because all of the other ones are, well, wrong — The arrival of a new James Bond film is a cause for celebration and a good excuse to drink martinis (as if one were needed.) But there are a couple downsides. One, some misguided souls insist on making those martinis with vodka, skaken, not stirred. Bond was just wrong about…

The Martini Manfesto: Part 2. pour yourself a real martini and read Part One here. In a society plagued with aggressive marketing and deceptive advertising, it’s inevitable that some will try to exploit the good will surrounding a respected name to peddle inferior products. Hence, almost every manner of alcoholic concoction, and even many non-alcoholic…

…and still affect us today In 1565, a man named Richard Walweyn,was arrested for wearing, quote, “a very monsterous and outraygeous greate payre of hose.” He was detained and his pants were confiscated and exhibited in a public place as “an example of extreme folye.” In that same year another man was arrest for wearing…

The Martini Manifesto: Part One. — Here is my proposal for the closing sequence of the last ever 007 film. James Bond sidles up to the bar and next to the beautiful mistress of the murderous leader of an international criminal syndicate. He murmurs nonchalantly, Vodka martini, shaken, not stirred. The bartender turns around and replies,Wrong…

A blurred line between work and leisure hasn’t made made work any more fun — instead, it lets work eat into our free time. — Employers from Goldman Sachs to the Golden Arches have relaxed or abandoned dress codes. Silicon Valley tech employees are famous for their hoodie sweatshirts and grey t-shirts. Sales of neckties and business suits are at all-time lows. …

Well-dressed Black activists were not trying to impress White people — A 2020 South Carolina march against police violence had a dress code. The organizers asked that demonstrators “come in dress attire, please”. Later, they boasted that the thousands-strong crowd had been “fully adorned in their Sunday best.” Not everyone was impressed. Many thought the dress code was a distraction from…

Why are men celebrated as stylish and women belittled as fashion victims? — Fashion-conscious men, with very few exceptions, do not admit that they are fashion-conscious. Even men who write exuberant and informative essays on the details of tailoring, shoes and leather goods for blogs and magazines dedicated to clothing deny that they are interested in fashion. Instead, most fashionable men set up…

Ascetic Athleisure, Extravagant Couture, or Curated Classic Tailoring? — As we look forward to emerging from over a year of forced hibernation, the fashion conscious and the fashion averse alike speculate about what we will wear once we get out and about. …