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HTJ Archives: L.L. Bean Chamois & Scotch Plaid
This is the second part in a two-part series on classic flannel shirts. Part one was on Brooks Brothers' Brooksflannel shirts (linked here). In this post, we will look at the classic cotton flannel...
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HTJ Archives: 1949 and The Pink Oxford Shirt
One of the notable features of the classic American look, often called "preppy," is that women have often had the habit of appropriating men's clothing to wear as their own. One of the best examples of...
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Brookscloth & Easy-Care's Unfinished Business
The saga of Brooks Brothers's easy-care fabrics began in 1941 when British chemists, John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson, invented and patented the first polyester fiber, which was eventually...
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The HTJ Archive is Closed
It will be six years this spring since this blog first appeared. It has been up, down and at times, on vacation several times during this period. Due to mainly to the issue of time, as well as a...
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