“1. You\u2019re on vacation and you find yourself constantly worrying about how many menswear RSS feed updates you\u2019ll have to scroll through when you come back.<\/p>\n
2. When you\u2019re in London, your girlfriend wants to go to the British Museum and you\u2019re trying to think of a way to convince her that Savile Row would be more fun.\u00a0When she wants to see other parts of Europe, you start researching what cultural life there is in Naples. Also, neither of you have ever been interested in Budapest, but now that you\u2019ve learned about Vass bespoke\u2026<\/p>\n
3. You\u2019ve considered moving to a region with longer winters just so you can wear FW collections more often, but then shudder when you realize you would have to find a new tailor and dry cleaner.<\/p>\n
4. You feel kind of lonely and empty inside when you come home and don\u2019t see a package waiting for you at your doorstep.<\/p>\n
5. The sole motivation for advancing your career is the shoe collection that you hope you\u2019ll one day be able to afford.<\/p>\n
6. You find that your early years of sneaking glances at women are now coming in handy when eyeing particularly well dressed men.<\/p>\n
7. You\u2019d rather flip through a swatch book than Playboy.<\/p>\n
8. You\u2019ve bought things that you\u2019ll never wear, and don\u2019t know anyone who would, just because they\u2019re interesting in and of themselves and would be nice to have in ‘a collection.’<\/p>\n
9. Your friend asks you for your opinion on a pair of shoes he\u2019s considering buying, and you don\u2019t even know where to begin.<\/p>\n
10. You know how to say wool in six different languages and \u201cwhere is the bathroom\u201d in two.<\/p>\n
11. You get annoyed when sales associates know less about construction and materials than you do.<\/p>\n
12. You avoid shopping at Barneys or Saks with your girlfriend for fear that one of the sales associates may come and greet you by your name while you\u2019re with her.<\/p>\n
13. Without you requesting, your tailor occasionally sends you swatches of fabrics you might like.<\/p>\n
14. You hold on to seasonal catalogs you get in the mail for ‘archival purposes.’<\/p>\n
15. You\u2019re about to have sex with your girlfriend, but then have to pause so that you can fold and hang your trousers by their creases, find hangers with molded shoulders, and insert cedar trees into your shoes.”<\/p>\n
~ Derek Guy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"