San Francisco, CA
SF’s well-dressed men come out of hiding
Well-dressed men have been outnumbered in San Francisco by the “comfortable clothing and ugly sneakers” crowd for years. But there have always been menswear aficionados here, geeking out about pocket squares among friends or in online forums.
Nowadays, the city’s dapper gentlemen, the kind who have a closetful of knit suits for a range of weather, have a new place to meet up, talk fashion, and find fits: Patina Studies, a recurring pop-up flea market that held its second edition Saturday in North Beach. Founded by tailor Daryn Hon and brand consultant Tim Marvin, the event is just as much a social gathering as a shop.
Hon — GM of Tailors’ Keep, an atelier on Washington Street, just steps away from the site of the pop-up — has witnessed men get fitted for a suit they adore, only to lament that they’d be ashamed to wear it to a San Francisco office. Though heading to work looking like a zhlub would once have made you the black sheep, nowadays it’s de rigueur.
“The person that wants to look good is pressured not to do that anymore,” Hon said. But increasingly, he sees more men chafing at the ultra-casualness of modern office attire.
The hundreds of well-dressed men who showed up to the Patina Studies pop-up were a testament. In that crowd, a tech bro donning Lululemon and Allbirds would have been the exception, not the rule. Luckily, there were none in attendance.
“People are sick of the tech vest,” said Marvin. “[Tech] heroes all wear hoodies and shit. Our heroes are Ralph Lauren — people that have a lot of swag.”
Inside the historic Colombo building across the street from the Transamerica Pyramid, Bay Area-based merchants and buyers mingled with clothing traders hawking their collections. They bantered about what they were wearing, jockeying for position through the aisles. Each merchant had a station on one of two floors, with shelves and dressers to display goods. Derek Guy, an influencer known as much for his spicy political takes about fashion as for his fits, had a small assortment of his own clothing available for purchase at the busiest stand, run by Peter Zottolo (opens in new tab), his cohost on the podcast “Die, Workwear.”
At times, there were dozens waiting to cram into the event space, which, through tasteful curation, had been transformed into something of a gallery, with both the worn outfits and the merchandise contributing to an interwoven tapestry.
Mason Ritchie, a 26-year-old security guard in a Ralph Lauren tweed suit from the ’70s, said he came because he trusted the point of view of the merchants: He knew they’d bring stuff he’d want. Like other attendees, Ritchien, who usually buys clothes from eBay, couldn’t recall any local event over the past few years with the same vibe and offerings as Patina Studies.
“When this happens, everybody knows,” he said of the city’s menswear nerds. He was among his people.
Justin Ling, a 35-year-old hairdresser, was there to check out military-style apparel, which is having a moment. Ling arrived wearing a vintage German military jacket, as well as a military thermal sweater, trousers, and boots from Big Rock Candy Mountaineering (opens in new tab).
He likes the style because it is comfortable but also holds up well. “You don’t have to baby it,” he said.
Some of the merchants first attended Patina Studies as shoppers last time around, in September. Menswear influencer Brian Chan, with 130,000 followers on TikTok (opens in new tab), was one such client-turned-seller. As he watched over his handpicked assortment of merchandise, he mused about the city’s rising interest in men’s fashion, which he sees as part of the renewal after Covid.
He noted that tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg have started to care about their presentation. “People are outside and maturing,” Chan said. “They are thinking about how to feel good.”
To meet this moment, a crop of menswear-focused brands is emerging from the city, among them Presidio Post, Rising Star Laundry, and Evan Kinori, as well as smaller designers like Keith Hanlon and Rix Cannell.
Calvin Hom, one of SF’s chicest septuagenarians, was in attendance. He noted that it’s impossible to engage wholly in the world of fashion without relying on the inspiration and work of others.
“It’s all about community and connection,” said Hom.
San Francisco is still relatively small. Unlike in New York or Los Angeles, you could easily run into your boss while out on the town. Marvin believes this is all the more reason to dress authentically.
“People get into trouble when they start wearing things that aren’t who they are — it starts to be phony,” Marvin said. “In this world of AI, if you’re listening to the bot tell you what to do, that’s not you anymore.”
Photos of our favorite fits from the event
Santa Rosa prepares for next big earthquake
The Great 1906 earthquake devastated the Bay Area, destroying much of San Francisco and killing more than 3,000 people. The city marked the quakes 120th anniversary this weekend, but whats not as widely recognized is the damage to surrounding comunities like Santa Rosa.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – While the Great 1906 Earthquake was a centerpiece of news around the world when its massive damage and fire destroyed much of San Francisco and took 3,000 lives, another far smaller, far less famous town, suffered massive damage almost forgotten by history.
Nearly forgotten
On this day 120 years ago, stunned people were digging for survivors two nights after the quake. Like a demon in the night, the Great 1906 Earthquake also came to Santa Rosa also bent on mass death and destruction.
Eric Stanley is the history curator and deputy director of the Museum of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa that supplied these pictures. “Santa Rosa, in particular, was devastated by the 1906 earthquake,” he said.
Survivors were shaken awake as whole buildings collapsed around them or on them. “A good portion, a really significant portion, of downtown Santa Rosa was completely destroyed,” said Stanley.
Many never woke up; crushed to death in their sleep. There were over a hundred people killed in the 1906 earthquake in Santa Rosa that only had 7,000 people in it at the time,” said the curator.
