Style and Direction

By Ethan and Spencer

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Episodes: 234

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A podcast about classic and vintage menswear, but without the stuffiness! Join menswear enthusiasts Ethan, Spencer, and MJ as they talk about their personal style, the state of men's fashion, and even talk turkey with some stylish guests! Podcast is produced by MJ Kintanar

Episode Date
E162: Minigolf Attire, Capes, Pith Helmets & Why I Don't Believe In Outsourcing Style
Jun 12, 2026
E161: The Importance of Whimsy
Jun 01, 2026
B71 PREVIEW: The Menswear in "Quiz Show" (1994)
May 26, 2026
E160: Museum Fits From Eight Years Ago & Cosplaying as a Jedi and a Priest (using Menswear)
May 18, 2026
E159: Cheeky Apparel Arts Headings, Puppet Attire, and A Very Anglo Thursday Evening
May 05, 2026
B70 PREVIEW: The Menswear in "An American In Paris" (1951)
Apr 29, 2026
E158: LARP-ing Around & Revisiting Esquire's "The Big Black Book" (F/W 2009 & S/S 2011)
Apr 19, 2026
E157: The 2026 Oscars
Apr 06, 2026
B69 PREVIEW: The Drawn and Computer-Generated Menswear of Tintin
Mar 24, 2026
E156: Cellar Door & The Aperture of Acceptability
Mar 18, 2026
E155: The Only Day You Can Rock a Red Knit Tie
Mar 03, 2026
B68 PREVIEW: The Menswear of Train Dreams (2025)
Feb 25, 2026
E154: Maybe We Should Consume More Menswear Content
Feb 16, 2026
E153: Vintage Isn't Gatekeeping & Why Effort is Good
Feb 02, 2026
B67 PREVIEW: The Menswear of Marty Supreme (2025)
Jan 20, 2026
E152: What We Wore On Christmas & New Year's Eve 2025
Jan 12, 2026
E151: Going Private, Outfit Repeating Revisited & Getting Inspired From Yourself
Dec 23, 2025
B66 PREVIEW: The Menswear of Scrooged (1988)
Dec 18, 2025
E150: Going Full Send With Fall/Winter Attire (and Friendsgiving 2025)
Dec 09, 2025
E149: Moulin Rouge, John Wick & Dressing For The Early SoCal Fall
Nov 24, 2025
B65 PREVIEW: The Menswear of All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Nov 18, 2025
E148: Hadestown, Halloween 2025 & The Cosmus Academy Banquet
Nov 11, 2025
E147: Two Menswear Events, Tucking Your Tie, Fisherman Sandals, and Congruity
Nov 01, 2025
B64 PREVIEW: The Menswear of Inception (2010)
Oct 27, 2025
E146: Jason in Town, Tam O' Shanter, and Scott's Wedding
Oct 18, 2025
E145: Bronson, Brooks, and Bracing Yourself
Oct 02, 2025
B63 PREVIEW: The Menswear in North by Northwest (1959)
Sep 23, 2025
E144: Visiting Beams LA, A San Diego Bachelor Party, and Ethan's Suit Supply Suits
Sep 06, 2025
B62 PREVIEW: The Menswear of Jaws (1975)
Aug 28, 2025
E143: Riding Boots, A Fedora Lounge Friend, and Spencer Gets Into Photography
Aug 18, 2025
E142: Celebrating Ethan's 30th Birthday
Aug 07, 2025
B61 PREVIEW: The Menswear In The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Jul 28, 2025
E141: Theatre Thoughts & Reviewing Pitti Uomo 108
Jul 16, 2025
B60 PREVIEW: The Menswear In Sinners (2025)
Jul 03, 2025
E140: An Ode to The Navy Suit
Jun 24, 2025
E139: Ethan's Alaskan Cruise Travelogue
Jun 10, 2025
B59 PREVIEW: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
May 19, 2025
E138: Ren Faire 2025, Who Was More Formal, and Thoughts on Banger Outfits
May 14, 2025
E137: Inspiration LA 2025, In The Bar of A Tokyo Hotel, and Hating On AI
Apr 24, 2025
B58 PREVIEW: In the Mood for Love (2000)
Mar 26, 2025
E136: The "Death" Of The Fit Pic, Nerf War Attire & A Concise Canuck Trip
Mar 24, 2025
E135: Suit Buying/Renting, Vintage Rendezvous, and Valentine's Day 2025
Mar 08, 2025
B57 PREVIEW: The Menswear In The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Feb 27, 2025
E134: Personal Style Is Dead. Long Live Personal Style!
