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The Body Shop: Jesse Thorn takes on the varieties of the human body, and reveals Alan Flusser’s deep, Randy Newman-esque antipathy for short people. [Put This On]
The Great Outdoors: Outerwear gets sharper with Nanamica’s latest batch. [A Continuous Lean]
Slip Sliding Away: Against the velvet slipper…and the half slipper that will let you squeak by. [Esquire]
The Battle of the Bulge: The story of the fugitive Whitey Bulger and a decade’s worth of close calls. [The Atlantic]
Over the past few seasons, Shipley & Halmos has been morphing into a solid source for basics, and they may have sealed the deal with their most recent fall/winter line.
Exhibit A is this toggle coat: not showy, but as good a specimen of classic American outerwear as you’re likely to find. They’ve also rescued some sweaters from their first season and come up with a sharp graphic print for the lining of their blazers. It’s the kind of self-mythologizing you rarely see on brands only four years into their tenure—but we’d say they’ve earned it.
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Much as we appreciate a well-knotted scarf, there may be a better option. Behold, the tube scarf.
This one’s from the layering experts at Wings + Horns, offering a modern twist on the most traddish outerwear piece there is. It’s a clever update, but mostly, there’s just a lot less dangling fabric to deal with. That means it’s not quite as handy for winterizing your tweed blazer—but if you’re looking for something to top off a winter coat, it’s hard to do better.
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Outerwear tends to fall into one of two camps: there’s the traditionalists (think toggle coats, tweeds, anything equestrian) and the futurists (goretex, stretch-enhancing weaves, chemically treated waterproofing). So when a collaboration crosses the aisle, it’s usually worth a closer look.
In this case, the workwear cred comes from Woolrich who borrowed some indigo gore-tex from Nanamica for this Mountain Parka. It looks the same from afar, but the inside is goosedown instead of classic cloth, making it both lighter and warmer than you’d expect. Throw in some plaid lining and a few wooden toggles to keep the Americana spirit alive, and nobody’s the wiser. It might be the best of both worlds: retro on the outside, hi-tech on the inside. Take notes.
