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So how many clothing brand email lists are you guys on? I’m on approximately a thousand, and every time I unsubscribe from one I’m somehow signed up for three more, like some direct marketing hydra. It’s not to say that there’s no value in getting emails from brands (sign up for our newsletter!) because I like hearing about sales and stuff, but those companies that send you a dozen emails a week about nothing in particular? They can suck an egg. Lately I’ve been getting inundated with a particular kind of marketing blast where it seems everyone and their mom...

You guys ever heard of the “twin film phenomenon?” Even if you haven’t you’ve probably seen it happen. Basically it’s when two movies come out around the same time that are very similar in plot or story that were made by two different studios. For example, do you remember a movie from 1998 about a world-destroying asteroid hurtling towards Earth? Okay, which one do you remember, Armageddon or Deep Impact? Or did you go to the theater in 2013 to see a movie about a terrorist attack on the White House? Was it Olympus Has Fallen or White House Down?...

After a pandemic-induced coma wedding season has returned with full gusto. Hell, you might even be dealing with double bookings this summer as delayed nuptials finally get around to consummating. And so it is with great anticipation that, in this age of athleisure and Carhaart, we, the clothes-minded few, get to bust out some tailoring. Ties, baby! I’ve missed you seven-times-folded little guys. Dressing for weddings, though, is an art and a science even for the natty, so here’s a quick rundown of dos and don’ts for the “I dos.” First and foremost, if the invitation specifically states some form...

Happy long weekend, my fellow Americans. The 4th of July is the middle holiday of the Summer Cookout Holiday trilogy – Memorial Day being the New Hope, Labor Day being the Return of the Jedi – and we thought it prudent to chat about some cookout essentials to make the most of your Independence Day at the grill and Independence Night under the fireworks. And hey, we’re not morons here. We know that America is currently, let’s say… going through some stuff, to put it mildly, and you may not exactly be in the mood to celebrate it. But damn...