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Coming Soon: Ball and Buck’s New Active Anorak Jacket
Ball and Buck is not your typical menswear brand. Founded in 2008 by Mark Bollman, a guy who actually does a lot out-of-doors, this Boston-based company offers more than just rugged looking gear....
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Adidas Terrex Agravic Trail Runners
Sneakers can be a tricky thing. Often, they are either too sporty to be practicable for everyday wear or more shoe-like than performance, therefore limited to fashionable pursuits. There are some which...
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One Star Leather’s Park Sloper Senior
A debate has been slowly but steadily percolating to the surface in the world of menswear opining as to whether or not the wallet’s luck has finally run out. With digital currency inevitably moving...
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Don’t Let Your Commute Ruin Your Suit
In partnership with British label Charles Tyrwhitt, we are thinking through some real-world issues faced by men and the clothing they wear. In 2016, the UK Office for National Statistics determined...
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Revisiting The Colonel Littleton No. 43 Mailbag
Here at OTC, we are lamenting the loss of one of our favorite bags – the No. 43 Mailbag – made by American leather goods brand Colonel Littleton. The design for the No. 43 was based on the iconic U.S....
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Why Great Style is Personal
The question which often lingers in the back of many a man’s mind is this: does it matter what you wear when no one is looking? Whether one works in a casual office or from home, or simply operating...
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Michael Bastian’s take on classic American style
A few years ago, we had a chance to sit down with award-winning fashion designer Michael Bastian and discuss his belief that what we know as classic American style was in fact born from the confluence...
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Heading Back to the Office – or Not
As the world of office dwellers shakes the collective dust off its shoulders and stumbles over to the closet, there is a sense of uncertainty in the air. What the heck to wear back to the office –...
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The Original American Icon: Brooks Brothers
Brooks Brothers. If there is a single brand which at its core is a byword for ‘American,’ it’s Brooks Brothers. Around the world that name quite literally defines the ideal of classic American style....
View ArticleThe Virtue of Wearing Out Your Favorite things
Growing up in New England, I was raised in a family that, stereotypically, cherished thriftiness and a well-worn aesthetic. In a household of five boys, it was both economical and a practical...
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