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I've Been Priviledged
To have had such an incredible mom. And it's always intrigued me to read her Salutatorian welcome speech from her high school graduation ceremony. She was sixteen when she crafted such a well written...
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I’m Home
After a flight from Florence to Charlotte and then DCA. And it’s been an incredible past seven days. Home’s now redefined for me and I’ll have to see how this new definition takes form as time now...
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Flusser Apologetics and JMW Turner Unapologetically
I kinda miss ole Daddy. ‘specially now since I’m a full-fledged orphan. Daddy this time being God, aka Alan Flusser. God you say? Yep. He’s a reluctant owner of the moniker but not too reluctant. I...
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The Texture of Christmas--2014
Texture-Pattern-Shape-Color…tactile and visual attributes. It’s no secret that the fuzzier for me the better. Until now.Restraint? Well I’m not gonna go overboard. But I do think in my old-er age I...
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The Stories…
The Stories…I’ll probably never write. I mean my head is full of them—and good ones, too. But I don’t think they’ll make it to daylight anytime soon. Ennui by Walter Richard Sickert circa 1914Why not?...
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I'm So Sorry, Mister Tumblr
I didn't mean to do it. Honestly I didn't. While Blogger allows you to shut down your blog at will, only to resurrect it when and if you desire, tumblr will have none of it. "It" being the latitude and...
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It's Dustin Grainger and it's My Turn to Ask for Help
Dear friends:First, I hope that this finds all of you well and thriving. I’m going to ask you for a favor but before I do so I’d like to share with you my perspective on giving, helping and sharing....
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Part One: Birmingham Alabama—In Alden Pebble Grain
South Carolina, my home state. Number forty-eight in SAT scores and number two in gonorrhea. We always jokingly said “thank God for Mississippi” because it always seemed that we were in a death roll...
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Part Two: Birmingham Alabama—In Alden Pebble Grain
Well to be honest I’m not quite ready for part two of my Alden Pebble Grain—Birmingham story. And I promise there will be more about haberdashery-esque observations and less ramblings about Birmingham...
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Bruce Boyer and True Style: The History and Principles of Classic Menswear
I love picture books. But I think I love words even more than pictures and God knows I’m a visual guy. My sartorial sensei’s volumes have always thrilled me and to this day I’ll pull one of them off...
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Part Two: Birmingham Alabama—In Alden Pebble Grain
It’s been so long since I published my Part One: Birmingham Alabama—In Alden Pebble Grain that you might want to go back and read it first.Part Two: Birmingham Alabama—In Alden Pebble GrainThen I...
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Sid Mashburn Washington D.C.
We've finally got a sartorial oasis in D.C. ! I spent an hour in one-on-one fellowship with Sid Mashburn last Saturday at the new store. I'll be concocting a story soon but until then, get on over...
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A Boutonniere in One’s Lapel
Fiorello. Or piccolo fiore. A little flower. Two of my favorite writers and sartorialists had decided views on such little adornments. George Frazier wore his with elegant restraint. And Frazier...
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2016
Happy New Year everyone. I've never been keen on making New Year's resolutions and nothing has changed in that regard. But I am going to try and post something here on my blog at least once per week in...
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Florence, S.C.
From an email that I wrote this morning."I worked at Singleton’s Men’s Shop after school and summers for years. The J&J lunch counter, Roney’s, and the Sky View were my go-to spots for teenage and...
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An Evening with G. Bruce Boyer
From the F.I.T. website… “G. Bruce Boyer, men’s fashion editor and author of True Style: The History & Principles of Classic Menswear, will discuss contemporary men’s dress and its history, styles,...
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Ok...A Text Reply from This Morning
Thx. for tapping in. Ok is relative, right?So I'm not ok. By my definition. But it's good because I'm present and in the moment and dialed-in to what I deem not ok. And there's a woman here. Still...
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A Buckhead Boy
A Buckhead Boy He was a man in full. Kinda low-key though. In a cardigan sweater. He was a doctor but he’d be the first to tell you that he couldn’t cure a damn thing. And he had an affection for...
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Aviator Chairs and Grades
My little girl. My heart. The little bald headed toddler who used to feed me bits of bread so that I'd behave at the table……the little gregarious gal who swaggered around a honky tonk in South...
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Soixante-neuf and an Open Letter to Pat Conroy
Soixante-neuf…Sixty-nine. As much as I flirt with alternatives, I end up wearing a navy blazer sixty-nine percent of the time. Rain or shine, summer or winter, it’s a navy damn blazer for me. And I’ve...
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