HOT OFF THE PRESS: Sid Mashburn was voted the 2014 Best Men’s Store in America by Esquire Magazine.  I couldn’t be more proud of my neighbor, and honestly it comes as no surprise.  You’ll be hard pressed to find a better collection of menswear and a nicer group of folks that can top…

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Oak Street Bootmakers.  I have talked about their loafers at length (Natural and Navy).  The loafers have a great, sleek look, but they aren’t trendy.  They are the type of loafers that you can wear for the next thirty years.  It’s…

“Carpe diem!  Seize the day, boys!  Make your lives extraordinary!” -Robin Williams as John Keating in ‘Dead Poets Society’

College Football is close, folks- only three more Saturdays until toe meets leather.  To celebrate, the good folks at Smathers & Branson have teamed up with us here at Red Clay Soul for a collegiate needlepoint belt.  That’s right – one lucky winner will get an in-stock collegiate belt of…