Inspiration

Last year I had the pleasure of doing a piece for Ralph Lauren Magazine on Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon’s digs at Kensington Palace, which were known as Apartment No. One. The story was done in support of the RL...

I thought I’d throw you all a curve ball by featuring the masculine interiors of Bedouin camps and Arab tents — or at least the Hollywood fantasy version. But I came up short with images, even after watching the archetypal...

Every man is the king of his own castle, and for a certain kind of emperor, there’s no more pleasant way to spend an evening than relaxing with a brandy and cigar in a drafty old house while swaddled in...

Our last post celebrated the carefree life of the bachelor. It also noted how, at least in the movies, bachelors eventually crystallize into husbands. The rooms of San Francsico-based designer Scot Meacham Wood (a veteran of Ralph Lauren, you can...

Some 15 years ago I became fascinated by the midcentury phenomenon of the so-called “space-age bachelor,” whose native environment was his space-age bachelor pad. I watched every movie I could find, and when those dried up, resorted to reading academic...

No idea what bespoke hospitality is, but that’s what they claim at The Beaumont in London, which Mr. Porter has called one of the seven places to hang out in 2015.

Yesterday I visited the much-hyped and pitch-perfect Polo Bar. Talk about your masculine interior. The artwork at Ralph Lauren’s new restaurant is devoted entirely to the sport, which is to say all the human figures depicted are men. The only...

Know that old song that goes “walk right in, set right down,” as in the 1962 version by the appropriately architecturally named Rooftop Singers? Well with a walk-in closet, you can walk in and dress right up. The magazine Freshome...

Ethan Allen currently has some cool clocks that evoke men’s wristwatches. Above, the Nickel Square Wall Clock, $199:  A similar one in black, $419: Pocket watch style, $299: And finally one for the desk, called the Pocket Watch Desk Clock,...

Currently on sale at Restoration Hardware are “Edwardian Tailor’s Collars.” The display case comes in small and large sizes. The large, originally $799, is now half off at $399. The retailer has other bric-a-brac for menswear enthusiasts. Vintage Hat Molds...

Feel like a champ every time you turn on the light. It’s like having won a tournament for fewest number of people required to screw in a bulb. Above, Huntsman Silver Trophy Lamp from Ethan Allen, $449. Below, Frederick Cooper,...

Bertie’s apartment in the celebrated BBC series “Jeeves & Wooster” blends the old and modern in a largely monochrome scheme of beige and honey tones. You may not have a gentleman’s gentleman to save you from any faux pas, but...