Put This On

GQ's Style Guy, Glenn O'Brien, talks to Jesse Thorn on Jesse's public radio show, The Sound of Young America. O'Brien's new book is called How To Be A Man.

In this special micro-episode of Put This On, we present a conversation with menswear expert Alan Flusser. Flusser has written the seminal American texts on getting dressed: Style & the Man and Dressing the Man. He runs Alan Flusser Custom in Manhattan, and famously dressed Michael Douglas for the film Wall Street. Alan's not a designer or a tailor - he's more like a consiglieri, guiding men towards their best appearance.

A visit with a true style traditionalist at a true bastion of traditional style, J. Press. Then a visit with a traditionlist who's also a revolutionary, Thom Browne.

Jesse visits the barber, shows you the classic wet shave and teaches you how to prevent yellow underarm stains.

In 1964, Lyndon Johnson needed pants, so he called the Haggar clothing company and asked for some. The call was recorded (like all White House calls at the time), and has since become the stuff of legend. Johnson’s anatomically specific directions to Mr. Haggar are some of the most intimate words we’ve ever heard from the mouth of a President.

An interview with Paul Feig, dressing for a job interview, Roxana and Nerd Boyfriend, and more.

Jesse visits Willie's Shoe Service in Los Angeles and shows us how to care for and shine our shoes.  Adam teaches shoe-tying technique and how to store footwear.

Jesse and Adam visit Rising Sun Denim, where blue jeans are made by hand with early 20th century sewing machines.  Plus what jeans to buy, how to care for them and some basics on wear.  (iPod Video)