Latest Mensfashion Podcast Episodes
Makin' Cowboy Boots with Graham Ebner
Blamo! - July 08, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guest this week is bootmaker Graham Ebner. Graham has become one of the most talked about artisans of the past few years—a team of one, making bespoke boots by hand in his small workshop in Austin, Texas. Graham talks about bespoke bootmaking, working at the legendary Texas Traditions under...
PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - Nicholas Templeman
Blamo! - June 27, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! Shoemaker Nicholas Templeman has been working with Derek for nearly ten years and is one of the best artisans he has ever used. So it was about time that Derek and Peter invited him to an episode for a chat. Nicholas shares his career as a bespoke shoemaker, his pro...
Author W. David Marx is back!
Blamo! - June 24, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsThe return of author W. David Marx! David and I get back into it! Our first pod was a year and a half ago, and you’re welcome to dig into it. Recorded in Tokyo, David and I discuss his upcoming book, indie music, craftsmanship, getting dressed, artists vs creators, and Tailor Caid. The ramble ...
Adam Brown of Orlebar Brown
Blamo! - June 17, 2024 08:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guest this week is Adam Brown, founder of Orlebar Brown Adam and I discuss how the brand was created organically, evolving past swimwear, holiday travel, retail, the perfect day, and what’s next for the brand. * Sponsored by Bezel - the trusted marketplace for buying and selling your next ...
PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - Path Dependency
Blamo! - June 13, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! Recently, Peter asked Derek to elaborate a bit more on the concept of path dependency in clothing and getting dressed. For what it's worth, path dependence is a social science concept that relates to why we do the things we do. e.g. Why do we wear jeans and why are ...
Nicolas Gabard of Husbands
Blamo! - June 10, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsThis week's guest is Nicolas Gabard, founder of the Parisian brand and tailoring house Husbands. Founded in 2012, Husbands is one of the brands behind the new wave of tailoring. Their suits are cut with a strong silhouette, generous lapels, wider trousers and are incredibly chic. Nicolas and I...
Nathaniel Asseraf of Casatlantic
Blamo! - June 03, 2024 08:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guest this week is Nathaniel Asseraf, co-founder of Casatlantic. Nathaniel and I discuss the legendary vintage store, Broadway & Sons, founding Casatlantic, Ralph Lauren University, vintage vs thrift, how to make a proper fit guide, seasons vs constants, and making clothes for a global audie...
PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - How To Wear Oversized Fits
Blamo! - May 30, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! Since at least 2010, menswear writers have been predicting—perhaps secretly hoping for—the end of the slim-fit trend. But it wasn't until January 2016, when Raf Simons debuted his first collection after leaving his directorial role at Dior, that things started to c...
Hirofumi Kurino, co-founder of United Arrows
Blamo! - May 20, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsThe fit-god and industry legend is on Blamo! As the co-founder of United Arrows in 1989, Kurino-san has been in front and behind the scenes of retail and men’s fashion for almost 50 years. He has seen countless changes and evolutions in the industry and remains as optimistic as ever. Kurino-s...
David Cho on The Internet and Postcard
Blamo! - May 13, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guest this week is David Cho. David is almost always one of the people behind what you love, from podcasts, journalism, and media he’s been an intricate part of THE INTERNET. It's kind of wild to think about, tbh. David and I chat about media diets, getting introspective, why the internet i...
PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - What the Zuck!?
Blamo! - May 06, 2024 08:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! WARNING – This may be the first and only menswear podcast episode on how to dress more like Mark Zuckerberg. In what feels like one of the biggest PR turns in the last year, Zuck’s style improvement has generated considerable online chatter and even a recent New Yor...
Doing Collabs Right, with Todd Snyder
Blamo! - May 02, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsTodd Snyder is back for the Three-peat! Todd and I chat about his recent Pitti Uomo shows, what keeps him up at night, how to do a collab right, working with Sperry, and being the return of big fits. Sperry by Todd Snyder Collection
Local Natives and their Amnesiac
Blamo! - April 22, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guests this week are Taylor Rice and Ryan Hahn of the band Local Natives. We chat getting into Steely Dan, LCD Soundsystem will never break up, albums as a format, life on the road, grief, Oasis, 90s music, and their new album But I’ll Wait For You https://localnatives.com Watch the video ...
PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! On Fabric with Virgil Viret
Blamo! - April 18, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! Quality tailoring begins with quality materials. This week, Peter and Derek talk to Virgil Viret, the managing director of Lafayette Saltiel Drapiers in Paris. Their shop is a destination spot for bespoke tailors, custom clothiers, and menswear aficionados worldwi...
Chase Pion and Quaid Walker from Bezel Talk Watches
Blamo! - April 11, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsChase Pion and Quaid Walker are the founders of the watch marketplace app Bezel. We chat about why buying a watch these days has been so hard, why they decided to launch Bezel, dealing with authentication, brands they’ve changed their opinion on, the perfect three watch collection, and watch au...
