Easy and Elegant Life

The Search for Everyday Elegance and the Art of Living Well.

Recently, a client asked if tab collars were out of style. Never! Out of fashion, yes. Out of style, no. So it is with many of the gewgaws of classic style. Take the collar bar (I […]

After seven (!) years of thinking about and studying elegance, I’ve come to a number of conclusions. Today’s is this: elegance  and whimsy have a difficult time coexisting. Feeling extremely puppyish as I am these days, […]

(Not oxford cloth.)  I know that the historical record proves me wrong, but I would swear that this country — possibly the western world — was founded and built by men wearing oxford cloth shirts. There […]