November 06, 2020 21 Comments
In 2020, we tragically lost our founder and leader Scott Barber in an automobile accident. To those of you who never met Scott, we wanted you to know a little more about him. If you met Scott once, you felt like you knew him forever. Within the menswear industry, he was widely admired for his design talent, entrepreneurial spirit, humility, upbeat personality and wicked sense of humor.
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March 24, 2020 5 Comments
I like a lot of different things, but nothing more than cool cars. I’ve been paying attention to Formula 1 racing since I was a kid... While I was thinking about this, I started to think about how the cars have changed over the years. I also came up with a list of my favorite Formula 1 cars. Some of these were more successful than others, but I happen to love these particular cars.
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February 08, 2020
We’re well into an exceptional ski season here in Colorado. We’ve had other things keeping us busy, so we’re headed to Steamboat Springs tomorrow for the first time this season. I grew up in Iowa, which isn’t exactly famous for its skiing. When I was about nine, one of my dad’s friends took him to Aspen for a week and that did it. We became a skiing family.
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November 26, 2019 2 Comments
Here are a few things the man in your life might enjoy. A common complaint among wives is that their husbands are of no help at all in telling them what they’d like for Christmas. If my wife could afford a McLaren 720S or an aerobatic airplane, she’d be in good shape. As it is, I have a hard time thinking of anything I want or need. Here are a few things I think a cool guy would like.
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November 14, 2019
This has become a very popular category of men’s sportswear. I define it primarily by its fabric content, which is typically some combination of nylon, polyester and stretch, such as Lycra or Spandex. This started out as athletic/workout wear...
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September 25, 2019
The weather has started to turn and it’s time to think about how we’re going to dress for fall. The rules keep changing, if there are still rules. I’ve noticed that the term “business casual” has gone the way of...
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August 28, 2019
This is something that we take very seriously. Fine fabric is to a garment as fresh ingredients are to good food. If you want the look, feel and performance, you just can’t cut corners on fabric. For our woven shirts, we source the fabrics in two ways. We design our own patterns and have them […]
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July 04, 2019 1 Comment
A couple of years ago, my wife and I took the kids to Tuscany for a friend’s wedding. We were at a little seaside café and a woman at the...
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May 22, 2019 1 Comment
The weather is getting nicer every day, and I’m looking forward to spending some time driving with the top down. Feeling the sun and the wind aren’t the only benefits. You also enjoy great...
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May 01, 2019
There has been a bit of discussion about Bermuda shorts becoming shorter. Maybe I remember the 70s too well, but I’m not buying it. After a fairly recent trip to Italy...
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April 29, 2019 1 Comment
Since I started my brand, I occasionally questioned the value of what we do. We make nice, expensive clothes for men. We do our best to make beautiful things that are worth what you pay for them. Yet, it’s easy to think that this isn’t the most important...
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April 27, 2019
It’s just a fact that most of us dress very casually more often than we used to, especially when the warm weather arrives. Here are a few footwear ideas that work with your most casual attire. All of these are great without socks and work best with jeans, washed chinos and Bermuda shorts.
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