Steve Tidball of Vollebak on Clothing for the Future
Blamo! - April 08, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsWe talk a lot about clothing on this show...I mean, Blamo! is a show about people wearing clothes. Sometimes, we’re trying to figure ourselves out through clothing, solving a problem with the world, flexing our design knowledge, or even all of the above. But what about designing clothing that l...
PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - On Shopping and Retail
Blamo! - April 04, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! There has been much discussion about the slow death of shopping in San Francisco’s downtown district. The decline has been years in the making, with Brooks Brothers, Ralph Lauren, Macy’s, and Nordstrom, all heading elsewhere or shutting down entirely in the area. Why...
Albert Muzquiz (Edgy Albert) and the Case of the Dope Pants
Blamo! - April 01, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guest this week is Albert Muzquiz. You might know him as Edgy Albert or the guy in your feed telling you what pants to wear. He's the real dude, and I'm glad he is here. Albert and I chat about how he became the "Jean Daddy" of the internet, visiting Levi's Archive, his acting career, sick ...
PATREON PREVIEW - The JJJ Show - Mount Rushmore of T-Shirts
Blamo! - March 28, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! It's Jeremy Kirkland, Jian DeLeon, and Jon Moy. The Three Musketeers return with a fresh new episode of hot takes galore. We chat about Jian's insane pickup in Tokyo, Jon getting nuts at 18east, Jeremy thinking malls will return. (wtf?), the Mount Rushmore of t-shir...
Bonus: Why Yes, I Am a Seiko Boi - Talking the 62MAS Reissue With Topper
Blamo! - March 22, 2024 08:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsSurprise, we have a special episode discussing quite possibly one of my favorite watches of all time. Look, if you’re new here, I’m a SeikoBoi, a Seiko Fan (and btw you can be too!) I have been collecting and obsessing over Seikos forever. It’s how I got into watches – and the golden goose, the ...
PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - Joe McReynolds and Emergent Tokyo
Blamo! - March 21, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! When bespoke shoemaker Seiji McCarthy chatted with Peter and Derek last year, he mentioned that he thinks it's much easier to make a living as a craftsperson in Tokyo because of the availability of cheap real estate. So when Joe McReynolds, co-author of the new boo...
The Lemon Twigs and A Dream Is All We Know
Blamo! - March 18, 2024 08:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guests this week are The Lemon Twigs (Brian and Michael D'Addario). The singer-songwriter virtuoso brothers who are also some of the most stylish folks in music. The boys join us to chat about songwriting, clothes, analog recording, their Jimmy Fallon performance, Tim Heidecker's Office Hou...
Emily Yoshida on SHOGUN
Blamo! - March 11, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guest this week is writer Emily Yoshida. Emily is one of my favorite people in the entertainment industry. She was previously a writer for Vulture and New York magazine and joins us to chat about the new series, SHOGUN (a show she's also a writer on), eBay finds, getting into Grand Seiko, an...
PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - Nina Penlington of Edward Sexton
Blamo! - March 07, 2024 09:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! Nina Penlington is the head cutter at Edward Sexton. She carries forward one of the greatest tailoring legacies of our generation. The late Edward Sexton was the technical mind behind Nutters of Savile Row. In the 1960's Edward and Tommy Nutter revitalized the Row w...
Hunter Abrams (Photographer)
Blamo! - February 26, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guest this week is photographer Hunter Abrams. Hunter and I chat about their career in photography, body positivity, NYU, that Met Ball dress, why Willie Norris is one of the greatest designers, White House invites, comics, and what’s next. Follow Hunter on Instagram * Sponsored by Bezel ...
PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - On Men's Fashion Week
Blamo! - February 22, 2024 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! Derek and Peter chat about the recent men’s fashion shows in Milan, Paris, and Pitti and dig through what they’re vibing with. It's all in there, from trench coats to Todd Snyder’s Pitti Debut. Last but not least, on "Hey, Nice Pants!" they both share what has been ...
Jason Isbell
Blamo! - February 19, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guest this week is American singer and songwriter Jason Isbell. Jason is a 6x Grammy award-winning musician and happens to love clothes as much as the rest of us. We chat wearing cool hats in the carpool line, listening to music with his daughter, loving Randy Newman, playing in front of Pa...
Alynda Segarra (Hurray for The Riff Raff) and The Past is Still Alive
Blamo! - February 13, 2024 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guest this week is the artist Alynda Segarra of Hurray for The Riff Raff. Alynda and I chat about their new album, The Past is Still Alive, getting fits off on the road, too many voice notes, entering the tailored era, Fran Lebowitz, Andre 3000 and vibe music, leaning on stress, oversized we...
PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - Emotional Durability
Blamo! - February 08, 2024 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsPatreon Preview from Blamo! Discussions about sustainability often focus on the production end, probing questions such as how things are made and which materials are used. But a big part of this story is how consumers discard stuff they no longer enjoy using. In this episode, Peter and Derek bo...
Christopher Gove of Percival
Blamo! - February 05, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 364 ratingsMy guest this week is Christopher Gove, founder of Percival. Christopher and I chat about their recent popup in NYC, getting basics right, fake hardcore fans, the influencer world, spicy takes, getting fits off in the pickup line, commercial vs creative, and the multi-year plan. Percival Fol...