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Put This On

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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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Episodes

  1. 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.

  2. 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 one of our most ambitious episodes and the grand finale...

  3. 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 Milanese dandy, Salvatore Battello of W-D Man. Then we show you which...

  4. 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.

  5. 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 painter and musician Ian Bruce about how he's reshaped the legacy of the SoHo dandy.…

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  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. PTO Man: Sean Crowley

    Sean Crowley is a neckwear designer who lives in Brooklyn with his collection of thousands of vintage neckties.

  9. Dave Hill at Fashion Week 2012

    Dave Hill hits the Ralph Lauren show at Fashion Week to make some friends and do some blow.

  10. PTO Man: Bruce Boyer

    Author Bruce Boyer says that there's nothing wrong with being rumpled.

  11. Donegal Tweed

    A brief travelogue from Donegal's Molloy and Sons, a father-son tweed manufacturer.

  12. Dave Hill at New York Fashion Week

    Our intrepid correspondent Dave Hill visits New York Fashion Week, and leaves only rubble in his wake.

  13. Kickstart Season Two of PTO!

    Visit putthison.com and click on the Kickstarter widget if you want to see more episodes of Put This On!

  14. 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 Roxana Altimirano brings…

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  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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 in Manhattan, and famously dressed Michael Douglas for…

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  18. 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.

  19. Ep. 4: Grooming

    Jesse visits the barber, shows you the classic wet shave and teaches you how to prevent yellow underarm stains.

  20. 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 legend. Johnson’s anatomically specific directions to Mr. Haggar are some of the most intimate words...

  21. Ep. 3: Work

    An interview with Paul Feig, dressing for a job interview, Roxana and Nerd Boyfriend, and more.

  22. 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.

  23. 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)

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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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