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Too Light to Be Real? The Summer Fabric You Didn’t Expect

My dad once made a coin disappear. He was very proud of it. Held it up, closed his fist, opened it, and poof, it was gone. I was maybe seven. I thought he was extraordinary. Then I found out it was a trick, and something shifted permanently. Not dramatically. I didn't stop loving him. I just...

We've Accepted Uncomfortable Pants for Too Long

Every morning, I watch my wife get ready for work and feel a quiet, simmering rage. Sun dresses. Harem pants. Pinstripe skirts. Each one is engineered by some benevolent god to survive a full Mumbai heatwave without making the wearer question their life choices by noon.

You Don't Need More T-Shirts. You Need Better Ones.

I have cleaning cloths made from my old t-shirts littered all around my house. I cut them myself, tears streaming down my face on most days.The cheap ones went first. Five for ₹500, bought from a guy outside Linking Road who understood that I valued volume over everything else. They lasted exactly as long as you'd expect...

There’s a Reason You Reach for Boxers Without Thinking in Summer

I've been doing this since college. Walk through the door after a long day in the summer heat, shoes off, pants violently kicked off, and within thirty seconds — XYXX boxers only. The rest of the apartment could wait. This was the ritual, every single day, without exception.

The Layer Indian Summers Secretly Demand (But Most Men Skip)

Azad Maidan on a weekend. In by 9 am, out by 7 pm. Ten hours of open ground, and no hiding from the Mumbai sun. By the end of it, you were running on fumes and roadside sugarcane juice because nothing else came close to fixing the exhaustion you felt. All...

The Quintessential Summer Tee

The trouble with summers in India is that it isn’t just a season. Winters for us is a short break between an endless cycle of summer, spring barely lasts a day and the rainy season is but a short set of punctuation marks in the year long sentence. Given these conditions, it is no wonder...

The Polo’s Second Act: How Full-Sleeve Polos Became the New Smart Casual Staple

The way men dress right now sits somewhere between a boardroom and a bistro.Too formal feels a bit forced. Too casual feels a little careless. And most wardrobes are trying to land somewhere in the middle.

How to Wash Your Underwear Right (And Why Most Men Are Doing It Wrong)

Men usually pay attention while buying comfortable underwear, but very few of them actually know how to wash the underwear properly. Many men simply toss their underwear into the washing machine along with their other clothes, like jeans, towels, and shirts, without even thinking twice. This may seem harmless, but...

Best Premium Underwear Brands for Men in India

Most men spend real money on outerwear and almost nothing on what they wear underneath. That calculus doesn't add up when you consider that innerwear is the only garment touching your skin every single hour of the day. Here's an honest look at where the premium men's underwear market in India stands and what's actually worth your attention.