San Diego native Ashley Nell Tipton’s career as a fashion designer reads like a Horatio Alger story. She first put needle to fabric at age seven on her grandmother’s sewing machine. In 2011, she started …
October 31, 2019
Articles by Matt Louv
The Horatio Alger of Project Runway
Barrio Logan’s Sew Loka: the Nip/Tuck of real life
According to Claudia Rodriguez Biezunski, the gregarious owner of Barrio Logan’s Sew Loka, for a man, having your clothes tailored is more important for your looks than working out. “You can go to the gym …
October 17, 2019
Scott Rich: San Diego’s most colorful fashion designer
As someone with little interest in high fashion, I was surprised by how compelling I found local designer Scott Rich’s work. Rich, who lives in Santee, is one of San Diego’s few fashion designers. He …
October 3, 2019
Stylist Michael Burton: find a good tailor at Picasso Tailoring and Nick’s Tailor Shop
I haven’t bought a new suit since I was 12. The last time I went to a wedding, it was in a suit I got from a thrift store for $7, and it looked pretty …
September 19, 2019
Vanessa Valiente: the cure for Costco couture
Vanessa Valiente is San Diego’s original fashion blogger and an elite personal style consultant. Her services sit behind a long wait list and a battery of screening questionnaires, and for good reason. She knows what …
September 5, 2019
Shopping vintage is not only for Grateful Dead roadies
For most men, buying secondhand clothing is an alien experience, and that puts them behind a steepening curve. According to industry reports, the secondhand clothing market is set to match or surpass new clothing sales …
August 22, 2019
Glam meets feral for Michael Peterson and the Natives
It’s hard to look “edgy” and “nice” at the same time. In fact, it’s almost impossible. Which is why it’s so impressive when someone pulls it off consistently. Michael Peterson, member of the San Diego-based …
July 25, 2019
Shop Ebay and Poshmark for hot weather deals
Summer is the best time of the year to shop for clothes. As temperatures warm, prices drop. Few men seem aware of this. The hot months bring the lowest prices of the year for most …
July 11, 2019
Cut your own hair... seriously
Your first reaction to “cut your own hair” is probably to release a long, hissing breath and do something condescending with your eyebrows. That knee-jerk — brow jerk? — response is costing you an obscene …
July 4, 2019