Rapper of the Year: Kendrick Lamar - GQ Magazine

Freestyle: Solid
Suits: Dope

Kanye West - Zane Lowe Interview (BBC Radio 1)

"This is what frustration sounds like."

A really interesting interview.

There will be people who pull the crazy card, and no doubt there's a lot going on with him, but I find him to be extremely passionate, inspired, and because of that, inspiring. If you haven't watched the videos (I'm sure most have), check it out.

Put This On: Season 2 - Episode 6: Consolidation

What happens when a hundred artisans become a few global megacompanies? We went to Milan, Italy, to talk to small-scale makers who work in the shadow of fashion conglomerates like Prada.

Take Antonio Pio Mele, a cobbler who makes shoes by hand in a small shop in central Milan. He's grateful that huge brands occasionally hire him to make samples, but he's angry they rarely pay him on time and that their "bespoke" operations are rarely genuinely bespoke. Scholar Alex Pietrogiacomi provides some philosophical context, and photographer Simone Falcetta explains how consolidation has changed the fashion world.

We also talk to Milanese dandy Pino Pipoli, Dave Hill offers a rudiment about black suits, and the beautiful Valentina Galbiati gives us a guided tour of Milan's most influential and beautiful boutique, 10 Corso Como.

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Executive Producers: Jesse Thorn & Adam Lisagor
Director: Benjamin Ahr Harrison
Host / Writer / Producer: Jesse Thorn
Rudiments: Dave Hill
Producer: Gianluca Migliarotti
Director of Photography: Daniele Vascelli
Sound: Daniele Belli
Editor: Todd Thoenig and Benjamin Ahr Harrison
Subtitle Translation: Giovanni D’Amico

Maison Martin Margiela x Converse

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I know exactly what you're thinking, and you're not wrong: it is (or isn't).

Still...I'd cop.

Those socks are dope too.

Details.

via: High Snobiety

Put This On: Season 2 - Episode 5: Elegance (Milan)

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits Milan, a world fashion capital.

In this episode, our director Benjamin Ahr Harrison visits Biella, north of the city, to talk with Luciano Barbera. Barbera isn’t just one of the world’s most elegant men, he’s also the leader of Carlo Barbera, one of the finest fabric mills in existence.

For our PTO Place segment, we talk with the owner of G. Lorenzi. It started as a cutlery shop, and has become a spectacular tribute to the finest small accessories imaginable. It’s home to a visually stunning spectrum of knives, scissors, shaving goods, toothbrushes, combs, shoehorns and other tiny necessities.

In PTO Man, we visit Salvatore Battello, the elegant owner of W-D Man. Before he started his line, he ran one of the last companies in the world that worked with shagreen - the beautiful skin of sharks and rays. Battello tells us about his passion for vintage fabric, and his definition of elegance.

Plus Jesse answers the question “what color shoes go with the suit?” and Dave Hill offers a rudiment on the topic of socks.

This is the fifth episode in our six-episode second season. In this season, we visit the three greatest men’s style cities in the world, as chosen by our readers - New York, Milan and London.

Checkin' My Style (Return To Zero)

Yeah, I want everyone out there to check these styles and come back and return to zero.

I don't need swag.

I don't need Nickelson Wooster.

I don't need Street Etiquette.

I don't need the Miami Heat.

I don't need Air Yeezys.

I don't need The Bearded Man.

I don't need Scott Schuman.

I don't need Glenn O'Brien.

I don't need Hypebeast.

I don't need Yasiin Bey.

I don't need Supreme.

I just need what I need...

I Am Yasiin Bey

By Gary Gardner for GQ.com

"I don't have advice for people on how to dress"

The Artist Formerly Known as Mos Def: GQ

Put This On: Season 2 - Episode 4: Eccentric Style

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits London, where we visit with a few of the distinctive personalities that help make London a special place.

Guy Hills makes tweeds with the colors of the London streets- including reflective stripes for cyclists.
David Saxby went from being a vintage dealer to recreating traditional styles in his own factories with the workers who’d been laid off as clothing manufacture left England.

