style

Rimbaud, à la mode

Arthur Rimbaud dessiné par Paul Verlaine, c. 1875



Well-worn

A well-worn leather glove will take on the lines of your palm and fingers. Nordstrom cashmere-lined gloves, 5 years old. Quality.



The Knack… and How To Get It (1965)

Michael Crawford. 60s London.



Let us all take style cues from Another Country

Still from Another Country (1984). Plays-turned-movies about troubled, sexually ambiguous young men in elite British prep schools never fail to draw me in. (See: The History Boys.) Rupert. Everett. In a pink hat. Can I just say, young Colin Firth in pajamas, reading in bed. Can I just. Can I just say that. Okay.



New glasses: Warby Parker

They are from Warby Parker, whose frames are vintage-inspired (read: hipster) and cheap ($95, or $125 for me for high-index [read: blind person] lenses). They also operate on the Toms model: sell a pair, give a pair to a person in need, although to be honest I bought these purely for style reasons. (Zagg frames.) [...]