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Category Archives: Jawnz!

Pants of the Juche Idea

Ever since I restarted this blog in late July, I’ve been looking for that holy grail of stories that touches on both business life and premium denim. That story is here. That story is Noko Jeans, the first run of which was supposed to drop today but has been delayed until Monday. Noko Jeans is [...]

Advanced Techniques with Leather, Results

Between the washing and the conditioning, the texture of my bomber jacket has improved about tenfold. As an added bonus, the soak reined in the generous fit. The costs were $5 for the plastic tub and $8 for the bottle of Lexol. The process took about two hours of total active work – half an [...]

Advanced Techniques with Leather

I have a brown leather bomber that I got from H&M a couple years back, pictured here as it looked last week. H&M had this one brief moment where they put considerable focus into the design (and marketing) of their leather jackets, and I picked one up as the price point was about right. The [...]

Dress Code: Shoes

This is my official “thank you” to the second-years at Rady for organizing the Thursday night Rock Bottom happy hour, much needed after a six hour day filled with quantitative analysis and accounting. Good news: six hours of class on Thursday means no class on Friday. More good news: “Tamara” and her friend “Chris” came [...]

Everybody in Vests

I lifted weights yesterday for the first time in about five years. When I woke up this morning, I discovered that the phrase “get ripped” is a literal one. Nevertheless, I’m committed to making use of the free two-year gym membership that comes with my MBA. So today, I went in search of a couple [...]