Blamo!
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- 509
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- toutes les deux semaines
- Dernier épisode
- 9 Nov 2026
À propos du podcast
Blamo! is a long-running fashion and culture podcast hosted by Jeremy Kirkland. Since 2016, the show has featured thoughtful, relaxed conversations with designers, artists, musicians, and creative thinkers, exploring fashion, menswear, design, music, and culture beyond the surface. Featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more — Blamo! is celebrating 10 years of independent conversations about the things we care about.
Épisodes 509
Mark Oliver Everett of Eels Has a Favorite T-Shirt
I got Electro-Shock Blues through a record club in the late ’90s. I had no idea what Mark Oliver Everett was writing about at the time. I just knew I wanted more Eels records. All these years later, I finally …
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I got Electro-Shock Blues through a record club in the late ’90s. I had no idea what Mark Oliver Everett was writing about at the time. I just knew I wanted more Eels records. All these years later, I finally got to sit down with E and talk music and clothes.
Eels just put out their 16th studio album, Cookie Happened. E tells me he was already a few songs in before it occurred to him he was making a record. We get into the little notepads where he keeps his song ideas, the Bob Dylan cassette he brought with him from Virginia, and what happens when a song he wrote to get himself through something ends up doing the same for somebody else.
Also, I found a vintage Eels tee in Tokyo for over $200. When I told E about it, we got into the T-shirt he swears by.
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Seiji McCarthy — Made to Be Worn
Seiji McCarthy spent roughly 150 hours making your shoes. Please wear them.This week on Blamo!, I’m in Tokyo at Seiji’s atelier talking about his path from working for the NBA to making bespoke footwear—and why …
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Seiji McCarthy spent roughly 150 hours making your shoes. Please wear them.
This week on Blamo!, I’m in Tokyo at Seiji’s atelier talking about his path from working for the NBA to making bespoke footwear—and why it took moving to Japan to appreciate the American style he grew up with.
We get into making things by hand, being precious with the stuff we love, and what happens when you reach your dream job and realize you want something else.
Plus, jazz, the Beatles, and a stereo that made his favorite records feel new again.
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Masaharu Wada on Japanese Watches, Taste, and Collecting
Masaharu “Masa” Wada of Hodinkee Japan joins Jeremy in Tokyo to talk watches, Japanese taste, and finding your people.Masa shares how a watch blog led him out of tech and into Hodinkee Japan, why Japan’s best …
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Masaharu “Masa” Wada of Hodinkee Japan joins Jeremy in Tokyo to talk watches, Japanese taste, and finding your people.
Masa shares how a watch blog led him out of tech and into Hodinkee Japan, why Japan’s best shops have such a distinct point of view, and what makes independent watchmakers like Naoya Hida, Kikuchi Nakagawa, and Otsuka Lotec so compelling.
They also discuss appreciating watches you’ll never own, getting past the obsession with in-house movements, and the trouble with selling a watch once it has a story.
Plus, his grandfather’s Rolex, a trip to Zurich, and how collecting brought Masa closer to his dad.
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PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! Inside Buck Mason with Co-Founder Erik Ford
Patreon Preview from Blamo!This week on Die, Workwear!, Derek and Peter are joined by Erik Ford, co-founder of Buck Mason.Since launching in 2013, Buck Mason has grown from a small Los Angeles brand selling …
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Patreon Preview from Blamo!
This week on Die, Workwear!, Derek and Peter are joined by Erik Ford, co-founder of Buck Mason.Since launching in 2013, Buck Mason has grown from a small Los Angeles brand selling t-shirts and jeans into one of the more recognizable names in American menswear. It's also a brand that's frequently discussed in our Slack and, at times, something of a lightning rod in menswear circles.
Erik is a serious clothing enthusiast, with an appreciation for vintage garments, American manufacturing, and the small details that make good clothes great. That obsession has taken Buck Mason from studying old t-shirts and denim to taking over a historic knitting factory in Pennsylvania.
The gents discuss Buck Mason's early days, why so many heritage brands have lost their way, the challenges of manufacturing in America, and what it takes to grow a clothing company while maintaining creative control.
They also get into California style, private equity, and the surprisingly complicated business of making a really good t-shirt.
