Category Archives: Thomas O’Brien

The Men’s Room

Posted January 21, 2016. Filed in Clubby, Mark Hampton, Mens Rooms, Ralph Lauren, Thomas O'Brien, Veere Greeney

Long ago, before the Man Cave, there was the private gentlemen’s club. In the 17th-century the British male aristocracy formed private clubs in which to meet their peers to discuss business and pleasure, make connections, drink, relax, read … and, yes, escape their wives and family obligations. As the middle class became more affluent they, […]

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COLLECTED COOL

Posted January 26, 2015. Filed in Collected Cool, Florence Lopez, Frédéric Méchiche, James Huniford, Lorenzo Castillo, Mark Cunningham, Paul Fortune, Thomas O'Brien, Urban Alchemy, Vicente Wolf

Somewhere between 19th-century-style eclecticism and pared-down Modernism lies a highly personal style that I am very much drawn to, what I call Collected Cool. For those of us who want to embrace Modernism but feel left out in the cold where it comes to spare and stream-lined spaces this look summons the tradition of 19th-century […]

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