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  1. Matt Deckard

    The Right Brooklyn Dodgers Cap

    I keep forgetting, is it that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, or that the squeaky wheel gets replaced? It’s been the longest time I’ve been asking for a version of the classic Brooklyn Dodgers cap in a good weight broadcloth flannel with the figure 8 B and the white button and no battermam...
  2. Matt Deckard

    Colchester sneakers

    I’ve been consulting with and discussing some new styles with Colchester Rubber Co here’s me sporting their Dead Grass color-way. Odd thing is they are quite lively! I’ll have to take them on a long perambulation tonight. Before Converse and Nike and Adidas was versing Puma, there was a man...
  3. Matt Deckard

    Esquire thinks our best assassin needs help.

    M — “And yet he’s more trustworthy and more effective than any agent we have. Money Penny, increase the drinking allowance to all agents in training, and put out an address that all agents that are afield will receive urine examination kits to evaluate their daily alcohol intake. If they fail to...
  4. Matt Deckard

    Return of THE CHAP

    As the next issue is put together, here is something to find in the previous. Romance, travel, action, adventure. Hitting the magazine racks of the local print media dealers here in the States is the latest issue of our chaply guide to what’s what in this sartorial scene. Check out my latest...
  5. Matt Deckard

    Willis and Geiger A1 Leather Jacket

    One of the lesser seen aviator jackets. Well lesser seen in the vein of being called an army air corps jacket, the A-1 heavily caught on as more of a civilian staple with the knit collar, while the military went to a leather pointed collar and a zipper that became a look synonymous with WWII...
  7. Matt Deckard

    Diehl Marcus & Company: LA’s Curious Goods

    Like the fabled shop Curious Goods from a TV show on long ago, there is a new shop in LA that delivers the rarest of classic sartorial wears, historical curiosities, better umbrellas, safari accouterments, classic books, Victorian atmosphere and a game of chess oft paired with a historic...
  8. Matt Deckard

    Getting your stripes in order.

    Stripes meet stripes (best case scenario). I’ve argued with a lot of tailors. Thinking it through when it comes to this subject, I’m right. Don’t let them tell you otherwise because what I’m about to expound is common sense. See my previous blog, You should know better and so should your...
  9. Matt Deckard

    Placement and proportions for the belt back suit

    Placement and proportions for the belt back suit Matt Deckard Uncategorized November 1, 2017 4 Minutes This one comes as more of a demand from a few friends who needed some answers ASAP as they saw the Simon James Cathcart ‘Chevalier’ suit had an action back that was the same design I’d...
  10. Matt Deckard

    Don't fall off

    The fitted hat These are traditionally men’s hats such as the derby, the fedora and the top hat. They are made in multiple sizes or can be made custom to the exact size and shape of the wearer’s head. The preferred fit is loose enough to not leave a visible mark on the forehead, yet snug enough...
  11. Matt Deckard

    Fallen arches. Not the defeated enemies in front of you, the enemies beneath you

    It’s always been a trick, having shoes in which you can walk all over town, then deciding that you want to attend a venue where you’ll be dancing and realizing… these shoes I’m wearing… they have rubber soles and they don’t spin worth a damn! A few years back I wrote an article about shoes...
  13. Matt Deckard

    We have lost a hatter.

    We have lost a hatter. There isn’t a Wiki page for certain people. He had passion; fortitude far beyond what I could ever muster. When I met him he was wearing a dress shirt with the sleeves cut off, there wasn’t a time I saw him where he didn’t look ready for action. He told me, that in...
  14. Matt Deckard

    J. Crew Ludlow Shoes

    Not about Alden, Allen Edmonds… Johnston and Murphy There are a few grand companies still left in the US that classic American shoe. I do wish they would make more ankle boots as I tend to go off roading in my leather souled footwear and there is a big hole in the market when it comes to a...
  15. Matt Deckard

    Brooks Brothers made repro shirts

    Worn to death, then worn to death. When I was last in Manhattan I had a little stop to see Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co. A great western swing band that I’ll need a proper dance floor on which to dance the next time I see them. http://www.sitanddieco.com In the midst of that...
  16. Matt Deckard

    Designing Stetson

    I came to Texas with a mission, to redefine the something I love, to figure out how to pass that passion to everyone. From the outset, inspired by the past and encouraged by my friends, I was able to bring back brand defining styles using the original machinery with the original hat making...
  17. Matt Deckard

    I suit therefore I am.

    Costume is a grand tradition of putting on the things we love which bring back cultural memories; Me and my suits. Fashion, on the other hand, is a way of fitting in on a level that helps you associate with peers that may have their own social costume that pulls them into their lineal circle...
  19. Matt Deckard

    Independence day! 2015

    I've been avoiding Holidays since I lost my parents… treating them like the plague. Melancholia sets in and I don't want to think about celebrating anything. But I think today… today I should go watch some things explode while I shout at the british monarchy from afar about how we will never...
  20. Matt Deckard

    Patrick Macnee THE AVENGER Died today

    My bowler hat is on for you tonight Patrick Macnee! My style could never compare. Your acting gave you a presence of being neither aristocratic nor popper… just gentleman. I enjoyed every moment you were on film. You will be missed...
  21. Matt Deckard

    Flapping the pocket

    Pocket flaps... I like them on a suit, but they do tend to add a bit of a bulk to a look. But if I tuck the flaps in, the open maw of the pocket tends to get caught on chairs too easily. And no I will not sew them shut... I like that prince Charles, hands in pockets with thumbs out look now and...
  22. Matt Deckard

    Jimmy Stuart suit in Rope

    I'm not doing suits anymore now that my attention is heavily elsewhere, but I do still have them made. I'm an off shape... hard to find off the rack, you know! So here is the suit I had made up. Loved the look of Jimmy Stuart in Rope. A great Hitchcock movie from 1947. I was just mesmerized...
  23. Matt Deckard

    Show us your mall fit A-2 or flight jackets.

    I used to have a good ol' mall fit A-2 in the late 90s. One that I won at a computer convention. Yes I coveted wearing it but over time I learned better what looked good on me and what good fit was. I recently saw this online and it reminded me of that old jacket. Amazingly big armholes...

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