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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 of three distinct social trends. In this article we revisit that conversation and Bastian’s insightful observations of American men’s style. If there’s one thing you need to know about Michael Bastian, it’s that when it comes to American menswear and its various influences, he is a student of history. Growing up on the East Coast and attending Babson College in the 1980s, Bastian was… READ MORE

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’s the heck to wear back to the office – when one even bothers going ‘to’ the office? As the very concept of where to work is changing, so to is the idea of what constitutes ‘work clothes’ in the first place. Figuring out this new code of appropriate office wear is front and center in the minds of HR executives and worker bees alike. Nonetheless, many voices still weigh in on… READ MORE

Want to Throw a New York Fashion Party? Try a Deli

A few weeks before my night in Dyker Heights, I found myself walking into Katz’s Deli at around 9pm. The guy behind, who just wanted to get a pastrami sandwich for dinner, was stopped at the door. On any other night, he would have been fine, but his craving just so happened to collide with Underground Overground Comedy’s latest seemingly-random show. (They’ve held them in barber shops and laundromats, too.) The smoked-meat mecca has grown used to this sort of thing: it hosted a party with Diplo as the headlining DJ last August. A few months before that, in March,… READ MORE