Clay Tompkins: New Label, Timeless Outlook
English bespoke is state side. Distinguished, comfortable, and resilient with just the right amount of pop for the summer, Clay Tompkins’ royal blue Super 130 English gabardine trouser embodies the best in quality and design at a reasonable mark up. You truly get what you pay for. I took a tour of the manufacturing facility,...
A Lesson in Value from Cary Grant
The modern era etymology of the word ‘value’ makes for a depressing conclusion. In its contemporary day-to-day usage ‘value’ has become synonymous with ‘low-cost’; when one says, ‘that’s good value for money’, too often they mean it was cheap, period. And that is a shame. Value should mean something very different. If we limit our...
The Gentleman’s Guide From A Not So Gentle Man
Let’s start at the very beginning, tender thirteen. My mother bought me this book, thrusting it to me, wrapped in navy blue paper. She had such pride and adulation at my becoming a man. She said that she raised me to be a gentleman, and that this book was somehow going to remind me of...
3 Made to Measure Shirt Companies You Should Know
The subtlety of a good fitting shirt is as minute as the needle point used in sowing it all together. Not unlike the fine lines on a race car, a mans shirt hugs and wraps itself around the driver.The analogy rings truest in a custom shirt. Off the rack seldom allows for a perfect fit...
The Ghurka Story
An American born brand with deep roots in the British military, Ghurka provides exceptional leather goods with an even more interesting story behind each product. Ghurka leather bags and accessories are handmade by master artisans who create a timeless American style in each piece with the superb functionality and craftsmanship. The defining characteristic of Ghurka...
