Put This On

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What's Put This On about?

Put This On is men's style for men who want to dress like grownups. Let Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor guide you through the world of style with a sharp eye and sharp humor.

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Put This On episodes:

02.08.2014
Fashion in an Age of Crisis (Short)
Benjamin Harrison talks to G. Bruce Boyer about the menswear of the 1930s. Boyer curated the male half of the Fashion Institute of Technology Museum's show Fashion in an Age of Crisis: Fashion in the 1930s.
10.03.2013
S2E6: Consolidation
Gucci Gucci Louis Louis Fendi Fendi Prada… what happens when a hundred artisans’ shops become a few global megacompanies? We went to Milan, Italy, to talk to small-scale makers who work in the shadow of fashion conglomerates like Prada. It’s...
10.03.2012
S2E5: Elegance
Put This On is in Milan, one of the world's fashion capitals. We visit Carlo Barbera mill and Luciano Barbera, its legendary leader. We talk with the owner of the world's most remarkable men's accessory store, G. Lorenzi, and a...
07.17.2012
S2E4: Eccentric Style
Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits London, where we visit with a few of the distinctive personalities that help make London a special place.
06.19.2012
S2E3: (New) Traditions
Put This On visits London to look at the ways it has been shaped by (and has reinvented) its menswear traditions. We visit W. Bill, the legendary tweed vendor in a basement just off Savile Row. We talk with the...
04.11.2012
S2E2: Eclecticism
In New York, Jesse goes thrifting with the guys from Street Etiquette, plus what's inside a suit coat, Rudiments with Dave Hill, Lewis Lapham, Jay Kos and more.
03.14.2012
S2E1: The Melting Pot
In New York City, we learn about 'Lo Heads, meet Jason Marshal, visit Worth and Worth hat shop and learn how to pack a suit.
03.12.2012
PTO Man: Sean Crowley
Sean Crowley is a neckwear designer who lives in Brooklyn with his collection of thousands of vintage neckties.
03.09.2012
Dave Hill at Fashion Week 2012
Dave Hill hits the Ralph Lauren show at Fashion Week to make some friends and do some blow.
03.08.2012
PTO Man: Bruce Boyer
Author Bruce Boyer says that there's nothing wrong with being rumpled.
11.20.2011
Donegal Tweed
A brief travelogue from Donegal's Molloy and Sons, a father-son tweed manufacturer.
09.16.2011
Dave Hill at New York Fashion Week
Our intrepid correspondent Dave Hill visits New York Fashion Week, and leaves only rubble in his wake.
09.01.2011
Kickstart Season Two of PTO!
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07.25.2011
Ep. 7: Personal Style
Episode seven of Put This On explores personal style - elegant, quirky, distinctive and everywhere in between. Field correspondent Dave Hill visits the annual meeting of the Corduroy Appreciation Club, held each year on 11/11, the date which most resembles corduroy. Then...
06.23.2011
Episode 6: Body
We visit CEGO Custom Shirtmaker in New York, learn about dressing for your body type from Alan Flusser and alter a dress shirt in Los Angeles.
06.17.2011
Glenn O'Brien on The Sound of Young America
GQ's Style Guy, Glenn O'Brien, talks to Jesse Thorn on Jesse's public radio show, The Sound of Young America. O'Brien's new book is called How To Be A Man.
05.23.2011
Alan Flusser
In this special micro-episode of Put This On, we present a conversation with menswear expert Alan Flusser. Flusser has written the seminal American texts on getting dressed: Style & the Man and Dressing the Man. He runs Alan Flusser Custom...
05.09.2011
Ep. 5: Tradition
A visit with a true style traditionalist at a true bastion of traditional style, J. Press. Then a visit with a traditionlist who's also a revolutionary, Thom Browne.
02.11.2011
Ep. 4: Grooming
Jesse visits the barber, shows you the classic wet shave and teaches you how to prevent yellow underarm stains.
01.21.2011
Lyndon Johnson Orders Pants
In 1964, Lyndon Johnson needed pants, so he called the Haggar clothing company and asked for some. The call was recorded (like all White House calls at the time), and has since become the stuff of...
08.24.2010
Ep. 3: Work
An interview with Paul Feig, dressing for a job interview, Roxana and Nerd Boyfriend, and more.
04.20.2010
Ep. 2: Shoes
Jesse visits Willie's Shoe Service in Los Angeles and shows us how to care for and shine our shoes. Adam teaches shoe-tying technique and how to store footwear.
11.02.2009
Ep. 1: Denim
Jesse and Adam visit Rising Sun Denim, where blue jeans are made by hand with early 20th century sewing machines. Plus what jeans to buy, how to care for them and some basics on wear. (iPod Video)

What's Put This On about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Put This On episodes:

Fashion in an Age of Crisis (Short)

S2E6: Consolidation

S2E5: Elegance

S2E4: Eccentric Style

S2E3: (New) Traditions

S2E2: Eclecticism

S2E1: The Melting Pot

PTO Man: Sean Crowley

Dave Hill at Fashion Week 2012

PTO Man: Bruce Boyer

Donegal Tweed

Dave Hill at New York Fashion Week

Kickstart Season Two of PTO!

Ep. 7: Personal Style

Episode 6: Body

Glenn O'Brien on The Sound of Young America

Alan Flusser

Ep. 5: Tradition

Ep. 4: Grooming

Lyndon Johnson Orders Pants

Ep. 3: Work

Ep. 2: Shoes

Ep. 1: Denim