The Modern Gentleman's Blog

While we are neck deep in construction, with Heidi keeping a close eye on proceedings (above), we also have some exciting updates on the Grand Opening Party, which will be Thursday, September 27th. As you may know, the event will take place all day in the store from 10am – 6pm. Many of our vendors will be [...]

Much of my inspiration for On The Fly was born of my own frustrations when shopping for myself. And don’t get me wrong, I loved the stores where I shopped. But there were always little things, nagging frustrations, pet peeves, that made me think: “if I ever have a store of my own, I’d do [...]

For the second year in a row now, On The Fly will have a temporary "pop-up shop" open in 1 Embarcadero Center in San Francisco’s Financial District, right next door to our original store on the Street Level. It will feature leather goods from Mulholland, Martin Dingman, S.T. Dupont, Barbour, Dunhill (coming Tuesday), and maybe [...]

The Lachlan Belt had a good run of at least four years. A multi-colored casual belt in black or brown, the Lachlan had enough subtle color running through it that it coordinated with just about everything. It has now been retired, and in its place is the new Langley Belt: a 1 3/8" hand-laced saddle [...]

SAVE THE DATE: On Friday, April 30th, the San Francisco store will be hosting a Fall 2010 Preview and Trunk Show for Bills Khakis, Martin Dingman Leathergoods, and Jan Leslie cufflinks. The event will be a chance to see — and special order — items coming out this Fall. Of course, you can also immerse [...]

Just about every clothing store on the planet tends to go on sale after Christmas, but only the really bold wait till the 7th of January to announce their sale (technically, many items did go on sale on December 26th, we just didn’t announce it). Without much further adieu, our SALE is on! There are [...]

One of the primary tenets of our "Shop by Lifestyle" feature is that no gentleman is 100% any single lifestyle; we all have tendencies influenced by the other lifestyles. While I am pre-dominantly "Old School" with a "Wall Street" streak and a vicarious "Sportsman" disposition, it is safe to say that I have 0% "Rock [...]

In honor of the nation’s 44th President, we have picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves off, and increased the savings on seasonal Fall merchandise from 35% to 44%. That’s a savings of almost 45%! Save 44% on selected Fall items from Bills Khakis, Ike Behar, Martin Dingman, Agave Denimsmith, and much more. Great outerwear pieces, matte [...]

Today’s gift for "the guy who has everything" doesn’t recommend any single, specific gift but rather a "platform" for future gifts. If a journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single step, then the path to matching luggage starts with a small duffel. While most men do bare-minimum accessorization (watch, belt, cell phone), 30% of [...]

Buying a gentleman a wallet is one of the riskiest undertakings a gift-giver can attempt. They (we) tend to be extremely particular about how they carry around their money, and that is one of the reasons we offer so many different types of billfolds, breast pocket wallets, ID wallets, money clips, and credit card cases [...]