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Dude walked e-v-e-r-y street in NYC over the course of years. Did little increments each day. Wrote about all sorts of random things relating to the city as he went along.Â
There's a great segment about his obsession with barbershops/salons incorporating the letter "z" into the name of their shop eg Royal Cutz VIP
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When I was working on the bookâwhich has brief, but well-researched entries for 500 famous people and brands (plug, plug, plug)âI would often get sidetracked on YouTube. If you key in a designer's name and scroll down past the predictable top entries, you'd get some largely-forgotten, and really enchanting, clips. A few favorites:-Issey Miyake doing a TV ad for Suntory Whisky (soundtracked by Kraftwerk!)âObssesed with how tortured Miyake is acting here. I imagine the directions were "you're designing, you're out of ideas, you NEED the whisky!" It's also notable that this wasn't a co-branded whisky between Suntory and Miyake. Licensing would skyrocket in the '80s, but here Miyakeâwith his sublime pushbroom mustacheâwas just the spokesman.-Michael Fish showing his 1969 collectionâFish was one of those lesser-known characters I became fascinated with while working on the book. His lush, gender-agnostic clothes are now often seen as paving the way for Gucci, et. al today. But in this clip you get the full range of his designs, from mild suits to brocade loungewear to some regrettable condiment-colored knits. It's also very sweet how nervous he appears in the beginning.-Nudie Cohn being interviewed in 1980âA Jewish immigrant who made suits for Roy Rogers. Can't beat it. Stick around in this clip to see his car, which has a saddle in the back and steer horns on the grill. Legend.
Jun 10, 2021
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This New Yorker article from 1950 following Hemingway on one of his visits to NYC. Fun to read him talk about art and boxing. The workwear guy posting recently about Abercrombie & Fitch made me think of it.
Jan 22, 2024
3h 17min of wiseman standing on business. Some elvis Costello shots
Jan 23, 2024
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I can't remember the last time I didn't have something checked out from the public library. I got books on books on books in rotation, all with their slips popping out. Damn if they don't have like every film in the Criterion Collection. The people watching off the charts too... Need i say more? Get ya sum!
Jan 26, 2024
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4 seconds in thru the nose
7 seconds holding breath
8 seconds exhaling thru mouth
Repeat x4
Voila
Feb 19, 2024