H. Halpern, Esq.

For Howard Halpern, dressing bold is a personal philosophy that extends to his men’s haberdashery, H. Halpern Esq. He plucks a memory from the 1960s to explain. Howard’s in Miami, standing in line at a restaurant. The maître d’ struts past everyone and stops in front of Howard. “Sir, your … Read More

Leon Drexler: Toronto’s Bespoke Hat-Maker

Call it a changing of the fedoras: The very week that the legendary Rotman’s Hat Shop and Haberdashery officially shuttered its doors, Stephen Temkin delivered his first Leon Drexler hat. Toronto men with a taste for old-school fedoras, handmade from the finest materials, breathed a sigh of relief. “Every city … Read More

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