An Interview with Paul Munford of Munford PR
Paul Munford, founder of the blog Components of Enthusiasm and more recently Munford PR, was kind enough to speak with me recently to give me his two cents about menswear, good stories, and how blogging has empowered the masses. He’s an interesting, gracious guy with a huge passion for what he does, and some not-unimportant people have taken notice. You should too – Enjoy.
GANT Campus Store – Return to New Haven
Friday we took a look at J Press, an American classic in New Haven. Well just two doors down the block is Gant’s Campus Store, which houses their modern take on the same preppy tradition.
J Press New Haven – The Original
The Ivy look has been having more than a modest resurgence these last few years, although its heyday ended long ago. At its height though, there was a wealth of amazing, distinctly American, specialty stores, at the heart of which was J Press.
G. Bruce Boyer on Jimmy Smith
In addition to being a master of all things sartorial and stylish, G. Bruce Boyer is a great lover of jazz music. We spoke about this last week, and he kindly offered to contribute some thoughts to Simply Refined on the great jazz organist Jimmy Smith. Enjoy:
Styleforum Shoes/No Shoes – Really guys?
Derek from Die, Workwear! tweeted the other day about this post on Styleforum in which people are debating whether or not it is appropriate for people to ask you to take off your shoes in their homes. And as you’d expect, there have been a number of less-than-stellar replies…
