An Uptown Dandy (Blog)

[PhiloVance]

Hey all,
Just wanted to direct you guys to a blog that I recently started - I've only posted a couple of things so far which may or may not interest SFers. The J&M Handmade 100s post includes additional photos from what I've put on SF in the past. There will probably be a few posts like that initially which expand on photos or topics I've brought up on from time to time on SF.

Anyway, take a look when you've got nothing else to do - hopefully you'll find some of the posts mildly interesting!

And please feel free to leave feeback here or on the blog.
Thanks again,
Philo

http://uptowndandy.blogspot.com/

 

[PhiloVance]

Many thanks for the positive comments I've received . . . I've got some new posts up for anyone who might be interested in my ramblings . . . a defense of the Prohibition-era American racketeer as overlooked style icon - focusing on "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss of Brooklyn's Murder Inc. . . . and basically an open love letter to my EG Falkirks

 

[PhiloVance]

After reading through Esquire's Big Black Book again, I felt like I had to post an endorsement of the Asian style mags in general as the best stuff out there, with the Rake leading the way in my mind (being in English kind of puts it over the top for me) - also threw in some pics from April's Leon and Last. . .enjoy.

 

[PhiloVance]

I had originally posted on SF sometime ago about my trip to Northampton - but it seems like the pics that I had uploaded from Imageshack are no longer viewable. I added a post to my blog about the trip, and included some additional pics with the ones that I had originally posted here on SF. Part One is about some of the factory shops, Part II will have some pics from the shoe exhibit at the museum.

 

[PhiloVance]

Check out Part II of my Northampton trip - mostly pics from the museum. Again, some of the pics were originally posted on SF but are no longer available due to whatever's going on with Imageshack. But there are some new ones there as well. Enjoy.

 

[PhiloVance]

Just put up some new stuff: my continuing defense of the American racketeer as forgotten sartorial trend-setters continues with "Jack Diamond: The Most Picturesque Racketeer in the Underworld." "Consider the Spectator" is really just more pictures of my RLPL Huttons.

 

[Pliny]

Originally Posted by PhiloVance

Check out Part II of my Northampton trip - mostly pics from the museum. Again, some of the pics were originally posted on SF but are no longer available due to whatever's going on with Imageshack. But there are some new ones there as well. Enjoy.

had a look at your blog - great stuff, thanks - i thought legs Diamond was some kind of play in baseball. (not from USA)

 

[PhiloVance]

Thanks Pliny!

Actually, my first recollection of the name "Legs Diamond" was the now-defunct midtown Manhattan gentlemen's club . . . probably the only strip club I've ever seen with a stock ticker over the main "stage"

 

[Pliny]

Originally Posted by PhiloVance

Thanks Pliny!

Actually, my first recollection of the name "Legs Diamond" was the now-defunct midtown Manhattan gentlemen's club . . . probably the only strip club I've ever seen with a stock ticker over the main "stage"

and now we have the Jersey Shore cast ringing the bell at the NYSE

 

[meister]

Enjoying your blog. Philo are those Huttons still around?

 

[PhiloVance]

Meister - thanks for the kind word. I dropped by the Mansion the other day - they had what appeared to be a new style EG spectator. Don't hold me to it but it looked like the Hutton, but in dark oak and acorn twill. Price was about $1200.

They had a Hutton in the MTO section, but it wasn't a spectator - it was all chestnut antique.

 

[PhiloVance]

Posted some new things - a short book review of "The Last Shall Be First," an old book on the history of John Lobb; and I started a continuing post, "The Walking Tour", about places to pick up high-end shoes here in NYC - I thought I'd work my way uptown to downtown - as it continues please feel free to drop me a line if you think I've skipped over any places that are worth dropping into.

 

[PhiloVance]

Posted more/better pics of my JL 2008s. They don't seem to get much love here on SF, but I like 'em.

 

[PhiloVance]

Finally got around to my post on George Raft, well, part one anyway. A real dandy if ever there was one

 

[PhiloVance]

Just put up part two of my post on george raft, for those who may be interested. . .