Past, Present, Future

" The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past."

Robertson Davies, "A Voice in the Attic", 1960

A friend of mine sent me this quote earlier this morning, with the note that it reminded him of the things I often say when talking about life in the second hand business and/or mighty internet. This is exactly how I feel whenever the #menswear blogosphere starts to whining about how Brooks Brothers, manners, style, etc. aren't precisely the same as they were in the past, frequently even before they lived.

Bonus points for the fact that the man is a titan of style. Seriously, do an image search.

AAW S/S 2011

"An Affordable Wardrobe is proud to announce the debut of it's Spring/Summer 2011 collection..."

Blech! Scratch that. There will be no press/blogger party hosted by Stella Artois in Manhattan.

After a week of cleaning up and sorting out from the Top Shelf Flea Market, and taking a much needed and well earned little rest, the shop has just been restocked with plenty of goods suitable for the warm weather. "Bill" is back, and he's wearing a lot of chambray. Check it out.