So long, A Suitable Wardrobe...

[TexasDan]

GwargI would be happy to do so, but I have already deleted the bookmarks once I found they did not work.

 

[Tradvocate]

Will this work?
https://web.archive.org/web/20070101000000*/http://asuitablewardrobe.dynend.com/

 

[ThinkDerm]

there is a real void in menswear journalism without RJ Mans writing...

 

[Kuro]

^

 

[dieworkwear]

Will was paying RJ to write. I haven't talked to RJ about it, but if people here really like his writing, someone should just organize some kind of subscription service.

Maybe RJ thinks this is an idiotic idea, so this could be all for moot, but seriously: people write on a regular basis when it pays. If people here really like his stuff (which includes me), we can figure out some kind of service where people pay for his articles.

Everyone laments Will taking his blog down, but TBH, I wonder how many people here ever bought something from ASW. If you're going to call it a bad business move, you should remember that Will paid a good wage for his writers. You can't expect something for free year-in year-out if you never bought anything.

 

[Will]



I notices the old articles I had bookmarked are no longer available which is too bad. Will had some of most well written advice I have seen posted.

There are about 50 articles up now, admittedly not many. There are another thousand in the process of being updated and re-written. More of them will appear once the developer fixes some problems we've encountered as we've added content.

 

[TexasDan]

 

[Suits and Boots]

I found a link to the blog's archive:

http://asuitablewardrobe.blogspot.fr/?m=1

You can only scroll through the pages one by one, however, the blog won't redirect you to their new site automatically.

As a new reader of the blog, I really appreciate Will's writing style and advices.

 

[MyOtherLife]

I leave for a year and return to find the world has changed. I always enjoyed Will's articles.

 

[VRaivio]

Suits and Boots, your link works and the whole ASW archives can be saved on PC or Mac. I saved it and, while it does redirect to the current site in a few seconds, this small bit can be fixed. Thank you. I like to think that if The Bruce Boyer would have set up a blog, it would be like ASW. That's my highest form of compliments. Most classic style sites for men are, after all, copies of A Suitable Wardrobe.

 

[MoneyWellSpent]

Suits and Boots, your link works and the whole ASW archives can be saved on PC or Mac. I saved it and, while it does redirect to the current site in a few seconds, this small bit can be fixed. Thank you. I like to think that if The Bruce Boyer would have set up a blog, it would be like ASW. That's my highest form of compliments. Most classic style sites for men are, after all, copies of A Suitable Wardrobe.

Can you explain how to do this?

I seem to only be able to scroll one by one as well, which means it'll take me several hours of clicking to get to the beginning, and no hope of finding anything in an expedient manner. Also, it would mean starting over every time the browser accidently closes.

I have Windows 7, for what it's worth.

 

[MoneyWellSpent]

It may be a moot point. As Will said, another 1000 or so articles will be posted soon, so maybe most of the articles that everyone wants will be there after all.

 

[Orsini]

Suits and Boots, your link works and the whole ASW archives can be saved on PC or Mac. I saved it and, while it does redirect to the current site in a few seconds, this small bit can be fixed. Thank you. I like to think that if The Bruce Boyer would have set up a blog, it would be like ASW. That's my highest form of compliments. Most classic style sites for men are, after all, copies of A Suitable Wardrobe.

How did you save it?

 

[LA Guy]

...
Everyone laments Will taking his blog down, but TBH, I wonder how many people here ever bought something from ASW. If you're going to call it a bad business move, you should remember that Will paid a good wage for his writers. You can't expect something for free year-in year-out if you never bought anything.

This.

Generally, you have to love what you do to be really successful at it, but even with all the love, it has to make fiscal sense. There are clearly exceptions to the rule, but the Venn diagram of people who are independently wealthy and also want to devote a lot of their time and resources to doing things for free is extremely limited.

 

[dieworkwear]

Given that StyFo Dudes seem to want free writing from ASW, and StyFo wants traffic, maybe StyleForum should license some of the material from ASW's archives.