Issue #384 | I Wanted a Polo Like Harrison Ford’s—for $75 Max. Here’s What I Found

I Wanted a Polo Like Harrison Ford’s—for $75 Max. Here’s What I Found

You know the one—the navy one he wore through the ’80s and ’90s, paired with blue jeans, penny loafers, and sometimes a blazer. One could make the argument that nobody’s done a pique polo better, before or since. In fact, photos of Ford wearing the navy number have circulated so much that WSJ editor Jamie Waters decided it was time to hunt down a shirt as close to the one worn by the movie star as possible, with one caveat: keep it under a hundred bucks.

Wall Street Journal

The Best Desert Boots Come From a Family’s Workshop in Northern Italy

[Partner] When Huckberry first got in touch with Northern Italy’s Travenzoli family to sell their Astorflex boots, each order came with a box of pasta. Talk about personal touch. That level of care is evident in every pair of shoes they sell, including the Brownflex chukka boot, a Huckberry exclusive developed with real customer feedback and six generations of shoemaking expertise. Straight from the Travenzolis’ workshop, this is a beautifully made desert boot with improved comfort that you’ll want to wear every day.

Step into a better desert boot.

How Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian Learned to Bottle the Zeitgeist

“Once in a while, I try to introduce my palette to new ingredients, to see if they’re interesting enough to create something with,” Francis Kurkdjian tells Robb Report. “Most of the time, they’re not.” To say that Kurkdjian, a perfumer, has a discerning nose would be an understatement; for 30 years, he’s crafted some of the best-selling fragrances for the world’s top luxury brands, making him responsible for the way millions of men craft their olfactory image, so to speak. Here’s how he followed his nose to the top.

Robb Report

Beyond Retro’s Steven Bethell on the Future of Resale

There’s the do-gooder side of Steven Bethell, and there’s the side that just loves well-made clothes. Of course, the founder of Beyond Retro, one of the U.K.’s largest vintage clothing retailers, can’t help but see the two as a closed loop. Upcycling is good for the clothing ecosystem as much as it is the ecosystem ecosystem. Here, Bethell makes the case that resellers are critical to the health of the industry and planet, showing how it’s possible by keeping the best clothes ever made out of landfills and in our closets.

Sourcing Journal

• Todd Snyder x Gardenheir Wax Cloth Tote Bag – $108

• New Soho Sketchbook – $10

• Kaweko Classic Sport Clutch Pencil – $22

• Imogen + Willie Japanese Brass Key Hook – $55

• Craighill Little Cloud Tray – $38

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