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04/21/2026

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There’s a particular absurdity watching power try to announce itself… and miss.Last week, Donald Trump floated a threat ...
04/13/2026

There’s a particular absurdity watching power try to announce itself… and miss.

Last week, Donald Trump floated a threat toward Iran that read like (or perhaps was) something pulled from the mouth of a madman. And yet, less than a day later, nothing. Just another cycle of escalation and retreat.

We could have predicted this inevitable outcome. Not just by his recurrent actions, but by the dictatorial presentation, or lack thereof. The suit. The tie. The way the silhouette begs for authority but never achieves it.

History has shown us that men like Adolf Hi**er and Pol Pot understood the assignment too well. Control wasn’t just policy but visual oppression. Tailoring as discipline. Uniform as message.

Here, there’s no such clarity. Just excess without precision. Volume without intent. A suggestion of power that collapses under its own weight.

What do you wear when you want to look in control of the world?

Link in bio for full satirical piece

Stefano Gabbana—co-founder, and perhaps the label’s most unfiltered voice—is reported to have exited the brand. I know ...
04/09/2026

Stefano Gabbana—co-founder, and perhaps the label’s most unfiltered voice—is reported to have exited the brand. I know I, as well as many of you, are thinking it’s about f*cking time.

Details surrounding the departure remain, in true, begrudgingly standard fashion, opaque. There has been no disclosure as to whether Gabbana’s exit is part of a broader restructuring or if he’ll continue to play a role alongside co-founder Domenico Dolce, who remains at the company. Though some suggest the years of mounting reputational pressure and shifting market expectations played no small role.

In writing this, I have to ask… why now? Was it truly that last men’s show that reportedly featured only white models, with the note “dedicated to the singular identity of every man”? For a house so deeply entwined with its founders’ identities (and those identities often criticized as blunt, exclusionary, or offensive) the separation feels long overdue to simply call it a corporate maneuver.

More of the news at the link in bio

04/04/2026

Men don’t lack style. They lack the words for it. Womenswear has always had a language for fit, fabric, and silhouette. Menswear in recent years hasn’t done the same.

Designer on the vocabulary gap. Full conversation linked in bio.

03/28/2026

Your new favorite button-down is from

You’re welcome.

A (slightly) deeper look at a few of the nuances we’re seeing derived from the current war in the Middle East.For the fu...
03/26/2026

A (slightly) deeper look at a few of the nuances we’re seeing derived from the current war in the Middle East.

For the full report, head to the Culture Swine substack. Link in bio

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Blazer & Slacks
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Brooch

FW26This is a brand we’ve been following quite closely over the last few years, Dorner’s mix of brutalist and blue-coll...
03/25/2026

FW26

This is a brand we’ve been following quite closely over the last few years, Dorner’s mix of brutalist and blue-collar designs being quite the visual force.

Fashion doesn’t exist outside of the world that produces it—and right now, that world is at war.How history is being rep...
03/24/2026

Fashion doesn’t exist outside of the world that produces it—and right now, that world is at war.

How history is being repeated and the cultural shift of style during times of war. New on the Cultured Swine substack

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Editorial Director

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Blazer & Slacks
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Brooch

War has always dictated what goes on our backs. From WWII biker gangs to Vietnam protest patches—clothes have never been...
03/24/2026

War has always dictated what goes on our backs. From WWII biker gangs to Vietnam protest patches—clothes have never been neutral. The Iran war is no different, and fashion is already responding… but not in a way you might agree with.

New piece linked in bio.

The visuals of conflict are already moving through retail. Saint Laurent. Louis Vuitton. Dior. Alexander McQueen. They c...
03/24/2026

The visuals of conflict are already moving through retail. Saint Laurent. Louis Vuitton. Dior. Alexander McQueen. They capitalized this before the headlines hit. What that means for what you wear (and whether it carries any meaning at all) is the question worth asking.

For the FW26 issue, a discussion on clothes within the context of war and the culture around discernment. Link in bio.

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A vintage WWII overcoat
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03/23/2026

Can Zara maintain the new audience it’s seeking?

With the latest news of pending a collaboration with I’m reintroducing a conversation I had with fashion creator and strategist last December.

I ask him many questions about the retail giant in the full video (linked in bio) but here, we get at the heart of whether or not Zara can retain the mid/luxury tier consumer it’s currently catering to.

Fresh off the news that John Galliano is rifling through the archives—whatever that really means—the brand has now conf...
03/23/2026

Fresh off the news that John Galliano is rifling through the archives—whatever that really means—the brand has now confirmed New York designer as its latest collaborator, which we’re in full support.

The collection, titled Vatísmo (superlative of “vato,” a term rooted in Chicano culture that speaks to friendship, community, and the pride of belonging) drops March 26th. (We’re standing in line for the shorts)

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