High-End Unforgettables

Donald Trump Dresses Like A Slob And Other Facts ​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Donald Trump's ill-fitting suits, California's terrible taste in candy and the economics of Ikea October 27, 2016 at 06:46PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2eLAMF2

Sorry Hipsters, the Skinny Tie is Over Buried on page 86 of the October J Crew catalog is a sentence to chill the blood of any man who has shopped for clothing in the past five years:"We widened our ties by ¼” to keep up with today’s changing proportions." October 27, 2016 at 04:26PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2eLaXVI

The Horrifying Legacy of the Victorian Tapeworm Diet From horrifying foot-binding practices in Imperial China to life-threatening surgeries in modernity, humanity has been finding harmful ways to modify the body since the dawn of civilization. The Victorians were no exception to this. October 27, 2016 at 08:36AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2eJ9WL3

Dad Turns His Daughter Into An Adorable Thunderstorm For Halloween This guy is way up there on the Cool Dad™ scale. October 26, 2016 at 03:42PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2eShYk1

How The ‘Fast And Furious’ Set Designers Made SoCal The Focus Over the last 15 years, "Fast & Furious" movies have turned into globe-trotting, nitrous-blasting adventures. The first movie was a lot simpler, and it wore a real fondness for LA landmarks and fashion on its sleeve. October 25, 2016 at 03:55PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2es6Ygf

Why Politicians Insist on Wearing Ill-fitting Suits A slim, tailored suit is a dangerous look for a politican: Not only do you look elitist, but you run the risk of exposing swings in body weight. October 24, 2016 at 02:40PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2eLDdF5

Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business In an increasingly digital world, people are still willing to spend huge amounts on analogue timepieces. The question is, why? October 23, 2016 at 09:37AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2e0xwCb

Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Affleck Show You the Right (and Wrong) Way to Wear a Suit As demonstrated by Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Affleck. October 22, 2016 at 08:26AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2eDEtbZ

15 Style Lessons from the Best (and Worst) Dressed Men of the Week Take notes. October 22, 2016 at 08:26AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2eDC410

The Most Expensive Sneakers of 2016 Q3 These shoes are crazy expensive, but also very cool. October 22, 2016 at 08:26AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2eAXbkP

These Sneakers Raised Millions For Charity And they've got power laces. October 21, 2016 at 01:12PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2efN0Yp

This Is How Your Suit Should Fit A handy guide. October 21, 2016 at 12:39PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2e7NADF

This Guy's Homemade 'Automatic Sunglasses' Are The Coolest Lame Thing We're making fun of him now, but we bet Kanye will be wearing these by the end of next week. October 21, 2016 at 10:23AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2dGfIyk

Ivanka Trump Doesn't Flinch As she leads her brand into its next stage, Ivanka reveals how she's navigating the drama around her father's presidential campaign. October 19, 2016 at 10:51AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2e1gbuu

Meet Kathryn Sargent, The First Woman To Set Up Shop On Savile Row For its 213-year history, all the shops on Savile Row in London have been owned by men. Master tailor Kathryn Sargent has changed that — and her threads aren't just for men. October 19, 2016 at 06:15AM via Digg http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2016/10/meet-kathryn-sargent-first-woman-set-shop-savile-row?utm_source=ifttt

How Ralph Lauren Polo became one of the most shoplifted labels in history For some New Yorkers in the 80s, one fashion label was coveted more than any other: the aspirational Polo. October 18, 2016 at 04:06AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2e1DjtM

Shopping at the Grove With Ryan Lochte, Who Just Got His First Credit Card For his first three decades, the currency of Ryan Lochte's life has been laps around the pool. Now, its numbers in the bank, and the world's second most decorated swimmer ever is going shopping. October 17, 2016 at 07:28AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2dhSnEF

An Ode to the Navy Blue Sweater An argument for navy blue sweaters as the most perfect piece of clothing. October 16, 2016 at 09:26AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2dbVuy1

The Long (and Short) History of the Choker Delicacy and violence, danger and control — the necklace of the moment evokes more than the grunge of the ’90s. October 14, 2016 at 10:25AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2e62Sbp

What Is Up With Trump's Ill-Fitting Suits? A World-Famous London Bespoke Tailor Explains Although he wears a number of very expensive suits from several masterful tailors (Brioni and Martin Greenfield Clothiers — Obama’s tailor of choice — among others), he can never quite pull them off. October 11, 2016 at 05:53PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2daAVNA

Scientists Are Developing Furry Wetsuits, So Yeah, a Tanooki Suit for Surfing This bioinspired approach might insulate swimmers more efficiently than sponge-based fabrics used today, according to a study published in Physical Review Fluids. October 8, 2016 at 05:39AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2dx6hky

One Model, 36 Beauty Looks The Russian model Odette Pavlova walked in 36 shows across the four fashion capitals in the past month — totaling three dozen different hair-and-makeup combos. October 7, 2016 at 10:39AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2dImc0k

You Don't Need To Be A Sneakerhead To Love This Supercut Of Kicks In Film ...But if you are a sneakerhead, here are a bunch of retro classics you should be pining for. October 6, 2016 at 11:52AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2d67uPF

Twilight of the Tanning Salons As federal health regulations close in and the economy struggles, is the sun setting on the tanning industry? October 5, 2016 at 04:40PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2deoHEr

This Hip, Weird Clothing Store Wants to Take Over America Retro fashion seller ModCloth is growing up, opening stores and trying to find new customers. October 5, 2016 at 02:42PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2dwTRZ8

Trump, China, and the Ties That Bind A visit to the Chinese factories that made Donald Trump’s clothing brand possible. October 5, 2016 at 02:42PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2dvBJPq

Zazous: What punk culture meant in World War II France In protest of Vichy ideology and enforced austerity, zazou followers challenged the image of an obedient, gender-normative, homogenized French citizenry. October 4, 2016 at 02:35PM via Digg http://ift.tt/2cQODVF

Honestly, Why Do Clutches Even Exist? A bag that carries three or four of the twenty plus things you need. October 3, 2016 at 12:30AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2doaciW

Do I Have to Wear Underwear? I am about to be a real killjoy, so sorry about that, but any alleged history of people going without underwear is false and paltry. October 2, 2016 at 09:22AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2dBvHM2

How 'All the President's Men' Defined the Look of Journalism on Screen As we enter the final leg of the 2016 presidential campaign, let us examine of the iconic film portrayals of press and politics. October 1, 2016 at 08:35AM via Digg http://ift.tt/2dAOGL0