Q My uncle gave me his blue blazer. I really like the fit, but something about the brass buttons seems out of place. Do you think I'll ruin the look if I replace the buttons? A Some men like the ...

Q. I prefer a conservative look, and I have a navy blue blazer that is exceptional. However, it has brass buttons that make me feel like Thurston Howell. How much difference in dressiness does having ...

Every man should own a navy blazer. It’s a closet staple that goes with absolutely everything. The problem is that some men just don’t know how to style one, and stick to pairing their blazer with a ...

I assume I’m supposed to know what the “IT business“ is. I’m sure it has nothing to do with silent-screen vamp Clara Bow and the It-girl concept, or Italian trucking, so I’m guessing it’s information ...

A GUY IN A CLASSIC navy blazer—that blue-blood stalwart traditionally made of wool, flannel or hopsack and stitched with those gold buttons—often conjures two conservative archetypes. There's the ...

I don’t dig the gold-button look, either. Too flotilla-esque. For some reason, it always gets the song “In the Navy“ by the Village People stuck in my head. I accept brass buttons on others—even ...

There are few garments in the pantheon of the classic wardrobe more storied than the navy-blue, gold-button blazer. A proper blazer (only in America does blazer mean just any orphaned jacket) says you ...

It's funny: I have been answering variations on this question for 20 years and still it keeps coming. Brown shoes have been at their apex of popularity and respectability for almost all of those ...

There are few garments in the pantheon of the classic wardrobe more storied than the navy-blue, gold-button blazer. A proper blazer says you belong somewhere. Or it used to. All of which might make it ...