Clothing “An earplug habit allows a weird sort of synesthesia, where auditory experiences are reconfigured into other, subtler inputs” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 November 2015 An earplug habit allows a weird sort of synesthesia, where auditory experiences are reconfigured...
Clothing “Shorts receded to casual environments, where they waited for the culture to relax” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 November 2015 From the early 20th century, British soldiers and sailors sported their warm-weather uniforms all...
Clothing, Jobs/Professions, Work “The notion of ‘blue-collar jobs’ emerged in the 1920s, following the metonymic model of the ‘white-collar worker'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 October 2015 The notion of “blue-collar jobs” emerged in the 1920s, following the metonymic model of...
Clothing “The blue chambray shirt is emblematic of a phenomenon that shows no sign of receding — the ever-accelerating chic of ‘yesterday’s blue-collar brands’…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 October 2015 The blue chambray shirt is emblematic of a phenomenon that shows no sign of...
Clothing “…detractors contend that shorts are categorically unattractive on grown men, that even when they look good they seem callow” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 October 2015 Foes of shorts — you may know the type of man who, despite the...
Clothing “Bared by shorts, knees point us toward a few truths about social standards” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 September 2015 Up above the hems of a proper pair of trousers — above the ankle-baring...
Clothing “A work shirt is a dress shirt with a job to do” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 September 2015 A work shirt is a dress shirt with a job to do. Accordingly, it...
Clothing “For too long, the fanny pack’s cultural baggage has prevented potential adoptees from embracing its sheer practicality” Author Drew Kaplan Date 20 September 2015 For too long, the fanny pack’s cultural baggage has prevented potential adoptees from embracing...
Clothing “The fanny pack is utilitarian by design and aspirational in application…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 September 2015 The fanny pack is utilitarian by design and aspirational in application, because a hands-free...
Clothing “The bespectacled face asks the world to see it a certain way by telling the world something about how it is seen” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 July 2015 More intimate than underpants precisely because they are plain for all to see, eyeglasses...