Field Notes

Linen vs Cotton vs Merino: What to Wear in Summer Heat
Three natural fibers, three summer jobs. Linen for the hottest days, cotton for the in-between, merino for cool evenings and cold rooms. Here's which when. Read more...
How to Wash Linen So It Lasts Ten Summers
Linen gets better with washing — if you do it right. Cold water, no fabric softener, air dry. A plain care guide for keeping linen for a decade. Read more...
How Should a Polo Shirt Fit? A Plain Guide
A polo lives between a tee and a dress shirt, which is why it's the hardest to fit right. Six checkpoints, plus when to size up — and when not to. Read more...
Why Is Linen So Expensive? An Honest Breakdown
Good linen costs a lot — but most of the price isn't the cloth. Here's what you actually pay for in a four-figure linen jacket, and what you don't. Read more...
Why Merino Wool Belongs in Your Summer Wardrobe
Wool in summer sounds wrong. Fine-gauge merino regulates temperature and resists odor better than cotton — the right layer for cold offices and cool evenings. Read more...
The Men's Summer Capsule Wardrobe, 2026
Twelve pieces, three hundred days. That's the wardrobe a man actually wears in a year, and a summer capsule is where the math gets the cleanest. Below is a real twelve-piece summer wardrobe built from pieces we make. Not a hypothetical, not a moodboard — twelve specific items across five categories. If you wear them in rotation from May through September, you've covered the summer. What a summer capsule actually is A capsule wardrobe is not about owning few things for the sake of it. It's about owning the right... Read more...
How to Wear Linen Pants (Yes, Even to Work)
You bought the linen trousers for Saturday. Now it's Tuesday and you want to wear them to work. Here's how to do that, honestly. The two reasons most men hesitate to wear linen pants to the office are real: linen wrinkles, and linen reads casual. Both have answers. The first answer is mostly about picking the right pair. The wrinkle thing, said plainly Linen wrinkles. This is the fabric's nature, not a flaw in your trousers, not a sign you bought the wrong pair, not something a hot iron will... Read more...
Linen Blends: What 22%, 52%, and 100% Actually Mean
July, somewhere with a 90-degree afternoon and a hotel room you'll forget by Friday. The suitcase is open. Three pieces of linen are in it. On the label, all three say linen. One is 100%. One is around half. One is 22%. They don't feel the same in the hand, and they aren't going to behave the same on your body either. Most of the internet treats “linen blend” as a single category. It isn't. The percentage is the whole story — once you know how to read it, the... Read more...