derek guy
Menswear writer. Editor at @putthison. Creator of @RLGoesHard. Bylines at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter
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a lot of fashion writing feels too inside baseball. most people don't care about super niche trends, designer collections, or the latest happenings with famous people. but they may...
@925__silver feel like people commonly misuse the term class, where they use it in a marxist sense, but use the term to refer to income. class in the marxist sense is structualist-...
imagine being a construction worker and not being able to find carhartt double knee pants bc graphic designers bought them all
HOW BIG ARE THE PROFIT MARGINS IN FASHION? 𧡠Someone recently made a TikTok about the Brick Watch Company debacle, and one of the channel's viewers asked how this is any different...
biden dresses a lot better than trump, but i wish he went with peak lapels or a shawl collar here. notch lapels on a dinner rig is π https://t.co/6QgzHwuLju
This video seems unfair. The person making the video rides the line between saying Saffiano is fine, but also kinda bad. This is 𫀠A quick thread 𧡠https://t.co/lrPaZgERuW
"You don't have to read fashion magazines. When you wake up in the morning, open the window and look outside. A guy who can cook rice is 100 times cooler." βYukio Akamine https://...
@RyanAmarten There are basically only two types of people who would spend $2.4k on a watch. 1) People who want the perception of status and 2) Watch nerds who geek out over constru...
to claim that a quartz watch with no finishing would cost $10,000 if it had the name rolex on it is absurd. the most honest thing about this video is dave admitting he's not a watc...
HOW TO BUY A GOOD CASHMERE SWEATER 𧡠I want to address this comment left by someone in response to my Brick Watch Company tweet. It also gets into something I've been wanting to t...
$2400 watches with a $40 movement called brick πππ https://t.co/zenqdv9N7m
THE DECINE OF BESPOKE CRAFT IN LONDON 𧡠I want to talk about the decline of bespoke trades in London, particularly around tailoring and shoemaking. How has this market shrunk, wha...