Category Archives: Apparel

Out of Print T-Shirts

T-shirts have gone from underwear to status symbols in just a few decades. These mens and womens tees feature a series of retro book covers from the pantheon of classic literature. There are some great titles here– Melville, Kerouac, Thoreau, Bradbury, and Orwell are among them. You can snag these over at Out of Print’s [...]

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Ray-Ban “Fresh” Sunglasses

There’s something about a guy in gradient-lensed aviators with gunmetal frames that symbolizes everything that was righteous and good about the 1980′s. They’re opulent, but accessible. You might not be that guy from the Nautica ad, aviators on your perfect face, jaunty sweater fopped over your shoulders, tousled strawberry blond hair wafting in the marine [...]

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T-Shirt Patrol: Quetzalcoatl

As the product page so eloquently reminds us, Quetzalcoatl was one of the gods of the Aztecs. The Aztecs, my ancestors, believed that this feathered, winged, serpent deity thirsted for human blood, and like so many other serpent-related deities, would one day return from the sky to rule over all mankind. I sometimes joke that [...]

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Vinter’s Sport Coat

Yes, you too can look like a college English professor… …or other form of hipster. This coat provides an accessible (not too heavy) weight with a look that isn’t too formal, making it an excellent pick for going to class, getting a latte at Starbucks and then pouring it into a blank paper coffee cup [...]

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