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PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! Ryan Devens on How a Good Suit Is Actually Made
Patreon Preview from Blamo!Derek and Peter sit down with Ryan Devens of San Francisco’s Tailor’s Keep to talk about what actually goes into making a bespoke suit.Ryan explains how Tailor’s Keep developed its …
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Patreon Preview from Blamo!
Derek and Peter sit down with Ryan Devens of San Francisco’s Tailor’s Keep to talk about what actually goes into making a bespoke suit.Ryan explains how Tailor’s Keep developed its house cut, why fitting forward shoulders can require rebuilding an armhole and sleeve, and where the limits of made-to-measure end and bespoke begins. They also get into the realities of garment manufacturing today: why Tailor’s Keep moved its made-to-measure production from the United States to Asia, the difference between Chinese and Indian manufacturing, and why rebuilding a skilled tailoring industry in America is much harder than simply opening a factory.
They also discuss the post-pandemic return of tailoring, why clients are getting interested in craft again, the mistakes Ryan has made after more than a decade of fitting different bodies, and the fabrics he reaches for when making everything from summer suits to winter trousers and overcoats.
Plus: four-inch Ralph Lauren ties, pants splitting at weddings, Gap jeans, alligator longwings, and the problem with trying to automate craft.
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Jerry Stahl on Gonzo Neurotic, Success, and Failure
Writer Jerry Stahl joins Jeremy to talk about his new book, Gonzo Neurotic: The Best (and Not So Best) of Jerry Stahl a collection of work spanning decades of journalism, profiles, and cultural …
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Writer Jerry Stahl joins Jeremy to talk about his new book, Gonzo Neurotic: The Best (and Not So Best) of Jerry Stahl a collection of work spanning decades of journalism, profiles, and cultural misadventures.
Jerry talks about revisiting his younger self, getting people off script, interviewing everyone from Mickey Rourke to Samuel L. Jackson, and what years of rejection, success, and failure have taught him about making a creative life work.
They also get into meeting your heroes, getting fired from Twin Peaks, comparing yourself to more successful friends, Marc Maron’s jeans, Larry David, Thom Yorke, and the records Jerry never gets tired of.
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Switched on Pop’s Nate Sloan & Charlie Harding on Why Rock Stars Look Like Rock Stars
Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding are the co-hosts of Switched on Pop, the acclaimed podcast that breaks down the making and meaning of popular music.They join Jeremy to talk about the relationship between music …
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Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding are the co-hosts of Switched on Pop, the acclaimed podcast that breaks down the making and meaning of popular music.
They join Jeremy to talk about the relationship between music and style, why we instinctively know what a “rock star” looks like, and how rebellion, authenticity, and a little bit of careful manufacturing create the people we think of as effortlessly cool.
They get into The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Weezer, punk and hardcore’s influence on menswear, John Mayer and Visvim, Trey Anastasio’s style evolution, the strange similarities between guitar pedals and fashion, and why developing taste might ultimately be an act of curation.
Plus: Irish penny whistles, Patagonia Baggies, and the eternal question of whether any of us actually need another navy jacket (always).
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Die, Workwear! - Derek and Peter AMA - Vol 3
Derek Guy and Peter Zottolo return for the third installment of their quarterly AMA series, generously sponsored by our friends at Bezel. This time, they go deep on fabric: navy sport coats, green …
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Derek Guy and Peter Zottolo return for the third installment of their quarterly AMA series, generously sponsored by our friends at Bezel.
This time, they go deep on fabric: navy sport coats, green double-breasted suits, the five tweeds they would choose from scratch, and the right cloth for a balmacaan. They also revisit bespoke mistakes, the tailors still on their wish lists, shoes for serious walking, the difference between personal style and costume, and what actually reads from across the room.
Plus: date-night clothes without tailoring, keeping pet hair off your wardrobe, finding occasions to wear the clothes you already own, the appeal of authentic workwear, their favorite versions of menswear staples, and why the person you imagine in the mirror may not be the person everyone else sees. They close by designing the elusive middle-ground jacket—dressier than a chore coat, easier than a sport coat, and made for the romantic life of a writer.