Active fault line
Sixty-three years later, in 1969, a time of budding, but far better science-based building codes, a double shaker nonetheless did significant damage and killed one person. “Even understanding all those things, you kind of at the earlier stage of that in the sixties,” said Stanley.
Today, four of Santa Rosa’s School buildings lie near or on the Rodgers Creek Earthquake Fault, capable of up to a 7.3 magnitude rupture. One is already closed with another due to close at the end of the school year for budgetary reasons.
That leaves two elementary schools, Hidden Valley, alongside the fault and Proctor, on the fault. The school board says both are seismically sound and safe to continue operating. “The two that are remaining open are both the ones that have the potential and the ability to grow because the entire site is not impacted by the fault line,” said Nick Caston, Santa Rosa City School Board president.
Staying prepared
In other words, things can and will eventually be moved around.
“What we’re gonna end up having to do is redesign the campus over the next several decades to have our fields and our parking in the front, which are totally acceptable to be over a fault line and actually move our academic builds and our student-serving buildings to the back,” said Caston.
Ultimately, the pictures and relics museums hold from natural disasters are given to those who come, a lesson and a warning. “Real people went through these experiences and we really do have to be aware of that and do our very best to prepare for those kinds of things,” said Stanley.
The 1933 Field Act requires earthquake-safe construction of schools, with evolving seismic codes as we learn more.
A California sea lion pup found last week on a San Francisco street corner is malnourished but “active and quite feisty,” The Marine Mammal Center said Monday.
The sea lion, believed to be about 10 months old, had apparently wandered into city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood and was discovered early Thursday morning, authorities said.
The pup was spotted near 48th and Irving Streets, one block from Ocean Beach and Sunset Dunes park. A trained responder from the Marine Mammal Center was joined by San Francisco park rangers and police officers to safely corral the pup, now named ‘Irving’, into a carrier crate.
Dubbed ‘Irving’ by his rescuers, Irving weighed in at 40 pounds and is considered malnourished, the Marine Mammal Center said.
“The sea lion is active and quite feisty which is a positive initial sign in terms of general behavior,” the center said in a news release on Monday.
During an exam by veterinarians, a series of blood samples were also taken to determine whether there’s any underlying ailment.
Irving is being tube fed a fish smoothie blend two times per day to boost hydration and weight; offers of whole herring will also begin shortly.
The quick actions by police, recreation and parks staff and Ocean Avenue Animal Hospital gave the young sea lion a second chance at life, said Lauren Campbell, animal husbandry manager at The Marine Mammal Center.
“As a roughly 10-month-old pup in his first year of learning how to forage on his own, this animal has a long road to recovery due to his severe malnutrition,” Campbell said. “We are hopeful that in the coming weeks with continued specialized care that this pup starts to make positive strides toward recovery and release.”
Irving will be held in the Center’s Intensive Quarantine Unit until clearing medical protocols, before likely being transferred this week to a traditional rehabilitation pool pen. A long-term prognosis and potential release timeline are not currently known.
After Sunday’s 3-0 loss to the Washington Nationals, the San Francisco Giants headed back to the West Coast. They’re going back to the Bay Area, too.
The Giants have a date with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a three-game series at Oracle Park starting Tuesday night.
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So, San Francisco probably wanted to get out of Washington, D.C., with a win. That didn’t happen at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon.
Nationals reliever Andrew Alvarez, the third pitcher used by the team on Sunday, picked up the victory with 4 1/3 innings of work. Giants starter Robbie Ray absorbed the loss, falling to 2-3 this season.
Ray worked six innings, giving up seven hits, three runs (all earned), walking one, and striking out seven Nationals. If the Giants’ offense had found a way to tack on some runs, then Ray’s outing wouldn’t have looked so bad.
The Giants’ bats, though, had eight hits. The big number for Giants manager Tony Vitello to look at in the box score after this one was, well, pretty big. San Francisco left 10 runners on base on Sunday, going 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position. This indicates that San Francisco had plenty of opportunities to score some runs.
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They just didn’t get the job done.
Let’s go to the bottom of the fifth with the Giants and Nationals in a scoreless tie. With nobody out, the Nationals’ Keibert Ruiz connected for his third double this season. Nasim Nuñez scored to put Washington up 1-0.
With one out, Curtis Mead sent a Ray pitch over the left-field wall, a two-run blast that gave the Nationals a 3-0 lead.
San Francisco had a scoring threat in the top of the eighth inning. With runners at first and second base and nobody out, Casey Schmitt grounded into a double play. Matt Chapman, who was on second base, went to third. But the Giants were unable to bring him home.
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Rafael Devers and Drew Gilbert went 2-for-4 at the plate for the Giants, producing half of the Giants’ hits.
The Giants fall to 9-13 this season, sitting in fourth place in the National League West Division. The Nationals’ record goes to 10-12, good enough for third place in the National League East Division.
All eyes now turn toward Oracle on Tuesday night. It’ll be a chance for two longtime rivals to renew their rivalry.
Baseball fans know that the Giants-Dodgers matchups usually are must-see TV.
That’s probably going to be the case once again as Giants fans watch their team battle the Dodgers. Those lucky to have tickets to the three-game series at Oracle Park will show up in Giants colors, hoping to see Los Angeles head back to Southern California with either a series loss or a Giants’ sweep.
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Buckle up, Giants fans. It’s about to get rowdy at Oracle Park.
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