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Johnstons of Elgin was founded in 1797 by Alexander Johnston in the Scottish Highlands town of Elgin, Morayshire, originally processing locally sourced wool from Cheviot and Shetland sheep.
2026-07-17
Gerry Ettinger founded his leather goods company in London in 1934, initially producing wallets, billfolds, and small leather accessories for the British market.
2026-07-17
The Norfolk jacket emerged in the 1860s on the estates of the Duke of Norfolk in the English county of the same name.
2026-07-15
The Gurkha trouser takes its name from the Gurkha regiments of the British Army, Nepalese soldiers renowned for their courage and their distinctive uniforms.
2026-07-15
The morning coat, a single-breasted coat with curved front tapering from waist button to broad tails, emerged as a riding coat in the early nineteenth century.
2026-07-14
Silk scarves have adorned men for centuries.
2026-07-14
In 1941, Nathan Clark was serving with the British Army in Burma.
2026-07-14
The bomber jacket's ancestor is the MA-1, developed in the mid-1950s as crews transitioned from open-cockpit to enclosed-cockpit jets.
2026-07-13
Thomas Church founded the firm in Northampton in 1873 with sons Alfred, William, and Thomas Junior.
2026-07-12
Vacheron Constantin, founded in Geneva in 1755, is the oldest continuously operating watch manufacture.
2026-07-12
The cufflink emerged in the seventeenth century as shirt sleeves grew longer and more ornate.
2026-07-10
In 1917, as Renault FT-17 tanks rolled across the Western Front, Louis Cartier was sketching a wristwatch echoing their silhouette from above.
2026-07-10
The brogue's signature decorative perforations were originally functional drainage holes, punched into the untanned leather shoes of Irish and Scottish farmers and gamekeepers who spent their days crossing waterlogged bogs and marshland.
2026-07-07
The precise origin of the tuxedo is disputed with the ferocity that only sartorial historians can muster, but the most widely accepted account places its public debut at the Tuxedo Park Club in Orange County, New York, in October 1886, when tobacco heir Griswold Lorillard's son and his friends appeared at the autumn ball wearing tailless dinner jackets instead of the full-length evening tailcoats that protocol demanded.
2026-07-04
Thierry Hermès opened a harness workshop on the Grands Boulevards of Paris in 1837, crafting bridles, reins, and saddles for the carriage trade.
2026-07-04
Genetics load the gun, but grooming habits pull the trigger.
2026-07-03
The September skincare transition catches most men unprepared: summer's lightweight gels and oil-free moisturisers stop providing adequate hydration as humidity drops, but switching too aggressively to rich winter creams triggers the breakouts that autumn is notorious for.
2026-07-03
The hair supplement market is rife with pseudoscience and fairy dust, but a handful of ingredients have earned genuine endorsement from board-certified dermatologists based on peer-reviewed evidence rather than influencer contracts.
2026-07-03
Roughly sixteen million Americans live with rosacea, a chronic inflammatory condition that produces persistent facial redness, visible blood vessels, and occasional flare-ups that can undermine confidence during professional and social interactions.
2026-07-02
Before multistep skincare routines and active-ingredient serums, men closed their shaving ritual with a simple, effective sequence: cold water, alum block, aftershave splash.
2026-07-02