Feb 16, 2025
B56 PREVIEW: B56: The Menswear In A Complete Unknown (2024)
Feb 04, 2025
E133: TikTok Bullying & The 2025 In/Out List
Jan 25, 2025
E132: A New Format, Jean Talk, and Ethan Lengthens His Pants
Jan 14, 2025
B55 PREVIEW: The Menswear In The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Dec 23, 2024
B54 PREVIEW: The Menswear in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Nov 29, 2024
E131: The OTHER Things Menswear Has Taught Us
Nov 21, 2024
E130: Ethan In NYC, 2024 Edition
Nov 04, 2024
B53 PREVIEW: The Menswear In Secret of the Incas (1954)
Oct 29, 2024
E129: The Other Menswear In Indiana Jones (The Franchise)
Oct 23, 2024
E128: The Style of Indiana Jones
Oct 08, 2024
B52 PREVIEW: The Menswear In South Pacific (1958)
Sep 23, 2024
B51 PREVIEW: The Red Shoes (1948)
Sep 02, 2024
E127: Ode To The Pinstripe & Chalkstripe Suit
Aug 26, 2024
E126: Acting on Inspiration
Aug 12, 2024
E125: How We Dress When It's Hot
Jul 28, 2024
B50 PREVIEW: 60s Menswear in The Bikeriders & Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
Jul 21, 2024
E124: Pretentiousness & Being a Snob
Jul 01, 2024
B49 PREVIEW: The Menswear in Scent of a Woman (1992)
Jun 24, 2024
E123: On Outfit Feedback, Critique, and Advice
Jun 03, 2024
B48 PREVIEW: The Menswear in Public Enemies (2009)
May 29, 2024
E122: On Menswear Revivals & Nostalgia
May 13, 2024
B47 PREVIEW: The Menswear of Paper Moon (1974)
Apr 30, 2024
E121: Going Back To The 80s (The 1980s & The 1580s)
Apr 22, 2024
E120: Picking The "Right" Shoes For An Outfit
Apr 09, 2024
B46 PREVIEW: The Menswear In Inspector Gadget (1999)
Apr 02, 2024
B45 PREVIEW: The Menswear in LA Confidential (1997)
Mar 11, 2024
E119: Chadbourne Oliver, The All Time Darling
Mar 04, 2024
E118: What We Wear On Dates
Feb 19, 2024
B44 PREVIEW: The Menswear in The Holdovers (2023) & Spencer's Boston Trip
Feb 06, 2024
E117: The Drama of Big Outerwear
Jan 30, 2024
E116: The Hair On The Face & Head
Jan 15, 2024
B43 PREVIEW: The Menswear in Maestro (2023)
Dec 27, 2023
E115: What Is "Ethan Style"?
Dec 03, 2023
B42 PREVIEW: The Menswear in Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Nov 27, 2023
E114: Early & Late: A Philosophy on Trends
Nov 13, 2023
E113: The Presence & Absence of a Pocket Square
Oct 29, 2023
B41 PREVIEW: The Menswear in Dick Tracy (1990)
Oct 22, 2023
E112: An Ode to the Brown Suit
Oct 15, 2023
B40 PREVIEW: The Menswear In A Haunting In Venice (2023)
Sep 23, 2023
E111: Barbenheimer
Sep 18, 2023
E110: Nick Guzan, The BAMF Behind BAMFStyle
Sep 04, 2023
B39 PREVIEW: The Menswear In Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Aug 28, 2023
B38 PREVIEW: The Menswear In Asteroid City (2023)
Jul 31, 2023
E109: How We Buy Clothes
Jul 24, 2023
E108: An Ode To White Tailoring & Palm Beach
Jul 09, 2023
E107: Ethan in Italy
Jun 25, 2023
B37 PREVIEW: The Mouse Brothers
Jun 19, 2023
E106: Quite Stylish: The Menswear of Frasier
Jun 13, 2023
B36 PREVIEW: I'll Need My Glasses for that One!
May 29, 2023
E105: TV, Ascots, and Drag: The World of Brett White
May 21, 2023
E104: A Foundational (Not Basic) Wardrobe
May 07, 2023
B35 PREVIEW: Spencer's Little NYC Trip
Apr 22, 2023
E103: The Importance of Expression
Mar 27, 2023
B34 PREVIEW: The Terrible Menswear In Live By Night (2016)
Mar 19, 2023
E102: Producer MJ Gets On Mic
Mar 12, 2023
B33 PREVIEW: The Menswear In Chinatown (1974)
Feb 26, 2023
E101: What is an Occasion?
