Louis Cheslaw

1 week ago | magasin.ltd | Louis Cheslaw

Welcome to Magasin Menswear. In a dedicated bimonthly send, Louis Cheslaw surfaces choice products worth your consideration, explores larger conversations shoppers are—or should be—having, and taps a smart dresser to share how he wears it. The Lemaire bag that got multiple nods in last month’s send? Unexpectedly back in stock. Also in stock, at least for now: Body of Work’s collaboration with Mephisto—the first time the Match has been offered in suede rather than leather.

2 weeks ago | whyisthisinteresting.substack.com | Louis Cheslaw

Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best. It’s WITI, on the weekend. Why are these interesting? Thomas Keller asked me to leave the French Laundry. It turned into my most extraordinary night as a critic (Longreads)The Chronicle’s MacKenzie Chung Fegan was separated from her table, made to wait in a courtyard for Keller, then ultimately informed by the chef that he would like the critic gone from his restaurant.

2 weeks ago | whyisthisinteresting.substack.com | Louis Cheslaw

Louis here. It’s the final night of my first trip to Japan, and while I could talk about any number of this country’s wonderful, WITI-aligned customs—the services that cart your heavy bags around the city so that you can walk hands-free, say, or the total silence on the subways—there’s a reason I spent my final night returning to a listening bar I’d first visited earlier in the trip.

3 weeks ago | whyisthisinteresting.substack.com | Louis Cheslaw

Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best. It’s WITI, on the weekend. Why are these interesting? How Ukraine lost hundreds of millions on arms deals gone wrong (Financial Times)Desperate to source munitions, Kyiv has paid foreign brokers for weapons and shells that were sometimes unusable or never arrived. Supplements Made Me Lose My Mind (New York)“I was staunchly against psychiatric drugs.

4 weeks ago | whyisthisinteresting.substack.com | Louis Cheslaw

Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best. It’s WITI, on the weekend. Why are these interesting? A (New, Rare) Conversation with Jony Ive (Stripe/YouTube)An hour long chat, and almost universally received as a special one. (Even if some folks are just nostalgic for that Apple advert voice.)How China Is Still Getting Its Hands on Nvidia’s Gear (The Economist)Inside the shadowy business of smuggling AI chips.