Dress & Grooming

A Man’s Guide to Dry Cleaning

by Antonio

Image from Millie Motts Why should a man care about dry cleaning? When your expensive clothing is damaged or lost, what can you do? I’m sure many of you reading this have been burned when it comes to having a garment come back missing buttons, torn, or in the worst case scenario-doesn’t come back at [...]

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The 35 Manliest Mustaches of All Time

by Brett & Kate McKay

Share To kick off Movember, the month-long mustache growing contest for charity, we’ve put together this list of the manliest mustaches in history. Enjoy! Tom Selleck When pre-pubescent mustaches grow up, they want to be Tom Selleck’s mustache. It’s a modern mustache masterpiece. Magnum P.I. wouldn’t have been the same with some dude with a [...]

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The Mad Men Guide to a Manly Haircut

by Brett

Share AMC’s Mad Men is one of television’s most popular shows right now. Yeah, the story is good, but the attention to retro detail and the classic style of Don Draper and crew is at least an equal attraction. Well-tailored grey suits, pocket squares, and skinny ties makes the men on the show look cool, [...]

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Battling Bacne

by Brett & Kate McKay

Bacne. It’s an unpleasant word to write and to read and yet unfortunately we must as this is one of the most common forms of acne you’ll find on a man. Thanks to the over-active sebaceous glands on our backs coupled with hair and several other factors, men are very susceptible to this difficult form of acne.

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Shave Like Your Great Grandpa: The Ultimate Straight Razor Shaving Guide

by Brett

Share Our very first post on the Art of Manliness was a introductory guide to shaving like your grandpa with a double edged safety razor. Since then, we’ve received requests to do a similar article on straight razor shaving. Well, after months of experimenting with straight razor shaving myself and researching the subject in old [...]

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A Man’s Guide to Clothing Alterations

by Antonio

Share A modern day gentleman understands he does not need to be a tailor to dress well, but he realizes a basic understanding of maintaining and repairing one of life’s necessities is an asset he can ill afford to neglect. There are those who would say the maintenance of clothing is better left to others [...]

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A Good Boot: The Wolverine 1,000 Mile Boot Giveaway

by Brett & Kate McKay

For centuries, when a man needed extra support and protection for his feet, he would lace up a good pair of boots. Your grandpa or great-grandpa probably had a solid pair of leather boots in his shoe collection. During the frontier days, a good leather boot was an essential piece of clothing. Industrial workers did [...]

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Keeping It Fresh: Avoiding Bad Breath, Body Odor, and Cheap Cologne

by Brett & Kate McKay

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from a fellow Tulsan and friend, Nathan Fifield. Do you remember when you were a teen and your parents or teachers complained about your terrible breath and body odor?If you were like me, you didn’t care and you probably didn’t do anything about it. After all, you couldn’t [...]

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A Treatise on the Mustache

by Brett & Kate McKay

Editor’s note: This impassioned (and fun to read!) article on the virtues of mustache-manship comes from Abdul R. Chaballout. Enjoy. For those of us who have forgotten life in the United States before the 1980′s, the sudden appearance of Brad Pitt and Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi, parading with freshly blossomed mustaches may seem random [...]

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How to Pick a Barber

by Brett & Kate McKay

Image from Joe Leland Unfortunately, many men today are missing out on the benefits of having a regular barber. As the barbershop tradition has faded, modern men just end up going to the closest unisex salon to get their hair cut. And each time they get they go, they end up with a different stylist [...]

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A Man and the Bow Tie: The Beau Ties Ltd. of Vermont Giveaway

by Antonio

Source: Life “It was in these years that I went over to the bow tie. Many men I admired wore bow ties — Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Humphrey Bogart, Groucho Marx. Bow ties are not only neat and suggestive of insouciance, they have in addition one inestimable advantage, especially for sloppy eaters. It is impossible, [...]

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A Man’s Guide to Summer Dress: Part 1

by Antonio

Hot weather, unlike cooler temperatures, necessitates that we do more with less. Beautiful weather creates a more relaxed attitude that translates into flexible dress codes that lean towards comfort and summer weather utility. However, no coats, only occasionally a jacket, and more often than not shorts instead of trousers, forces us to reveal our sometimes [...]

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Briefcase Essentials: The Saddleback Leather Company Giveaway

by Brett & Kate McKay

One thing I’ve noticed about men today is that they carry around too much crap in their pockets. If you need proof, take a look at these pics detailing the contents of AoM readers’ pockets. While I understand the desire to have the essentials on you at any time, stuffing our pockets until the seams [...]

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How To Prevent Razor Burn

by Brett

There’s nothing like a good clean shave to start your day off right. A well-shaved face leaves a good impression with potential clients and lady friends. Unfortunately, legions of men are walking around right now with a nasty side effect of improper shaving: razor burn. We’ve all had it at one time or another- that [...]

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The Gentleman’s Guide to Umbrellas

by Brett

Editors note: This post was a collaboration between AoM and AoM reader David Bastistella who went on the search for a proper umbrella and supplied us with some great info from the hunt. “It’s a big enough Umbrella, but it’s always me that ends up getting wet.” -Sting Unfortunately, this was the case for me [...]

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How to Tie a Tie

by Brett & Kate McKay

It’s a sad fact, but there are grown men who don’t know how to tie a tie. If they have a big interview that afternoon, they’ll go shopping for a clip-on. Even if a man does know how to tie a tie, their knowledge is often limited to just one necktie knot. But there are [...]

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Cravatology 101 and the Mountain and Sackett Authentic Regimental Tie Giveaway

by Brett

If you take a step back, the whole idea of neckties seems pretty silly. It’s a piece of cloth that men tie around their necks. Weird. It doesn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason. And men sometimes use this pretense to avoid wearing one. But I believe many a man who has evinced an [...]

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Dressing for the Kentucky Derby

by Antonio

Introduction This article is co-written by guest writer, The Houndstooth Kid, and our Style regular Antonio Centeno. If you enjoy it, please visit the Houndtooth Kid’s blog for information and musings on vintage menswear. Southern Style On May 2nd 2009, the Kentucky Derby will be 135 years young; since 1875 it has been held at [...]

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Understanding the Dress Shirt: Custom Shirt Giveaway

by Antonio

A man’s dress shirt can elegantly frame his face during a presentation and later absorb his perspiration during a tough round of questioning. It can play a supporting role by enhancing his sport jacket or it can stand alone and be the centerpiece of his outfit. The dress shirt ranges in price from the $9.99 [...]

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