We visit Cordings, an unusual outdoor clothing store that Eric Clapton felt so strongly about he bought it.

And we learn a few ways to tie a scarf. Plus our sponsor, Mailchimp, and of course Rudiments with Dave Hill.

This is the fourth episode in our six-episode second season. In this season, we visit the three greatest men’s style cities in the world, as chosen by our readers - New York, Milan and London.

Put This On: Season 2 - Episode 3: (New) Traditions, London

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits London, where we examine how traditions are being reinvented in the birthplace of classic menswear.

We go to Savile Row, where we meet up with a historical guide to talk about the history of the world’s oldest tailoring street. We also chat with the tailor Richard Anderson about what’s special about The Row. Patrick Grant, the owner and designer of Norton & Sons, talks about how Savile Row can become a vital part of the international fashion world again.

Just off Savile Row, we go to the basement showroom of W. Bill, the world’s most legendary tweed merchant. Ray Hammet, who’s worked at W. Bill for decades, shows us around the stacks of wooly majesty.

In our PTO: Man segment, we talk with Ian Bruce, painter and member of the band The Correspondents, about re-imagining the SoHo dandy for the 21st century. He takes us through London’s red light district, and tells us why he doesn’t want to look like a painter at the end of a long day of painting.

We visit the tie factory owned and operated by Drake’s of London to learn how a high-quality tie is made, from fabric to finished product. Then we buy one to send to a supporter of the show.

Plus Dave Hill tells where sport sunglasses are and are not appropriate, in Rudiments.

This is the third episode in our six-episode second season. In this season, we visit the three greatest men’s style cities in the world, as chosen by our readers - New York, Milan and London.

Serpico (Sidney Lumet, 1973)

Great movie.

Alfredo styled out in this one.

Click for larger images.

Man in uniform, hat to the back, b-boy stance.

Chambray. Torn sleeves.

White Tee and chain.

Blue polo.

Red polo and blue windbreaker.

Seersucker.

Probably could have found a better shot, but trust, this jacket was dope.

Sportswear. 

Train hat.

With Tony Roberts.

Bucket.

Loungin'.

These bold patterned shirts seem to be back in style.

Loungin'. (again)

                                   

Warm weather suit.

Crooked.

With Biff Mcguire.

Wits end.

Personal business.

Somewhat prominent Hip Hop vocal sample in this scene. I smiled.

Beanie.

I'm definitely growing out my beard this winter.

Tartan.

Classic Rooftop Shot.

Truth to the youth.

Duffle.

Cypress Hill - Hole in the Head

Cypress Hill - Pigs

Mad Men

Some of my favorite items (mostly ties) from the recently concluded 5th season.

Roger Sterling's tie.

Pete Campbell's raincoat

Peggy Olson's  left hand -- Kidding!

                                   

Roger Sterling's tie.

Don Draper's tie.

Glen Bishop's scarf.

Pete Campbell's tie.

Lane Pryce's tie.

Don Draper's tie.

Wasn't my favorite season. I enjoyed individual moments (Roger's LSD trip), more than entire episodes. There was a lot of time off before this season, so I hope returning to a regular production cycle will bring back more consistency.

Put This On: Season 2 - Episode 2: Eclecticism

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits New York City, where eclectic style is a way of life.

We go thrifting with Josh and Trav from the blog Street Etiquette. They’re known for their thrift-store eyes and their unique editorials. We drop some shopping and alteration knowledge and have a friendly competition: who can pick up the coolest stuff in three shops and two hours?

Visit Jay Kos, the eclectic boutique that fuses traditional style with a decidedly non-traditional palette. It’s a favorite of modern dandies because of Jay’s bold color sense and wild material choices. Here you can find traditionally-made trousers in green python or a fine Italian sportcoat rendered in a blown-up flannel shirting pattern.

