Unbuttoned - G. Bruce Boyer's Life In Clothes
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Introducing Riffs
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Boyer has a new book out called "Riffs: Random Reflections on Jazz, Blues, and Early Rock." You can find it now in most major bookstor...
Bonus Episode: Beards and Jeans
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce has sported a beard since the 1960s and he explains how that gives him more in common with the counter-culture than you would have thought. Plus...
Bonus Episode: Vitale Barberis Canonico
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce and I both have a long relationship with the Italian mill VBC, as journalists, collaborators and friends. In this special episode, Bruce shares ...
Bonus Episode - Anderson & Sheppard
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Boyer has been commissioning suits, jackets and trousers from London's famed tailoring house Anderson & Sheppard for over four decades. In that ...
Chapter Six: fashion journalism in the 70s and 80s
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Almost fifty years ago, Bruce Boyer left the world of academia to pursue a career in menswear writing and journalism. Since that time, he's witnessed ...
Chapter Five: America's greatest tailors and shirtmakers
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Boyer has worked with an awful lot of craftspeople over the last sixty years. Some, as a customer or collaborator. Some, as a journalist and doc...
Chapter Four: Hollywood's greatest style icons
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the first three chapters of this podcast series, we discovered Bruce Boyer's founding inspirations: Ivy League, Savile Row and Italian Style. But w...
Chapter Three: lessons in Italian Style
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout his life, Bruce has witnessed the rise of Italian Style, starting with post-war cinema and early "Made in Italy" fashions and culminating w...
Chapter Two: visiting London's Savile Row tailors
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Boyer has been visiting London's Savile Row - the birthplace of tailoring - for almost sixty years. He shares stories of some of the tailors he'...
Chapter One: college life in the 50s and 60s
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Boyer has been wearing Ivy League-style clothes for decades. In this episode, he talks about how he feel in love with the look and why he's stuc...
Prologue - Listen to this one first
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Coming May 15, a podcast that explores six decades of menswear through the experiences and memories of someone on the front lines. Stories that reveal...