Feb 19, 2023
E100: Dressing Like A Journalist: A Primer On Spencer's Style
Feb 05, 2023
B32 PREVIEW: The Menswear in The Sting (1973)
Jan 29, 2023
E99: Get Tangible with Menswear
Jan 22, 2023
E98: On Menswear "Evangelism"
Jan 09, 2023
B31 PREVIEW: Babylon & Avatar: The Way of Water
Dec 25, 2022
E97: Menswear Is Our Hobby
Nov 28, 2022
B30 PREVIEW: Tár, See How They Run, and Amsterdam
Nov 19, 2022
E96: Reflecting on "Status and Culture" by W. David Marx
Nov 13, 2022
E95: You Can Call Him Douglas
Oct 23, 2022
B29 PREVIEW: That's Not What I Call The Doxology
Oct 09, 2022
E94: On Irony & Subversion
Oct 03, 2022
B28 PREVIEW: Farts Are Worse In Shorts
Sep 26, 2022
E93: Not A Menswear-Head, But Close Enough (With Silvia Zhang)
Sep 18, 2022
E92: The Perception of Effort
Sep 04, 2022
B27 PREVIEW: Ethan's Thrifting Again
Aug 22, 2022
B26 PREVIEW: A Trip to Dinkytown
Jul 30, 2022
E91: What's So Cool About Cool?
Jul 24, 2022
E90: On Eye & Sun Glasses
Jul 10, 2022
B25 PREVIEW: This Has Everything To Do With Us
Jun 28, 2022
E89: Embracing The Fit Pic
Jun 19, 2022
E88: My Friend, Marco
Jun 05, 2022
B24 PREVIEW: DBs Galore in The Player (1992)
May 30, 2022
E87: Why We're Okay With Standing Out
May 22, 2022
E86: The Age Of The DB Is Upon Us
May 08, 2022
B23 PREVIEW: I Want Those Sunglasses The Movie
Apr 25, 2022
B22 PREVIEW: Just The Facts Ma'am
Mar 27, 2022
E85: On Creating & Repeating Outfits
Mar 20, 2022
E84: What's The Deal With Jawnfeld? (with Yung Chomsky)
Mar 06, 2022
B21 PREVIEW: Enough Champagne To Fill The Nile
Feb 28, 2022
E83: This Is Called Vibe: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Cinematic Dressing
Feb 20, 2022
E82: A Yankee in Paris (with John Robinson)
Feb 06, 2022
E81: A Mouthful of Taste
Jan 23, 2022
B20 PREVIEW: Oxfords, Not Rogues
Jan 18, 2022
E80: On Proportion & Silhouette
Jan 10, 2022
B19 PREVIEW: It's a-me, Paolo
Dec 21, 2021
E79: Being Into Classic Menswear as an Asian American
Nov 22, 2021
B18 PREVIEW: Formerly Known as Picnic
Nov 14, 2021
E78: The Going Out Look (ft. John Robinson)
Nov 07, 2021
E77: My Son, John Robinson
Oct 24, 2021
B17 PREVIEW: LUCIFER SATAN
Oct 18, 2021
E76: Ethan's Solo NYC Trip
Oct 11, 2021
E75: Playing with Color in Classic Menswear
Sep 27, 2021
B16 PREVIEW: VIRILE
Sep 19, 2021
E74: Archiving (Or How We Keep Our Clothes)
Sep 12, 2021
E73: How We Talk (And Think) About Menswear
Aug 30, 2021
B15 PREVIEW: The Meat Sweats
Aug 22, 2021
E72: An Appreciation for Niche Vintage Menswear
Aug 15, 2021
E71: Apparel Arts and Dressing Like the Esquire Man
Aug 01, 2021
B14 PREVIEW: Asking for Dedotated Wam at Pitti Uomo
Jul 25, 2021
E70: Business Attire & Wearing Menswear to Work
Jun 27, 2021
B13 PREVIEW: Rear-Ended in a Minions T-Shirt
Jun 21, 2021
E69: Wearing Merch & Branded Clothing
Jun 14, 2021
E68: Dressing with Authenticity
May 30, 2021
B12 PREVIEW: A Message To The Future
May 23, 2021
E67: The Practicality of Menswear
May 16, 2021
E66: The Post-Pandemic Future of Menswear
May 02, 2021
B11 PREVIEW: The Full Dip
Apr 25, 2021
E65: Jason Sandagon's Punk Rock Attitude
Apr 18, 2021
E64: The Soft Rolls of the OCBD & Button Down Collar
Apr 04, 2021
B10 PREVIEW: We're Still In The Suck
Mar 28, 2021
E63: Reflections On Our Custom Menswear Commissions (So Far)
Mar 21, 2021
E62: Menswear Communities & The Importance of Friends
Mar 07, 2021
E61: Music & Menswear
Feb 21, 2021
B9 PREVIEW: This Episode Sucks
Feb 14, 2021
E60: Don't Be Stuffy, Be Slouchy
Feb 07, 2021
E59: Having a Style POV & Preferences from Vintage Collecting
Jan 24, 2021
B8 PREVIEW: This Will End Really Well
Jan 18, 2021
E58: A Snatched Waist (On Suspenders, Side Tabs & Belts)
Jan 11, 2021
E57: Influencers, Hustle Culture, and Social Media
Dec 28, 2020
B7 PREVIEW: I'm Not Wearing This Sweater
Dec 20, 2020
E56: Is Money Important for Style?
