Natural Selection Hard at Work

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

Tab Hunter

Not this Tab.


Is this Tab getting harder to find?

F.M. Allen - Something to Shoot For...

Peter Greer of F.M. Allen

My favorite Desert Boot

Ice Bucket

Something for your paddock

How to sell shoes

That whole southern safari thing

More southern safari

Not so much

Green & Tan safari

I saw nothing made in China

There's a store in TN - I haven't been south of SOHO in two years

Peter's unique Euro/American/Safari style

The way to attract men

Shoot high here and avoid the tshirts and polos

Boat shoes made in USA

F.M. Allen has only recently gone from selling antiques to selling apparel at their 962 Madison Avenue location. A three Martini stumble south of Bemelman's Bar and smack dab in Manhattan's UES shopping district I call, "Fur Sink Money", where shops don't blink at bending you over for $300 khakis and $450 polo shirts. But there are some deals. You just need to know where to look.

Peter Greer spent 13 years with Polo (poor guy) and managed their Paris operation. Consequently, he has a style that incorporates a European sophistication with a very American, "khaki rules" spin. It's unique and I like it. I'm not fond of their $40 T-shirts and loud logo polos pushing $90 but we're smarter than that.

Have Peter show you the Hertling made khaki for $125. That's a fair price for a quality pant that'll last. The desert boot is a favorite of mine. At $475, it's more dear than Clarks but it's a beautiful shoe made grown up by being waterproofed, leather lined and made in Italy with decent arch support. And if you were on that safari train in the '80s, there's a Ghurka short with side tabs made in England for $98 that'll give you Ronald Regan flashbacks. Better you than me.

All in all, there's a honest vibe to the place despite my first impressions or the book Peter gave me on taxidermy. It's amazing the things you can stuff. For more arcane taxidermy details and some great writing, check out the FM Allen blog here.

Get Grahame Fowler

Get it?

I want it.

Grahame's Sub (nfs). Benrus Military 1972 and 1978 ($2k & $1,800)

The dog gets it.

I get it.

Get some?

Only place to get Trickers in NYC

If you don't get this...

...you don't get these.

Get shirts. On sale.

J Crew gets it. Turns it into a beach towel for people who don't get it.

How do I get it?

Chuka & Grahame- Out of focus but edgy. I know they get it.

Already got some

$15,000 will get it.

Get your fourth point of contact to 138 W 10th St in the Village. You should have to pay admission. Unless you show proof of getting it. If you dig the Tommy, Ralph and Mickey show - best to stay away. If you're fluent in authentic. You're gonna be very happy here. There's even a sale going on.

When a designer slaps the 3rd Infantry Regiment patch on a pair of cargo shorts - - you can rest assured they don't get it. Even though they have a legal department that should. A legal department whose motto should read, "Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission."

You will find no apologies here. This is home to a soul shaking realness that - today - few seem to understand. It reeks of an intelligence, wit and sophistication that will, if you're brave enough to enter, change how you look at clothing and perhaps yourself.

The expression, "He's all hat and no horse" is apt for those who think nothing of slapping badges and patches on themselves. That they didn't earn it isn't nearly as bad as, they don't even know what it is. It's a sad commentary about today but I beg you to stop by and see Grahame's shop. If for nothing else - to offer us all hope in the face of this.