http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal A Journal for the Modern Gentleman Sun, 11 May 2008 19:29:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Address & Telephone: 82 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, MA - 02138 617.547.9556 877.450.5844 Also in: New Haven, CT; New York, NY; Washington, DC Web Address: www.jpressonline.com Notes: There was no question that J. Press is still around; they are thriving with four locations and a recognized brand that continues to define "Ivy League" style. Like their clothes, the ... http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal/?p=28 Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Address & Telephone: 127 Main Street Andover, MA - 01810 877.475.2252 978.475.7138 (fax) 22 Holyoke Street Cambridge, MA - 02138 617.876.4900 Web Address: www.theandovershop.com Notes: The Andover Shop is the first entry in the 'Where To Shop' section of Style and the Man. We're hoping that the fact that it is still in business, available on the web, and ... http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal/?p=26 If it has been some time since you cracked the cover on your copy of Style and the Man, now is a good time to dust it off and reacquaint yourself with Mr. Flusser's particular blend of good taste and good sense. I have yet to find ... http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal/?p=21 I was pleased, initially, to see the Wall Street Journal (still one of my favorite dailies) devote several column inches to the subject of some of the elements that go into the construction of a quality dress shirt. This was wrapped up in an article by Ray Smith that talked ... http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal/?p=20 The fine-nibbed Safari fountain pen from LAMY is the official working pen of Classic Style. I have used the same charcoal Safari for over 12 years and I have yet to have a single problem with it. (Let me clarify that; I have occasionally forgotten to stock up on ink ... http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal/?p=15 In the 3rd edition of his only slightly dated handbook, The American Waiter - Instructions in American and European Plan Service, Banguet and Private Party Work (The Hotel Monthly Press, 1914), John B. Goins provides this sage advice. "Shirts should be changed as often as twice a week; collars four times. ... http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal/?p=13 "Sometimes you don't need a reason to walk up to a pretty girl sitting alone in a cafe. And sometimes the decision is taken out of your hands entirely. She'd been writing in her journal, pausing often to look out the window at the endless blue beyond the beach. At ... http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal/?p=10 It's unfortunate that the concepts of 'classic style' and 'quality' are so often thrown into the same bucket (if they are thought of at all) with 'luxury items' and 'privilege' and maybe even 'old money'. (I think the 'old money' part stems from the fact that these days the ... http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal/?p=9 There aren't many places like Cable Car Clothiers in (where else) San Francisco. Billing itself as 'San Francisco's British Goods Store Since 1939'; it is that, and very much more. For those of us who sometimes browse the windows of San Francisco's shopping district wondering if the displays feature clothing ... http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal/?p=8 I was backstage at a wedding not long ago (yes, there was a backstage at this particular wedding, it was rather theatrical) when I noticed a small group of recently-arrived groomsmen standing together looking perplexed. I asked what was up and the de facto leader wondered if I happened to ... http://www.classicstyleformen.com/journal/?p=7