Meet Lewis Lapham, the found of Lapham’s Quarterly and longtime editor of Harper’s Magazine. Lapham discusses why fine clothes suit the humble journalist, and compares a coat and tie to the pair of gold coins Flaubert carried in his pocket - they lend the bearer a sense of weight.

In our How It’s Made segment, we learn what’s inside your jacket. Tailor Leonard Logsdail tears open a few coats to show us their guts and compares the construction of pieces at a variety of price points.

Plus, the return of Rudiments with new host Dave Hill. Dave explains that a coat isn’t finished until it has been altered by a tailor.

This is the second episode in our six-episode second season. In this season, we visit the three greatest men’s style cities in the world, as chosen by our readers - New York, Milan and London.

Tyler, The Creator and Glenn O'Brien for Supreme

"He's awesome" - Tyler

I wonder if there is anything in Mr. O'Brien's book about forced relationships?

Interview: GQ.com

Put This On: Season 2 - Episode 1: The Melting Pot

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits New York City, a place where style is defined and redefined through interpretation and reinterpretation.

Meet the 'Lo Heads. With roots in 1980s street gangs, these Polo Ralph Lauren enthusiasts have made "aspirational apparel" a lifestyle. They once had to boost their Polo from stores and fight to keep it on the streets. Today, their culture is worldwide, promulgated by hip-hop. Their hero is Ralph Lauren - a working class New Yorker who understood that the fantastical power of style can be transformative. Dallas Penn from The Internets Celebrities, a dedicated Lo Head (and former member of the Decepts crew) with a collection of over 1000 pieces of Polo apparel takes us on a tour of this remarkable fashion subculture.

Visit Worth & Worth hat shop, a New York institution with roots going back to 1922. In recent memory, Orlando Palacios has made the shop a home for rockers as well as traditionalists, turning hundred-year-old machines to the task of reinterpreting hundred-year-old styles.

Meet Jason Marshall, a jazz saxaphonist with a classic style. He plays with bands ranging from traditional bop to hip-hop fusion to Aretha Franklin, but he prefers to wear tailored clothes when he does it, and explains why.

And in our Q & Answer segment, find out how to pack your suit for travel. We'll show you a fold to keep it neat inside a rolling carry-on or suitcase, and we'll show you how to keep your trousers on the hanger inside a garment bag.

Clothing Credits: Link

Season 2 Funders: I'm a Contributing Producer, yo!

The Sartorialist: Lunch for 25

It's possible that number 26 on Scott Schuman's list of friends is a little upset right now.

Knot Yourself by Alexander Olch (Matt Lenski, 2011)

I'd cop some of his seersucker joints.

Alexander Olch: Link

How To Tie A Tie (Alexander Olch, 2011)

I'd like to visit France someday.

Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, 1986)

I'm currently in the midst of a Woody Allen marathon. This one appears in a lot of 'favorite lists', and it didn't disappoint.

A lot of unfortunate 80s womenswear in this film, but most of the menswear wouldn't look out of place today.

End movie spoilers ahead.

                           

http://youtu.be/_V2sBURgUBI

Michael Caine: Always a winner. 

Shirt, tie, polo, elbow patches.

The fur is a little too pimpin' for me, but her toggle coat could be worn today.

Bum.

The anxiety of the man in the booth.

Would love to know the story behind this shirt.

Daps.

"I want so badly to kiss her." 

Grief and herringbone.

Hair.

Over accessorized.

Mia Farrow doing the menswear thing. Michael Caine looking guilty
 in a comfortable sweater.

This time with less accessories.

Specs.

Anxious in a V-neck.

Neurotic in a crew neck.

Those poor sleeves.

Varsity jacket.

Dark plaid, bold tie. 

Comfy cable knit sweater.

A happy ending. 

As part of its American Masters series, PBS is airing a documentary on Woody Allen, directed by Paul B. Weide. It airs November 20th and 21st.

Woody Allen: A Documentary: Trailer
Hannah and Her Sisters: Trailer