The Trad

Men owned a lot of clothes back then... but women owned more. Not Surprising. What is surprising is what men owned. Details this weeken...

Frankly, I can't help thinking that deer would be me.  For my deer friend and happy hunter, the Main Line Sportsman.

There was an interesting piece in the NY Times Sunday about Selfies. Back in college, the NYT could do no wrong. In my 30s, I began to h...

I've always wanted the best.  Problem is, there's so damned little of it.  Gianni Cerrutti and I started a conversation back in e...

I had never seen a tie envelope before H. Herzfeld.  The brand on the slick cardboard never matched the tie I bought.  Still, Herzf...

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It is a well known fact, mostly among my oldest and dearest friends,  that I'm a klutz. My mother has warned me that I burned through...

"The people who did M magazine… had just a very high level of taste and a broad knowledge and understanding of the world… they ne...

There's a spectacular restaurant in Paris within eye shot of the Eiffel Tower and while it's not much to look at, the food and wi...

John- First off: Nice web site. I grew up in Princeton, so in some way or another, I recognize just about everything on your page. But my...

You don't see the sundress much...Like it's simple partner, the shirt dress, it has a way of perking up a hot & humid sidewal...

A great old magazine. Anyone know the title? I love my readers...except you Rafael.  George?

"I wrote a scene about a detective who quits to become a photographer. He borrows a wheel chair from a friend who stole it at the ai...

Bel-Canto Use of a light tone in the higher registers Agile technique capable of dispatching ornate embellishments Abilit...

Elizabeth Taylor's former residence for a showroom   Peter Kaplan instructing Antonio Ciongoli on the finer points of manhood  C...