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Fabric Recommendations
Navy Sport Coat
Derek’s Picks:
- Holland & Sherry Mesh & Hopsack Blazers
- Huddersfield or Smiths Mock Leno
- Harrison Spring Ram stitched hopsack
- Holland & Sherry cashmere doeskin
- Hainsworth doeskin
- Fox serge
Peter’s Picks:
- Hopsack or similar Spring Ram 16oz for fall/winter or Finmeresco 12oz for summer, I have experience with Moorhouse and while it’s much softer it’s too prone to fraying
- Green double-breasted suit in the South
Derek’s Picks:
Peter’s Picks:
- Spring Ram 12oz if you can stand it, or Isca 8oz if you can’t. Bear in mind that Isca is 55/45 linen/wool so it won’t be as crisp as Spring Ram. If you want a stiffer suit try Cape Kid 60/40 wool-mohair
Five Tweeds
Derek’s Picks
- Brown Molloy & Sons Donegal (or Holland & Sherry for something softer)
- Gray glen check Fox tweed
- Something brown from W. Bill like a basic glen check or gun club
- Lovat Kirkton 523
- Lovat Kirkton 502
Peter’s Picks:
For sportcoats, I prefer softer tweeds (Shetland, lambswool, even hairy faux tweeds such as Moonbeam or Sherry Tweed) as opposed to stiff & scratchy (Harris, gamekeeper, Hartwist, Thornproof).
- Porter & Harding Glenroyal True POW
- Brown, Dark Brown, Green & Tan Dogtooth
- Brown with green & red check
- W Bill Grey shetland herringbone
- Holland & Sherry Sherry Tweed either Brown w/hazelnut/blue check or Brown w/chestnut/blue mock glen check
Balmacaan to wear with jeans
Derek’s Picks:
- W. Bill Classic Coatings
- Marling & Evans undyed wool (or this check)
- VBC Hope and Archive Overcoat
- Holland & Sherry overcoat
- Lovat Ettrick (as seen at Paul Stuart Japan)
- Harrisons cashmere overcoating
Peter’s Picks
- W.Bill Classic Coatings or Irish Donegal
Lint Brushes
Best Of
- M43 is vintage
- Chore coat was Jack/Knife (RIP) – hand-hammered rivets and leather backs, single stitching everywhere, perfect fit, until you grow out of it
- OCBD is Kamakura – replication of old BB and good fabrics
- Chino - I only have one pair from Buck Mason, the paperback
- Jeans are either Strike Gold 5103 slub jean ( crazy fades) or Buck Mason Full Saddle
- Tees are Buck Mason Field Spec
- Chambray shirt is Brycelands USN Perfect chambray shirt
- Western shirt is Stevenson Overall Co Cody
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Ian Ousley on Style, Sokka, and Starting Before You’re Ready
Ian Ousley joins Jeremy from Madrid for a conversation about clothes, acting, and the long process of becoming yourself. Ian talks about relocating to Vancouver to film Avatar: The Last Airbender, how the …
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Ian Ousley joins Jeremy from Madrid for a conversation about clothes, acting, and the long process of becoming yourself.
Ian talks about relocating to Vancouver to film Avatar: The Last Airbender, how the city’s weather and retail scene changed the way he dressed, and what he learned shopping for archive fashion in Tokyo. Plus, stories about Raf Simons, Ann Demeulemeester, a nearly 15-pound Panasonic camera jacket, the Rolling Dub Trio boots he waited all day to buy, and the era when a bright red Supreme beanie felt essential.
They also trace Ian’s path from wholesale vintage and his former LA shop, KALÓ SOIL. They dig into how taste and skill develop at different speeds, and what every artist has to make first.
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Sondre Lerche on Love, Vanity, and Letting Go
Sondre Lerche has been writing songs for most of his life. He released his debut Faces Down more than two decades ago, and somehow, eleven albums later, he’s still finding ways to make the whole thing feel new …
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Sondre Lerche has been writing songs for most of his life. He released his debut Faces Down more than two decades ago, and somehow, eleven albums later, he’s still finding ways to make the whole thing feel new.
We talk about his new record Acrobats, spending years rewriting a single song, falling in love in a world that can make happiness feel almost irresponsible, and what performing 130 shows of *Moulin Rouge!* taught him about singing, acting, and pushing himself somewhere completely unfamiliar.
