The website Freshome, one of the most popular design resources on the web, according to the site’s about page, boasts an impressive 10 million pageviews per month. It also boasts the interesting fact of being founded in Romania. That may…
Earlier this week a real estate listing came by my desk here at MI headquarters. It’s for a property called Little Park, located on a street known as Gentleman’s Row in the London suburb of Enfield. As you can see…
Yesterday I was going through some of my old writings (thinking how they might make for an amusing volume of bedside reading), when I stumbled across an article, completely forgotten, that I did for The Rake a few years ago….
This week I received a press release from the Vitale Barberis Canonico woolen mill, which has a 352-year history and is in the 13th generation of the same family. In collaboration with one of Italy’s finest tailoring houses, A. Caraceni,…
Today is the birthday of William Shakespeare, who would have been — well, pretty damn old. In pondering a post in his honor I thought of the film adaptations, and the first one that came to mind was Kenneth Branagh’s…
Guest post by Matthew Karl Gale * * * In the Wall Street neighborhood of Manhattan is a private oasis known as The Downtown Association. Founded in 1859, this formerly men-only club is situated in the financial district and offers…
From our inbox: Sir, I am looking for advice on the proper office chair. I want something very traditional. My quandary is tufted or non-tufted. I’ve always leaned non-tufted but I am being told by many that tufted is more…
On East 72nd Street in New York, right next door to Ralph Lauren’s Rhinelander flagship emporium, rests the shop of Nicholas Brawer. Brawer offers an extremely refined selection of antiques geared towards men, especially those with sporting and military interests….
Guess he didn’t like the wallpaper, and really you can hardly blame him. Photographer and athlete George French at Bates College, Maine, circa 1901.
I just came across a 2013 biopic about Errol Flynn called “The Last Of Robin Hood.” It’s set not during the screen star’s swashbuckling heyday, but during his final years in the late ’50s. Kevin Kline gives a fantastic performance…