Whatever Happened to the Davy Crockett Shirt?

Friends, do you ever get Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone confused or am I the only one?

Draping Drama + My Charm Bracelet!

Sometimes I forget where I originally raised a style-related question, here or on Instagram.

Japanese Pattern Book Project #1 -- The Work Jacket

My next project is going to be the jacket featured on the cover of Men's Clothes For All Seasons, a Japanese pattern book with roughly 22 different men's patterns featured in it.

I hope eventually to try them all.

Peter at the Manus x Machina Exhibit + New Pattern Book + More Jacket Pics!

Readers, today I finally got my a** over to the Manus x Machina exhibit at the Met Museum Costume Institute.

So You Want to Sew Men's Underwear....

One of the best projects for beginning sewists is underwear.

The Western (or Cowboy) Shirt -- YEA or NAY?

Readers, it didn't dawn on me till I was halfway through the chambray shirt I'm making that it's really a modified cowboy shirt.

I'm Going on a Safari....

Behold my latest pattern purchase, Folkwear 130, up top.

Vintage Men's Pattern-Palooza!

You guys: I just received THE BEST GIFT EVER.

Getting Started on my Orchid Flannel Project + New Patterns!

Question: Is there really any difference between lilac, orchid, and lavender?  If so, what is it?

The Secret Dressing Room Selfies!

Readers, I know it's wrong -- or is it wrong?

Post-Parka Depression + So You Want To Sew a Men's Parka...

OK, so actually, I'm not experiencing post-parka depression but the title sounded intriguing.

If truth be told, however, I have been in a mild funk for more than a month now, and the parka project helped lift me out of it.  The challenge now is to stay out of it.  Sewing helps.

More Japanese Patterns: Shimazaki Ryuichiro's "Book of Men's Shirts"!

Having had success with Shimazaki Ryuichiro's men's coat pattern book, I figured I'd give his shirt book a try.  I know only one person who's sewn something from it -- Claudine, who made a very lovely sheer seersucker camp-style shirt last year.

Indie Pattern Companies and The Power of Branding

Readers, today I want to talk about branding.

UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: The 1970's Men's Suit Pattern Explosion!

Readers, there are so many mysteries in the universe: Do dogs go to heaven?  What really happened to Jimmy Hoffa?  Will we ever see a sequel to Imitation of Life?

The Undeniable Sexiness of Vintage Men's Underwear

Readers, it must be said: there is something about old-fashioned men's underwear that is very alluring.  Or is this a minority viewpoint?

The fifth -- and final -- men's jacket muslin: Simplicity 8823

So I lied: yesterday was not the last jacket muslin post.  Today is.  And that's no lie.

Fourth time's the charm: Another Men's Jacket Muslin!

Don't hate me, readers -- or worse -- unlike me on Facebook.

Peter's Post-Delirium Post: New Patterns, New Pillow!

Buenas noticias, readers: I am feeling much better.  My fever broke last night and the delirium has passed.  I even managed to do a load of laundry.  Thank you for all your kind words and home remedies.  I have stopped mega-dosing vitamin C and started mega-dosing raw garlic cloves.  People are keeping their distance.

While Visions of Wool Jackets Danced in My Head...

Readers, I know what I want for Christmas: this jacket!

The Glory Days of Mens Patterns or "Those Sexy 70s Butterick Studs"

I often receive emails from male readers asking me about patterns.  There's usually a photo attached -- something right out of The Sartorialist -- of a beautifully attired man in Tribeca or London or Milan, and the question is always, Where can I find a contemporary pattern to make that jacket (or pants, or coat)?  And the answer is always the same: You can't.