We also get into getting older, vanity, learning to let go of how other people see you, his lifelong style obsession, the influence of A-ha’s Morten Harket, vintage clothes, Ralph Lauren, and why some of his earliest songs are harder for him to revisit than others.
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John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats): Looking Back Without Nostalgia
John Darnielle is the songwriter, author, and frontman of The Mountain Goats, one of the most influential independent bands of the past three decades. What began as Darnielle recording songs on a Panasonic …
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John Darnielle is the songwriter, author, and frontman of The Mountain Goats, one of the most influential independent bands of the past three decades.
What began as Darnielle recording songs on a Panasonic boombox in the early '90s has grown into a beloved catalog spanning more than 20 albums, earning a devoted following for its literary songwriting and deeply human stories.
John joins me to talk about the band's new album, Days, and why he's finally allowing himself to look back on a career that's always been focused on what's next. We get into aging without becoming nostalgic, why every act of creation is ultimately hopeful, and what it means to see your own life—and your parents' lives—with fresh eyes.
We also chat about Randy Newman, the bands that shaped him, grief, faith, songwriting, influence versus imitation, and why the days really are short.
Listen to Days
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PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! Wardrobe Series: The Big One
Patreon Preview from Blamo! The Wardrobe Budget series reaches its completely reasonable and financially responsible conclusion: What would we buy if we had $50,000 to rebuild our wardrobes from scratch? Yes …
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Patreon Preview from Blamo!
The Wardrobe Budget series reaches its completely reasonable and financially responsible conclusion: What would we buy if we had $50,000 to rebuild our wardrobes from scratch? Yes, 50K. (You asked for it!)Peter and Derek use the fantasy budget to talk about the clothes they love most, from exceptional outerwear and bespoke tailoring to workwear, shoes, and accessories.
Before that, they consider Emily Segal’s concept of “tasteslop” and whether good taste can exist without cultural context. They close with a new round of tailoring, footwear, photography, and other recent discoveries in Hey, Nice Pants.
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Taste Can't Be Faked with Adrian DZA
Adrian DZA has had about five different careers, and somehow all of them make sense. DJ, party promoter, skate shop owner, creative, and now co-founder of Very Special, Adrian has spent the last two decades …
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Adrian DZA has had about five different careers, and somehow all of them make sense.
DJ, party promoter, skate shop owner, creative, and now co-founder of Very Special, Adrian has spent the last two decades building businesses rooted in taste rather than trends.
We talk about growing up between Paris and Miami, the early days of Peachfuzz, how Very Special became one of the most respected names in vintage watches, why community matters more than hype, and what it was like to go from collecting Stone Island to starring in one of the brand's campaigns.
We also get into vintage watches, records, cars, fatherhood, and why the best careers rarely follow a straight line.
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PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! Wardrobe Series: Rebuilding Your Wardrobe With...
Patreon Preview from Blamo! The Wardrobe Series continues with a bigger challenge: rebuilding a wardrobe with a $12,000 budget. With more room to spend, Derek and Peter debate where to invest, what’s worth …
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The Wardrobe Series continues with a bigger challenge: rebuilding a wardrobe with a $12,000 budget. With more room to spend, Derek and Peter debate where to invest, what’s worth upgrading, and whether one exceptional piece should take up a third of the entire budget. The result is two highly personal wardrobes—and two very different ideas about what “buy less, buy better” actually means.
Along the way, they discuss Peter’s upcoming trip to London and Inis Meáin, vintage dressing, and some truly indestructible belts.
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Photography Is Human: A Conversation with Leica’s Karin Rehn-Kaufmann
BONUS EPISODE!Leica is much more than cameras. This week I’m joined by Karin Rehn-Kaufmann, Art Director and Chief Representative of Leica Galleries International, for a conversation about photography, memory …
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BONUS EPISODE!
Leica is much more than cameras.This week I’m joined by Karin Rehn-Kaufmann, Art Director and Chief Representative of Leica Galleries International, for a conversation about photography, memory, art, and why certain images stay with us.
We talk about the emotional side of photography, why perfection isn’t the goal, how Leica thinks about galleries as places for community, what social media has changed (and what it hasn’t), collecting versus appreciating art, and why printing your photographs still matters.
