For the last few years, I have been happy to attend a Robbie Burns Supper at a club in Boston at the invitation of a good friend. I'v...

Allow me to apologize for the blatant cell phone photography. Not up to my usual standard, but until I get this blog up to something like...

I heard that the Farmer's Almanac has predicted an unusually cold winter this year. Not that I neccesarily put much stock in the Farm...

Recently good friend James of 10 Engines gave me this suit, straight out of his own closet, to do with what I could. It's the very d...

Keikari recently interviewed Zach De Luca of Newton Street Vintage. While it may seem odd for me to push for someone who is basically a...

I recently posted two rare and wonderful items for sale on Ebay, and while I like to keep the commercial aspect of things to a minimum aroun...

It's easy to accumulate too many things as a collector. Add to that being a thrift shopper and the possibility for crossing the lin...

I recently accepted a very last minute invitation to a Robbie Burns Supper . It was a lovely evening filled with friendly company and spa...

Last Saturday, my first customers in the shop were a boy, about twelve, and his dad. The boy wore sweats, a ball cap and sneakers, and ...

I may be a day late and a dollar short in my Happy-New-Year-2013-We-Hardly-Knew-Ya post, but so be it. As a hardened retail veteran, I...

I vant to suck your blood...... Vintage 1949 midnight blue 4x1 double breasted tuxedo with silk shawl collar and forward pleated trou...

Reader Rob writes: Hi Giuseppe, I've been  reading  your blog for at least a couple years now and I have to say I am still myst...

The AAW live Shop (perhaps "Showroom" is a better word) is now keeping regular, if scant, hours. If you're a Boston area ...

It is with the greatest pleasure and the humblest thanks that I proudly announce that An Affordable Wardrobe has a (soon to be) new home,...

Welcome to a new semi-regularly series called "Horse Trading". Zach of Newton Street Vintage and I  have a bad habit of trading m...

I've been switching out my Winter wardrobe for Spring stuff lately. As I said before, in 20 years little has changed, or rather things...

Cape Cod, Summer of 1993, age 16. Vintage 1940s double breasted jacket from the thrift store. Rubinacci shirt, silk ascot, straw hat and F...

The Boy has a good sense of occasion, and always knows when to look his best. Like most six year old boys, he spends a great deal of time...

The "Continental" cut, broad shouldered with a full chest and low button stance, rendered in rich blue wool serge. An excellent...