The Houndstooth Kid

There's a new wave of vintage items arriving for sale at the Houndstooth Haberdashery .  There'll be some very nice pieces coming up...

We've known for a long time that clothes affect how we feel about ourselves. Now a new study shows that the way we dress may also affec...

The Wall Street Journal recently had an article discussing hat etiquette in today's world. If you think about it, guys nowadays either ...

Often times a vintage collector will be called out for wearing "costumes". And to the average eye vintage clothing may look like ...

Here are the 5 finalists for Esquire's Best Dressed Real Man contest. Sorry to say I didn't make the final cut but there's alway...

Let's not fool ourselves: while the Golden Era was just that for men's clothing, things were not perfect. Not everything was elegant...

What Sheb Wore. Yesterday our new kitten Sheb Wooley took my sartorial advice and tried a sporty red theme. His real straw Panama hat and p...

It's been a while so let's get back into this series. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Who says you can't use a suit ja...

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Note the very shapely tweed (in Spring!) jacket on the left paired with what could be wool or even gabard...

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 The numberous style choices out of one company were amazing. Plain back, sports back, double breasted, single b...

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 click to enlarge Note the pleated/pinched front on the jackets above. This was a sporty look for young men and a very s...

Two days ago George Will had an interesting article about, of all things, jeans. Read up and let us know what you think. ------------------...

Part 1 Part 2 We continue the 1940s Mont. Ward catalog series with this third part. Be sure to click on the photos to see the details and de...

The second of several posts in this series. Part 1 click to enlarge

The September 1940-dated Kaufmann tweed suit I wore today would be right at home in the Mont. Ward catalog in my last post . 1930s 'Ada...

Oh yes, suit fans, you read correctly. 1940: the last hurrah of the belted back and when green was the color. Such unusual treatments as th...

The Tucker Blair company , seller of "classically casual" products such as needlepoint headbands and belts, has given The Houndsto...

A chat with Alan Flusser, author of Style and the Man as well as Dressing the Man . Video A very interesting video. And, while I agree wi...

Over time as our wardrobes grow and evolve, somethings, even our most beloved items, fall into disuse. That has unfortunately happened to me...

The 1950s is famous for it's so-called 'Atomic Fleck' fabric, as it should be. But the so-called 'atomic' fleck predate...