A fun little bonus episode for anyone who loves photography—or has ever wondered what makes Leica, well… Leica.
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The Art of Not Explaining Everything with Jon Klassen
Jon Klassen makes children’s books, but this isn’t really a conversation about children’s books. Jon recently won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (one of the biggest honors in children’s literature), and we …
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Jon Klassen makes children’s books, but this isn’t really a conversation about children’s books.
Jon recently won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (one of the biggest honors in children’s literature), and we start there before getting into what makes his work so compelling in the first place.
We talk about why he leaves space for readers instead of explaining everything, how kids are smarter than we often give them credit for, the value of ambiguity, and why making work for yourself is usually the only way to make something honest.
And of course, we get into running, menswear, Studio Ghibli, Maurice Sendak, creative insecurity, and the weird pressure of trying to make good work over and over again.
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Joe Wengert and the End of Hanging Out
Joe Wengert is a comedian, writer, and actor whose work spans Comedy Bang! Bang!, The Onion, and Big Mouth. But this conversation isn’t really about comedy. Joe joins me to talk about getting older, making new …
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Joe Wengert is a comedian, writer, and actor whose work spans Comedy Bang! Bang!, The Onion, and Big Mouth. But this conversation isn’t really about comedy.
Joe joins me to talk about getting older, making new friends, becoming a parent, and the strange process of trying to hold onto who you are while continuing to grow. We discuss his new animated series Kevin, co-created with Aubrey Plaza, why game nights matter more than ever, the terror of becoming a hat guy, and how a night guard can become an unexpected symbol of middle age.
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PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - Matthew Gonzalez on the American Cut of Savile Row
Patreon Preview from Blamo! It's Die, Workwear! Derek and Peter take a break from their Wardrobe Series to chat with Matthew Gonzalez, a Southern California native who made his way from an alterations room in …
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Patreon Preview from Blamo!
It's Die, Workwear!
Derek and Peter take a break from their Wardrobe Series to chat with Matthew Gonzalez, a Southern California native who made his way from an alterations room in Irvine to London, Huntsman, and eventually his own bespoke tailoring business on Savile Row.Matthew’s work sits at a fascinating crossroads: classic American style, British tailoring tradition, and the realities of making clothing for people today. The conversation gets into his path through the trade, what makes tailoring feel American without becoming costume, the romance and economics of Savile Row, why bespoke still matters, and how the best clothes are shaped not just by rules, but by the person wearing them.
https://www.matthewgonzalez.co.uk
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Alex Amen: Learn It, Then Forget It
Singer-songwriter Alex Amen joins me to discuss his debut album, Sun of Amen. The first time I heard the record, I couldn’t believe how young he was. Not because the music sounds old, but because it carries a …
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Singer-songwriter Alex Amen joins me to discuss his debut album, Sun of Amen.
The first time I heard the record, I couldn’t believe how young he was.
Not because the music sounds old, but because it carries a level of patience, craftsmanship, and emotional weight that feels increasingly rare (especially now!) Alex and I discuss the disappearing influence of regional culture, studying the great songwriters, recording live to tape, and how tradition can serve as a foundation for creating something entirely your own.
We also talk about clothes, Patagonia, Texas style, California dirtbag lore, The Beatles, parenting, and the lifelong pursuit of finding your voice.
BIG TUNES AND BIG FITS!
End Song is "Diamonds" from the Debut LP, Sun of Amen
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PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! Wardrobe Series: Rebuilding Your Wardrobe With $1K
Patreon Preview from Blamo! The Wardrobe Series continues, and this time the budget gets tight. With just $1,000 to spend, Derek and Peter attempt to rebuild a wardrobe from the ground up—making hard choices …
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Patreon Preview from Blamo!
The Wardrobe Series continues, and this time the budget gets tight.With just $1,000 to spend, Derek and Peter attempt to rebuild a wardrobe from the ground up—making hard choices about what matters, what can wait, and where to stretch every dollar.
The result is less about shopping and more about priorities. What are the pieces you actually need? Which ones earn their place? And how much style can you really buy on a budget?
Plus: the Met Gala, menswear rabbit holes, and a few recent obsessions.
