Back in Print
Recent adventures in the magazine world.
Yes, it’s been more than a little quiet around these parts for some time. Partly because this newsletter was established during a fallow period in my work life, which was soon replaced by an escalation of deadlines that hasn’t really eased since. Which as a full-time freelancer is not something you can complain about.
I’ve been particularly lucky lately to have a smattering of pieces in print, which remains my preferred way to read about anything. For this month’s issue of Robb Report I had the dream assignment of a 2,000 word feature on the booming market for vintage Ralph Lauren, for which I spoke to old friends like Sean Crowley and Laird Mackintosh as well as figures from the Polo Sport/Lo-Life side of things, which is not at all familiar territory to a tailoring nerd like me but was fascinating to learn about nonetheless. Yes, you can find it all online (without a paywall!) but the five spreads with great photography from Weston Wells are best seen in person.
This month also marked the release of the Spring 2026 issue of Wm Brown. For roughly two years (I think?) I’ve been its deputy editor, writing a few stories each issue along with editing he rest of the contributors’ copy, including those wildly more qualified than myself.
I usually have a story or two in each issue that’s my baby, but I particularly enjoy being assigned stories on subjects that I know absolutely nothing about. For instance, Spring had me interviewing a whole deer butcher based in the Scottish Highlands, a French cooper making barrels on-site at a Napa Valley winery and an obsessive (to put it mildly) model car builder in Long Island.
I was thrilled to interview the comedian-turned-food authority Eric Wareheim, whose bizarre aughts Adult Swim show Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! was a key part of my media diet in high school and college. As our interview begun I told him that my brothers and I regularly quote 15-year-old Tim & Eric bits rather than discussing our actual lives when we see each other, to which Wareheim replied, “Once it infects, it’s like a disease that never goes away. It just lays dormant in you and then comes out.” Many such cases.
Wm Brown continues to be available solely in print, a startlingly analog move in 2026 that I’m wholly supportive of. You can find it here on the WM Brown website itself, or at any of its surprisingly wide range of stockists.