Bonus Episode: Beards and Jeans
Bruce has sported a beard since the 1960s and he explains how that gives him more in common with the counter-culture than you would have thought. Plus...
Unbuttoned - G. Bruce Boyer's Life In Clothes
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About
G. Bruce Boyer is the preeminent menswear journalist, writer and historian of our time. He has written six books on men's style and worked as an editor for Town & Country, GQ and Esquire. And while he’s written about silk ascots, Savile Row suits, bespoke shoes and much more, he’s never told his own story. Until now. Hosted by Pedro Mendes.
Bonus Episode: Vitale Barberis Canonico
Bruce and I both have a long relationship with the Italian mill VBC, as journalists, collaborators and friends. In this special episode, Bruce shares ...
Bonus Episode - Anderson & Sheppard
Bruce Boyer has been commissioning suits, jackets and trousers from London's famed tailoring house Anderson & Sheppard for over four decades. In that ...
Chapter Six: fashion journalism in the 70s and 80s
Almost fifty years ago, Bruce Boyer left the world of academia to pursue a career in menswear writing and journalism. Since that time, he's witnessed ...
Chapter Five: America's greatest tailors and shirtmakers
Bruce Boyer has worked with an awful lot of craftspeople over the last sixty years. Some, as a customer or collaborator. Some, as a journalist and doc...
Chapter Four: Hollywood's greatest style icons
Bruce's recommendations for Gary Cooper movies that feature him at the height of sophistication are: "Devil and the Deep" (1932), "Now and Forever" (1...
Chapter Three: lessons in Italian Style
Throughout his life, Bruce has witnessed the rise of Italian Style, starting with post-war cinema and early "Made in Italy" fashions and culminating w...
Chapter Two: visiting London's Savile Row tailors
Bruce Boyer has been visiting London's Savile Row - the birthplace of tailoring - for almost sixty years. He shares stories of some of the tailors he'...
Chapter One: college life in the 50s and 60s
Bruce Boyer has been wearing Ivy League-style clothes for decades. In this episode, he talks about how he feel in love with the look and why he's stuc...
Prologue - Listen to this one first
Coming May 15, a podcast that explores six decades of menswear through the experiences and memories of someone on the front lines. Stories that reveal...