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Oliver Platt Is The Guy
My guest this week is the actor Oliver Platt. You know him from The Bear, Chicago Med, The Three Musketeers, Beethoven, The West Wing, Frost/Nixon — honestly, the list goes on forever. He’s one of those rare …
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My guest this week is the actor Oliver Platt.
You know him from The Bear, Chicago Med, The Three Musketeers, Beethoven, The West Wing, Frost/Nixon — honestly, the list goes on forever. He’s one of those rare actors who somehow exists in every lane at once: beloved by movie people, television people, theater people, and apparently menswear guys too.
We talk about growing up as the son of a diplomat, moving from Hong Kong to Japan to Washington D.C., discovering acting as a survival mechanism, early days in New York with Stanley Tucci and Hank Azaria, body image, GLP-1s, Paul Smith, Japanese denim, heritage workwear, and why sometimes you need to “give yourself the fuzzies.”
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Mickey Drexler — The Death of Taste
My guest this week is Mickey Drexler. You probably know him as the guy behind Gap Inc., J.Crew, Old Navy, and now Chairman of Alex Mill — but this conversation turned into something much bigger than retail …
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My guest this week is Mickey Drexler.
You probably know him as the guy behind Gap Inc., J.Crew, Old Navy, and now Chairman of Alex Mill — but this conversation turned into something much bigger than retail.
Mickey thinks most modern fashion has lost its taste level. He thinks cars all look the same. He thinks corporate boards ruin creativity. He hates AI slop, overdesigned luxury, cheap packaging, bad customer service, loud gyms, and logos for the sake of logos.
We talk about why Costco might secretly be one of the best brands in America, what made Rolex such a powerful marketing company, the importance of storytelling, why details matter, and what happens when companies stop caring.
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- a wild story about getting fired from Gap after a call from Steve Jobs
- Mickey absolutely destroying Allbirds
- thoughts on vintage cars, vintage clothes, and why “if you know, you know” still matters
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Hrishikesh Hirway and the Perfect Song Myth
Hrishikesh Hirway — the creator and host of Song Exploder — joins me this week. We talk about the strange identity crisis of becoming known as “the Song Exploder guy” while still trying to reconnect with …
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Hrishikesh Hirway — the creator and host of Song Exploder — joins me this week.
We talk about the strange identity crisis of becoming known as “the Song Exploder guy” while still trying to reconnect with himself as a musician and songwriter. We also get into collaboration, writer’s block, vintage clothing, obsessive music listening, and the making of his beautiful new record, “In the Last Hour of Light.”
Hrishikesh opens up about interviewing hundreds of artists, how Song Exploder changed the way he thinks about creativity, and why working with other people ultimately helped him fall back in love with making music. We also talk about recording live with almost no takes, working with Iron & Wine, the emotional weight of memory and grief, and the challenge of making deeply personal work in public.
This is one of my favorite kinds of conversations — two people trying to figure out what it actually means to make things for a living.
Listen to "Stray Dogs"
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PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - How To Build a Wardrobe Under...Part I
Patreon Preview from Blamo! Welcome to the first installment of Die, Workwear!’s new series on building a wardrobe without taking out a second mortgage. The premise is simple: if your closet disappeared …
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Patreon Preview from Blamo!
Welcome to the first installment of Die, Workwear!’s new series on building a wardrobe without taking out a second mortgage.The premise is simple: if your closet disappeared tomorrow and you had $3,000 to rebuild it from scratch, what would you actually buy?
Not fantasy grails. Not “quiet luxury.” Real clothes Derek and Peter would genuinely wear themselves: sport coats, tropical wool trousers, vintage eBay overcoats, loopwheeled T-shirts, Cone Mills denim, penny loafers, and a surprising amount of discussion about sweatshirts.
Along the way, Peter tries to justify $140 OCBDs, Derek explains the perfect vintage-straight jean fit, and both make a compelling case for buying old Ralph Lauren off eBay instead of almost anything new.
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Stage Clothes and Nunchucks with Kevin Morby
This week on Blamo!, I’m joined by Kevin Morby. We talk about his new record Little Wide Open, out May 15, and how ideas of home and place show up in his songwriting. From writing in different cities to …
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This week on Blamo!, I’m joined by Kevin Morby.
