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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Tie a Bow Tie
A Brief History of My Bow Tie Fascination The author, showing off his achievement. When I wear a bow tie, the most common question I get is: “Why?” The answer is, quite simply, because I can. I first...
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Strike While the Iron is Hot: How to Properly Iron a Shirt
I love to iron. It’s weird, I know, but I get a great amount of satisfaction from smoothing out a wrinkled shirt with a hot iron. Lately there have been a few posts on various blogs about how a man...
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This bow tie thing, it seems to be catching on.
Even Doctors are wearing bow ties now. Ever since I posted How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Tie a Bow Tie back in June, I’ve been noticing bow ties showing up everywhere. Even doctors are wearing...
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The Bow Tie Effect
Vintage Bronzini Bow Tie. When people know that you are able to tie a bow tie, something strange and wonderful happens: People give you bow ties. Take this vintage number, for instance. It’s an old...
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How to Keep Your Collars Stiff and Happy
Nigh unbreakable titanium collar stays from Uncommon Goods in a nifty little box. Lately I’ve been burning through a lot of collar stays. Now I realize that some of you may not know what a collar stay...
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John Muir Trail Gear Check: Honey Creek Safari Fedora
A great adventure (like hiking the John Muir Trail), deserves a great hat. For example, there’s Indiana Jones. And Daniel Boone. And The Hatter. My hat of choice for this particular adventure is the...
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Yasutomo 2020 Wa-Ben Wallet: Cuben Fiber Delight
I recently realized I have never been satisfied with any wallet I’ve ever owned. It was time for that to change. I thought about the Slimmy (which still looks pretty fantastic), until I remembered...
View ArticleTying a Bow Tie (with Bill Nye and Chris Hardwick)
When I decided I would finally learn how to tie a bow tie (that was two years ago), I called up the Internet. I found a video from a gent by the name of Ethan at Sherman Pickey that helped me unlock...
View ArticleAnother Bow Tie Tutorial
In general, the Internet (and specifically, this blog) doesn’t really need another tutorial on how to tie a bow tie. But this one, from clothing designer The Hill-Side, is really pretty fantastic. Why?...
View ArticleAlton Brown on How to Tie a Bow Tie
Just when I thought I was done posting about how to tie a bow tie, Alton Brown made a bow tie tutorial video. And it’s great. The post Alton Brown on How to Tie a Bow Tie appeared first on fordsbasement.
View ArticleGhostly Sunglasses
Some time ago, immediately before our family departed on our Trip Around the World, I Tweeted and Tumbled and Instagrammed a picture of my favorite glasses (a pair of Native Dash SS—no longer made)...
View ArticleThe Return of the Ghostly Sunglasses
The Curtis (my favorite sunglasses), a collaboration between Warby Parker and Ghostly, have been reissued in new colors. The post The Return of the Ghostly Sunglasses appeared first on fordsbasement.
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