My man Nick does an outstanding job of holding down the ‘Prep’ fort up North.  His blog Great Lakes Prep is a daily read, and has recently been picking up some steam.  Check out his contribution to ‘Top of the Heap’: “My favorite thing that I own, something with a…

As I mentioned a while back, our friends over at Smathers & Branson have come up with some good looking lids.  Needlepoint lids, at that – would you expect anything less from S&B?  Well, they want to make one Red Clay Soul reader one needlepoint hat richer, so here we…

The other day I saw a guy wearing a pair of Navy canvas ‘sneakers’ sockless, with a pair of khaki shorts, and an untucked white polo.  It was such a simple look, and the navy shoes really gave it an almost whimsical feel.  It wasn’t as casual as flip flops,…