware that I shall annoy some people by my insistence on correctness based on tradition in the choice of certain articles of clothing; that I shall be called a snob and out of date. My reply again is that the suit is the dress of a gentleman. If you are one, you will instinctively, almost unconsciously, uphold its standards. If you are not, you might like to be helped. Don’t forget, I was not born a gentleman. But I was born with sharp eyes that noticed what a real gentleman wore and a curious mind which enquired into the origins of his style. What I learned I am trying to pass on.”

- Hardy Amies (via voxsart)

Viva Brunello: from $550 to $1 Billion by means of cashmere...

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:59:00 -0700

Viva Brunello: from $550 to $1 Billion by means of cashmere sweaters.

thebengalstripe:

Brunello Cucinelli

Jack Lord as Felix Leiter in beige tropical wool via — The...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:01:00 -0700

Jack Lord as Felix Leiter in beige tropical wool via — The Suits of James Bond.

voxsart: The Polo Collar And Knit Tie Crowd. Jake Lemmon and...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:00:05 -0700

voxsart:

The Polo Collar And Knit Tie Crowd.

Jake Lemmon and Billy Wilder.

Notch lapels and black tie does not the world end. Although,...

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:48:00 -0700

Notch lapels and black tie does not the world end.

Although, razor thin lapels might.

voxsart: The Velvet Dinner Jacket, Sunglasses, And...

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:16:40 -0700

voxsart:

The Velvet Dinner Jacket, Sunglasses, And Eyepatch.

John Ford, by Phil Stern.

howtotalktogirlsatparties: “The Hermit King” (2013), found...

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:47:42 -0700

howtotalktogirlsatparties:

“The Hermit King” (2013), found digital media

"‘So what must you get into that handsdome head of yours? Just this—set yourself a..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:37:29 -0700

““‘So what must you get into that handsdome head of yours? Just this—set yourself a brilliant goal, and conceal the means by which you arrive at it, conceal every step you take towards it. You have behaved like child—now be a man, be a hunter, get into the swim, lie in ambush in the world of Paris, wait until chance brings the quarry within your reach and do not worry too much about your personal integrity and your so-called dignity—because we are all more or less in the power of something—a vice, or a failing; but keep the one supreme law—that of secrecy!’””

- Advice from an Archcriminal to a young man, from Honoré de Balzac’s Lost Illusions.