The Material Review
Issue 063: Does Fasting Work?, The Man in The Perfect Suit, American Vintage in Tokyo, The Eagles Fan With 300 Jerseys, J.Crew x Barbour and Spotlight On Boots.
Stories worth reading. Stop indexing the internet.
Does Fasting Work? The Strange Results of Living on Soup and Water for a Week
“At an old-school European wellness clinic, I had the best worst experience of my life.” [Esquire]
The Man in the Midnight-Blue Six-Ply Italian-Milled Wool Suit
“A perfect suit, made by an expert tailor out of superlative fabric, would do nothing less than transform me.” [The Atlantic]
The best American vintage is ‘sitting in Tokyo’
[KCRW]
The Eagles Fan With 300 Jerseys (and 200 Hats)
“Dave Bergner’s streak of wearing a different jersey every day — at 151 days and counting — has other fans calling him a good-luck charm ahead of the Super Bowl.” [NYT]
The Candy-Colored Shelves Infiltrating the Neutral Millennial Home
“How USM, the once-staid Swiss office furniture specialist, turned shelves themselves into a work of art.” [GQ]
A shortlist of things we’ve got our eye on.
Herman Miller Spout Sit-to Stand Table
Drake’s Red and Green Madras Check Cotton-Linen Two-Pocket Work Shirt
Quaker Marine Supply Co. Swordfish in Brown Waxed Canvas
Jackman Big Waffle Crew Neck
Carter Young Newman Peacoat
Boots
R.M. Williams Gardener Commando
Russell Moccasin Co. Big Cambo
Viberg Uplands Chukka
Alden Indy Boot in Color 8 Shell Cordovan
Red Wing Irish setter Moc Toe No 8875
J.Crew x Barbour
Limited Edition Barn Jacket
I’ll stick with Muffy Aldrich when it comes to Barbour.