We talk about his new record Little Wide Open, out May 15, and how ideas of home and place show up in his songwriting. From writing in different cities to figuring out what “home” actually means, Kevin gets into the rhythms behind his work.
We also talk life on the road—running, watching movies, and the routines that keep things steady—plus stage clothes, residencies, and the “most him object” he owns.
Kevin Morby's Substack
Kevin Morby.com
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Wyatt Gilmore of Grant Stone
Wyatt Gilmore, founder of Grant Stone, joins me to talk about how the brand came together, what he learned spending years working in factories in China and Taiwan, and why quality footwear is about far more …
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Wyatt Gilmore, founder of Grant Stone, joins me to talk about how the brand came together, what he learned spending years working in factories in China and Taiwan, and why quality footwear is about far more than country-of-origin clichés.
We get into boots, loafers, suede, shell cordovan, and the realities of making shoes that feel good, age well, and actually earn their place in your closet. Plus, a tease of the upcoming Blamo! x Grant Stone collaboration.
https://www.grantstoneshoes.com
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PATREON PREVIEW - Die, Workwear! - Did the Internet Destroy Menswear?
Patreon Preview from Blamo! Derek and Peter get into how the internet shapes personal style—from the knowledge-to-flex pipeline to the limits of longform and the rise of walled gardens. They revisit early …
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Patreon Preview from Blamo!
Derek and Peter get into how the internet shapes personal style—from the knowledge-to-flex pipeline to the limits of longform and the rise of walled gardens.They revisit early forums like r/malefashionadvice, make the case for globalization, and ask a simple question: how do you get dressed without looking like the algorithm did it for you?
Plus—"Hey, Nice Pants!", new finds, and what they’re wearing lately
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Virgil Nicholas of Vinny's
Virgil Nicholas of Vinny’s joins me this week, dialing in from Copenhagen—and we get into it! We talk about the origins of Vinny’s, his early days in the music industry, and how those experiences shaped the way …
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Virgil Nicholas of Vinny’s joins me this week, dialing in from Copenhagen—and we get into it!
We talk about the origins of Vinny’s, his early days in the music industry, and how those experiences shaped the way he approaches building something today. There’s a real sense of intention behind what he’s doing, especially when it comes to keeping the focus on footwear.
https://vinnysthevibe.com
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Die, Workwear! - Derek and Peter AMA - Vol 2
Derek Guy and Peter Zottolo are back for AMA #2, generously sponsored by our friends at Bezel! They get into the idea of “essentials,” dressing your age (or not), and how much stock to put in the usual menswear …
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Derek Guy and Peter Zottolo are back for AMA #2, generously sponsored by our friends at Bezel!
They get into the idea of “essentials,” dressing your age (or not), and how much stock to put in the usual menswear rules.
There’s talk of slouchy fits (when they work, when they don’t), value brands, sneakers, vertical layering, and the ongoing debate of shopping online vs actually going into a store. Plus, the kind of impulse purchases you try not to think about again.
It’s thoughtful, opinionated, and about getting to a place where getting dressed feels a little more intuitive—and a lot less stressful.
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SHOW NOTESPeter Z'
One Coat
One Watch
Dressing Your Age
Fabric Resources
Sneakers
Regrettable Impulse Purchases
Favorite Style Photos
https://www.putthison.com/summershoes
https://aboutphotography.blog/blog/the-kiss-by-the-htel-de-ville-by-robert-doisneau
Swimwear
Presentable Attire for a Creative
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Hagop Kourounian of Director Fits
My guest this week is Hagop Kourounian, the mind behind Director Fits. What started as a Substack has grown into something much bigger — part moodboard, part shop, and soon, a full-on magazine. Hagop and I get …
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My guest this week is Hagop Kourounian, the mind behind Director Fits.
What started as a Substack has grown into something much bigger — part moodboard, part shop, and soon, a full-on magazine.
Hagop and I get into how Director Fits came to life, what it was like growing up in a deeply creative household, and why we’re just as interested in how artists present themselves as we are in the work they make.
We also talk about the return of physical media, the joy of collecting, and — maybe most importantly — whether you should actually be watching things with subtitles on.
It’s all in there!
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