City Style

Tailoring, sneakers and the smart-casual line nobody explains properly.

If you smoke and you see blood in the toilet, don't wait it out

Painless blood in the urine usually stops on its own. That's exactly what makes it dangerous, and why a smoker needs a phone call the same week.

GuideTools & OrganizingNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Build a Closet System Five People Can't Wreck

One rod and one shelf is why your closet keeps failing. A weekend, a stud finder and about $180 a closet fixes it for good.

Ask BRO

Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

Ask it

GuideCountry StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

The surplus wool worth buying and the wool to leave behind

Military wool outlasts most of what hangs on the rack at the farm store, if you know which pieces to grab and what to check before you pay.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

PartnerDelicious.com

Fitness5 min read

What to do when someone has a seizure in front of you

Five minutes is the number that matters, the floor is your friend, and nothing ever goes in the mouth.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

What to wear from the office party to Christmas dinner

One jacket, two shirts, and the fixes nobody mentions: the gravy, the icy parking lot, and the tailor's December cutoff.

GuideCountry StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

How to Size Workwear So You Can Move in It

Four moves in the fitting room tell you more than the tag does, and one of them will cost you a shirt.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

PartnerCancerDefying.com

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Why the second ankle sprain is always worse than the first

The swelling goes down in a week and everybody stops there. That's exactly how you end up rolling it again on a flat sidewalk.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Build your fall outfits around the layer you take off at noon

A 38-degree morning and a 70-degree afternoon are one outfit, not two. Start with what you'll be standing in at lunch and add backward from there.

GuideCountry StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

How to buy a cowboy hat, crease it right and wear it right

Measure your head, pick a crease you can live with for ten years, and learn the handful of rules that separate a hat from a costume.

Ask BRO

What should I wear to this?

Ask it

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

You don't need an immune booster, you need a bedtime

Three colds a winter isn't bad luck. It's sleep debt, a kid in daycare, and forty dollars a month of supplements doing nothing.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

PartnerGermProof.com

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Stop Dressing Like the Year You Peaked

Boot-cut jeans are a date stamp. At fifty-five, authority comes from fit, restraint and about four garments you probably don't own yet.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

What Your Face Stops Doing At Thirty, Fifty And Seventy

Oil output drops, skin thins, hair turns wiry. Three short routines that keep up without adding a shelf of bottles.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The Achilles warning signs men over thirty-five keep missing

It stiffens up in the morning, loosens by noon, and you forget about it. That pattern is the tendon asking for help before it stops asking.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

PartnerNames.com

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Chelsea, chukka or work boot, and what each one goes with

Your pant hem decides which boot you can wear, and most men get that order backwards. Start with a tape measure.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Grooming6 min

Stop Pulling Your Shoulders Back, It Never Holds

Fitness5 min

Your leg is screaming but the problem is in your back

Ask BRO

Pressure-test my business idea

Ask it

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

What to wear to the bid meeting when you work with your hands

The shirt that fits your shoulders strangles your neck. Fix that, fix the pants, and you can walk into any room straight off a job site.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

PartnerCoconut.com

Grooming5 min read

Your Wave Dies In The Seven Minutes After The Shower

Wavy hair sets while it dries, not while you style it. Fix the drying and the rest of your morning gets easier.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

Older articles

Older City Style stories