David Coggins

1 week ago | thecontender.substack.com | David Coggins

It’s intimidating to visit a tailor. Whether in London, Naples or New York you’re entering a world where you have to be measured, make decisions and part with serious money. You’re usually doing this in a well-appointed room talking to a well-dressed man who knows more about these matters than you do. And soon enough he will know the slope of your unbalanced shoulders down to the centimeter. I’ve written about buying suits, wearing suits and demystifying suits. But it’s still hard.

1 week ago | esquiresg.com | David Coggins

It’s easy to romanticise the good old days. Back when men wore suits and we didn’t know red meat was bad for us and there were trout in all the rivers. Yes, everything was better in this mythical past we never knew. But let’s acknowledge one thing that is true: There’s a crisis in the modern drinking world. Where are the good bars? It’s more complicated to get a drink than it should be. And I live in New York, where bars mean something. I don’t ask for much: a dark room without much going on.

1 week ago | centraldivision.substack.com | David Coggins

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2 weeks ago | thecontender.substack.com | David Coggins

You don’t need me to tell you to read Pride & Prejudice and War & Peace (two classics with an ampersand). So here’s a list of beloved books that are well-known but not too well-known. No Henry James or F. Scott Fitzgerald, no Turgenev or Evelyn Waugh. Sorry lads! Your estates are doing fine without us. These are novels (you remember novels), biographies and travel. Also: letters, journals and memoirs. Yes, there’s some fishing, but it’s hidden in a few places and not too much.

2 weeks ago | thecontender.substack.com | David Coggins

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