Buying a custom made suit can burn a hole in your pocket quickly, but what about a custom designed dress shirt?

Last week, I was pleasantly surprised when the good folks over at Blank Label asked me if I wanted to try one of their custom designed dress shirts on for size.

If you’ve ever treated yourself to a made-to-measure suit, then you can probably appreciate the importance of well-fitting clothes. I’ve had a custom suit made for a wedding once and I still look forward to wearing it every time the occasion calls for it.

With Blank Label, you can easily customize and design almost everything about your dress shirt including the fabric color, collar, cuffs, placket, buttons, pleats, collar inseams, etc. You can also monogram it with your initials in a few different locations. Continue reading »

Whisky is the quintessential winter warmer and what better way to learn about the spirit than from a man who lives it, literally. Director of Canadian Club’s Brand Heritage, Dan Tullio has been with the whisky distillery for a quarter of a century.  He’s traveled the world drinking and talking about Canadian whisky, leading taste tests and has even played a prominent role in Canadian Club’s Damn Right advertising campaign (that’s Dan the ladies man in the photo).

For those of you who may not be whisky (yes that’s whisky without the ‘e’) connoisseurs, what better way to learn about whisky than from The Godfather of Whisky himself?

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