Tag: esquire magazine
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Magazine of the Week
Hi, all! This week’s magazine is one that only comes out a couple times a year. The editors have a clear vision of this semi-annual special issue of Esquire: “Whatever stratum we travel in, we are a consuming class. We don’t defer; we see what previous generations of men would have called extravagance as our…
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Magazine of the Week
Welcome back to Magazine of the Week! We would like to congratulate Esquire for publishing their 1000th issue! And for being the premier voice of menswear style in America since 1933. Esquire began publishing in 1933, but was only distributed “to the trade” in men’s haberdashery (a.k.a. “furnishings” i.e. shirts, ties, and other underpinnings) shops. …
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Deconstructing Classic Outerwear
Recently, when I was flipping through magazines in PERS, I came across these images of a classic outerwear staple, the Balmaccan or men’s raglan-sleeved raincoat. These images are from Apparel Arts magazine’s April 1946 issue, but it’s obvious that the design of this coat hasn’t changed much in the last 70 or so years. I…