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Pier Giorgio Frassati

How to Wear a Suit and Tie If You Don't Know Ho...

Dark suit, white shirt, plain tie. A no-nonsense guide for the man who suspects he should dress up for Mass but has no idea where to start.

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How to Wear a Suit and Tie If You Don't Know Ho...

Dark suit, white shirt, plain tie. A no-nonsense guide for the man who suspects he should dress up for Mass but has no idea where to start.

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Three silk chasubles from the 1700s and 1800s, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Silk vs. Microfiber: What You're Actually Payin...

Microfiber is polyester. Here is how a 100% mulberry silk tie with a wool interlining differs in the knot, the drape, the color and the years you get out of...

Silk vs. Microfiber: What You're Actually Payin...

Microfiber is polyester. Here is how a 100% mulberry silk tie with a wool interlining differs in the knot, the drape, the color and the years you get out of...

Women placing silkworms on trays with mulberry leaves, from Sericulture by Liang Kai, 1200s

The Catholic Story of Silk

A worm, a Doctor of the Church, two monks with hollow canes and a Lyon silk-factory owner's daughter. How mulberry silk came to the tie you wear to Mass.

The Catholic Story of Silk

A worm, a Doctor of the Church, two monks with hollow canes and a Lyon silk-factory owner's daughter. How mulberry silk came to the tie you wear to Mass.

Illustration of a Croatian soldier wearing a red cravat

Can Catholics Claim the Necktie?

Roman legionaries, the priest's stole, Croatian soldiers, Louis XIV and the wedding supper of the Lamb: the Catholic case for the necktie.

Can Catholics Claim the Necktie?

Roman legionaries, the priest's stole, Croatian soldiers, Louis XIV and the wedding supper of the Lamb: the Catholic case for the necktie.

Icon of the Adoration of the Magi at the Epiphany

A Guide for Discerning Catholic Gifts

Most Catholic gifts for men are trinkets he already has. Here's a short test for a better one: well made, beautiful or useful, and, if it can, a quiet nudge...

A Guide for Discerning Catholic Gifts

Most Catholic gifts for men are trinkets he already has. Here's a short test for a better one: well made, beautiful or useful, and, if it can, a quiet nudge...