Jeans are the one piece of clothing most men over fifty have worn their whole adult lives, and also the one they most often get slightly wrong. The cut that looked right in 1995 does not look right now. The…
Casual is the hardest dress code to get right, and most men over fifty know it. Go too far one way and you are in a faded T-shirt and shapeless shorts that have been in rotation since the nineties. Go…
Most clothes are cut for a body that has no curves to speak of, and then graded up or down in size as if that solved everything. If you are curvy, you know the result. The shirt fits across the…
If you ask what to wear in Texas, the first honest answer is: where in Texas, and for what? A Saturday at a rodeo, a winery lunch in the Hill Country, a dance hall in the evening, a Friday night…
The usual Florida packing mistake is bringing an outfit for every occasion and ending up with a suitcase full of things that only go with one other thing. By day three you are wearing the same two favorites on repeat,…
Ask ten women what classy means and you will get ten answers, but the outfits they point to have something in common. They look finished. Nothing is half-done, nothing is fighting for attention, and nothing looks like it was grabbed…
Somewhere around fifty, most men stop wanting to look like they are trying and start wanting to look like they know what they are doing. Winter is the best season for that, because the clothes do half the work. A…
Doc Martens and leggings is one of those pairings that feels almost too easy, and that is exactly why it deserves a second look. A chunky, heavy boot on a slim, close-fitting leg is a strong contrast in proportion. Done…
The thing nobody tells you before your first serious day on the water is how much sun you take. It comes down from the sky, and it bounces back up off the surface, so your face, neck, ears and the…
Most camping advice treats the trip as one long hike. It is not. A camping day has a rhythm of its own: a cold, damp dawn when you crawl out of the tent, an active middle of the day hauling…
