Came across these today, thought they were pretty wild. The Portland-based company is called Shwood and they hand-make sunglasses out of wood drawn from locally sourced and sustainable lumber yards.

The glasses look very similar in design to Raybans, the Canby design more or less mirroring Wayfarers, while the Govy takes a squarer approach to [...]

I know this isn’t military related…but I just had to put this up, so bear with me.
Last weekend I was in Miami and forgot my jeans in the hotel…so I endeavored to find a new pair for the summer. I was walking down Broadway south of 8th St. and passed one of those storefronts [...]

Have you ever noticed that many of the trends that last in fashion are borrowed or inspired by the military? Necessity is the mother of invention- the fact that things designed for the military are designed to be simple and functional, getting the job done in the simplest and most commonly accessible way. Or maybe [...]

We all know someone who buys custom dress shirts. The uncle who goes to Singapore and get a dozen shirts made, or the Grandfather who had his whole wardrobe stitched in London 40 years ago, or the banker friend who gets all bespoke from Madison Ave. It’s the pinnacle of fashion and style. And now [...]

Hey All, I apologize for my absence…it’s been one thing after the next. From super busy at work to redoing my taxes over and over (the state of NY just doesn’t make it easy) to traveling, I’ve been silent and I’m going to try to do better from now on.
So for Friday I want [...]

In other news, I guess I wasn’t even in the finalists for the Penguin model search. I guess I’ll stick to writing! Oh well. On to the next project…

I saw this via trendhunter and I’m not sure if it’s real or just a concept, or perhaps a concept that will soon become real. I hope [...]

So today the first round of entries went up on the Original Penguin website for their Be Our Model contest. The gist of it is: you send in two headshots and two body shots in your best outfit and they put their favorites up on the site for people to vote on. The winner get [...]

Thanks for the comment Frank. To answer your question, the title of the blog came about last summer. I spent way too much money on a pair of tan suede shoes from Cole Haan (pictured in the header banner of this site.) I loved them. They were super lightweight and cool on hot days, and [...]

I’ve been having this thought lately….that I feel like I have no influence on the physical world anymore. I get up, stumble around in my apartment getting ready for the day, walk downstairs and out into the street. I wait for the bus, or I wait for the train, or I walk somewhere. Enter a [...]

Well, the warm weather has begun teasing we New Yorkers about the coming Spring, and with these warm mornings and bright sunny afternoons comes the shedding of winter mentality and layers. I refuse to wear another warm coat. If I freeze so be it, I am willing it to be warm out. Winter is almost [...]