Benjamin Harrison talks to G. Bruce Boyer about the menswear of the 1930s. Boyer curated the male half of the Fashion Institute of Technology Museum's show Fashion in an Age of Crisis: Fashion in the 1930s.

S2E6: Consolidation

Oct 3rd, 2013 11m 56s

Gucci Gucci Louis Louis Fendi Fendi Prada… what happens when a hundred artisans’ shops become a few global megacompanies? We went to Milan, Italy, to talk to small-scale makers who work in the shadow of fashion conglomerates like Prada. It’s on

S2E5: Elegance

Oct 3rd, 2012 13m 11s

Put This On is in Milan, one of the world's fashion capitals. We visit Carlo Barbera mill and Luciano Barbera, its legendary leader. We talk with the owner of the world's most remarkable men's accessory store, G. Lorenzi, and a Milanese dandy

S2E4: Eccentric Style

Jul 17th, 2012 13m 51s

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits London, where we visit with a few of the distinctive personalities that help make London a special place.

S2E3: (New) Traditions

Jun 19th, 2012 11m 56s

Put This On visits London to look at the ways it has been shaped by (and has reinvented) its menswear traditions. We visit W. Bill, the legendary tweed vendor in a basement just off Savile Row. We talk with the painter and musician Ian Bruce

S2E2: Eclecticism

Apr 11th, 2012 14m 6s

In New York, Jesse goes thrifting with the guys from Street Etiquette, plus what's inside a suit coat, Rudiments with Dave Hill, Lewis Lapham, Jay Kos and more.

S2E1: The Melting Pot

Mar 14th, 2012 13m 33s

In New York City, we learn about 'Lo Heads, meet Jason Marshal, visit Worth and Worth hat shop and learn how to pack a suit.

PTO Man: Sean Crowley

Mar 12th, 2012 1m 43s

Sean Crowley is a neckwear designer who lives in Brooklyn with his collection of thousands of vintage neckties.

Dave Hill at Fashion Week 2012

Mar 9th, 2012 4m 34s

Dave Hill hits the Ralph Lauren show at Fashion Week to make some friends and do some blow.

PTO Man: Bruce Boyer

Mar 8th, 2012 1m 35s

Author Bruce Boyer says that there's nothing wrong with being rumpled.

Donegal Tweed

Nov 20th, 2011 4m 11s

A brief travelogue from Donegal's Molloy and Sons, a father-son tweed manufacturer.

Dave Hill at New York Fashion Week

Sep 16th, 2011 3m 49s

Our intrepid correspondent Dave Hill visits New York Fashion Week, and leaves only rubble in his wake.

Kickstart Season Two of PTO!

Sep 1st, 2011 1m 23s

Visit putthison.com and click on the Kickstarter widget if you want to see more episodes of Put This On!

Ep. 7: Personal Style

Jul 25th, 2011 10m 27s

Episode seven of Put This On explores personal style - elegant, quirky, distinctive and everywhere in between.Field correspondent Dave Hill visits the annual meeting of the Corduroy Appreciation Club, held each year on 11/11, the date which mo

Episode 6: Body

Jun 23rd, 2011 13m 13s

We visit CEGO Custom Shirtmaker in New York, learn about dressing for your body type from Alan Flusser and alter a dress shirt in Los Angeles.

Glenn O'Brien on The Sound of Young America

Jun 17th, 2011 31m 1s

GQ's Style Guy, Glenn O'Brien, talks to Jesse Thorn on Jesse's public radio show, The Sound of Young America. O'Brien's new book is called How To Be A Man.

Alan Flusser

May 23rd, 2011 3m 53s

In this special micro-episode of Put This On, we present a conversation with menswear expert Alan Flusser. Flusser has written the seminal American texts on getting dressed: Style & the Man and Dressing the Man. He runs Alan Flusser Custom in M

Ep. 5: Tradition

May 9th, 2011 9m 46s

A visit with a true style traditionalist at a true bastion of traditional style, J. Press. Then a visit with a traditionlist who's also a revolutionary, Thom Browne.

Ep. 4: Grooming

Feb 11th, 2011 11m 40s

Jesse visits the barber, shows you the classic wet shave and teaches you how to prevent yellow underarm stains.

Lyndon Johnson Orders Pants

Jan 21st, 2011 2m 47s

In 1964, Lyndon Johnson needed pants, so he called the Haggar clothing company and asked for some. The call was recorded (like all White House calls at the time), and has since become the stuff of legend. Johnson’s anatomically specific d

Ep. 3: Work

Aug 24th, 2010 9m 23s

An interview with Paul Feig, dressing for a job interview, Roxana and Nerd Boyfriend, and more.

Ep. 2: Shoes

Apr 20th, 2010 10m

Jesse visits Willie's Shoe Service in Los Angeles and shows us how to care for and shine our shoes. Adam teaches shoe-tying technique and how to store footwear.

Ep. 1: Denim

Nov 2nd, 2009 9m 59s

Jesse and Adam visit Rising Sun Denim, where blue jeans are made by hand with early 20th century sewing machines. Plus what jeans to buy, how to care for them and some basics on wear. (iPod Video)

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