Cities and Fashion with Derek Guy, The Menswear Guy
The War on Cars
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4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
How do dense, walkable cities influence what people wear? Derek Guy has some thoughts. Otherwise known as The Menswear Guy, Derek rose to fame on social media for his takes on men's fashion, but he also dips his toes into urbanism from time to time, arguing that the ecosystems that support quality craftsmanship and expert tailoring are strongest in places where it's easy to get around without a car.
Derek joins us to talk about what the great fashion capitals of the world have in common, why Tokyo is a hotbed of fashion enthusiasts and craftspeople, how the housing crisis is affecting style, and more.
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| 1:08.0 | This is the War on Cars. |
| 1:10.8 | I am Doug Gordon, and I am sitting here with my co-host, Sarah Goodyear. |
| 1:14.6 | Hello there. |
| 1:15.6 | How's it going? |
| 1:16.6 | I'm good. I'm actually feeling pretty good today. |
| 1:18.6 | That's great. I want to talk about fashion. |
| 1:20.6 | Okay. |
| 1:21.6 | I am not a particularly fashionable person. |
| 1:23.6 | I guess I clean up well. |
| 1:25.6 | I don't think that means I don't think about fashion. I've got a |
| 1:29.2 | real work from home aesthetic going on these days, as I think a lot of people do. How about you? |
| 1:33.3 | I always think you're pretty fashionable. Thank you because I like to think of myself as somewhat |
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