Dec 14, 2020
E55: Watch What Happens Prerecorded (with Aldous)
Nov 29, 2020
BONUS 6 PREVIEW: Drake's - We Can't Stop Touching It
Nov 23, 2020
E54: We Love the Brown Checked Sportcoat
Nov 15, 2020
E53: "B" Headwear (and the Fedora)
Nov 01, 2020
BONUS 5 PREVIEW: Whatever This Is
Oct 25, 2020
E52: The Navy Blazer with Brass Buttons
Oct 18, 2020
E51: Embracing the Wide Legged Trouser
Oct 04, 2020
BONUS PREVIEW: Giorgio Armani's Menswear in The Untouchables (1987)
Sep 28, 2020
E50: Old Ethan and Our Style Evolution
Sep 20, 2020
E49: Talkin' Sneakers!
Sep 06, 2020
BONUS PREVIEW: The Menswear in You Only Live Twice (1967)
Aug 30, 2020
E48: The Button-Pocket Harmony and Other Dealbreakers
Aug 23, 2020
E47: Talkin' Shorts!
Aug 10, 2020
E46: Yung Chomsky, Menswear & The Left (Part 2)
Jul 26, 2020
BONUS PREVIEW: What We've Worn On Our Birthday
Jul 20, 2020
E45: Yung Chomsky, Menswear & The Left (Part 1)
Jul 12, 2020
E44: On Milsurp & Military Clothing
Jun 28, 2020
Bonus Preview: The 1950's Menswear in Back to the Future (1985)
Jun 22, 2020
E43: Groovin' to the Late 60s-70s.
Jun 14, 2020
E42: The Big AMA
May 31, 2020
E41: Talkin' J. Crew
May 18, 2020
E40: The Lifestyle of Menswear Enthusiasts & Perceived Elitism
May 04, 2020
E39: The Menswear in Sherlock Holmes(2009)
Apr 19, 2020
E38: Staying at Home
Apr 05, 2020
E37: On Casual Shirts
Mar 23, 2020
E36: Style vs Fashion
Mar 05, 2020
E35: On Leather Jackets
Feb 18, 2020
E34: On Very Ralph (2019)
Feb 04, 2020
E33: On Shoes
Jan 06, 2020
E32: How We Buy Clothes
Dec 12, 2019
E31: On Neckties
Nov 14, 2019
E30: The Rule of Cool
Oct 29, 2019
E29: On Rules, Advice, and Guidelines
Oct 09, 2019
E28: Details Matter
Sep 23, 2019
E27: Social Media
Aug 28, 2019
E26: The Menswear in Gangster Squad (2013)
Jul 29, 2019
E25: Ethan Newton and Bryceland's Co.
Jul 03, 2019
E24: #EthanInJapan
Jun 19, 2019
E23: Bags in Menswear
May 07, 2019
E22: Menswear Photography
Apr 21, 2019
E21: Responding to "Dressing Up in a Dressed-Down World"
Mar 27, 2019
E20: Rainy Day Attire
Mar 11, 2019
E19: The Spearpoint Collar
Mar 04, 2019
E18: Inspiration LA
Feb 16, 2019
E17: Tuxedos, Black Tie, and Evening Wear
Feb 03, 2019
E16: A Basic Wardrobe
Nov 29, 2018
E15: Austin and Menswear Youtubers
Oct 04, 2018
E14: The Menswear in The Great Gatsby 2013
Aug 02, 2018
E13 - Raj is Always Killin' It
Jun 01, 2018
E12 - The Gooch Collective and Ethical Fashion
May 02, 2018
E11 - Derek, NYC, and Personal Style
Apr 04, 2018
E10: Garret and Social Media Marketing
Mar 21, 2018
E9: Aldous, Spier & Mackay, and Having a Uniform
Mar 06, 2018
E8: Joshua and Going Beyond Classic Menswear
Feb 20, 2018
E7: Andy and Sprezzatura
Feb 07, 2018
E6: Talkin' Hats with Cody Wellema
Jan 25, 2018
E5: The Blog Turns Three!
Jan 11, 2018
E4: Christmas, NYE, and The Last Jedi
Dec 22, 2017
E3: Ethan's NYC Trip
Dec 08, 2017
E2: Dapper Day
Nov 08, 2017
E1: Vintage
Oct 28, 2017
E0: The Pilot
Sep 07, 2017