Throwing Fits

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Happy Valentine's Day! This week, Jimmy is finally back to being the lengthy catching up process with Larry on Future's love songs, dressing like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed, sleep deprivation and music torture, Tom Green's legacy, women of the night, how Lawrence already ruined Valentine's Day, why are flowers so expensive, jetlagged staycations, Galentine's Day, everyone missed James at New York Fashion Week but it provided Lawrence with ample small talk, Raf's slaps, The Prestige, Stussy's new NYC store, the Super Bowl sucked but Kendrick Lamar was fine so let's put the final nail in the cultural coffin, flared jeans and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: an impassioned plea around personal style, investigating problematic classic literature, and a peek into Alex Cooper's Unwell empire.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Nikki Ogunnaike sure is some nice talking. Nikki—editor-in-chief of Marie Claire and host of the Nice Talk podcast—popped by ahead of New York Fashion Week to politic on shiesty's for her, buying men's clothing, Prada sample sales, year of the yap and manifesting this very conversation, who the hell was Marie Claire, women's issues becoming fashionable in women's media, to cover or not to cover Melania Trump, hate mail, the role of an EIC in 2025, joining us in the podcasting trenches, influencing and promoting real work on grid, saluting all the Instagram boyfriends, Marie Claire's Power Play summits, the stress of managing people, publishing Royals content vs. resistance content, print isn't dead or back it just is, her goat Rhianna and the trial of A$AP Rocky, AI's role in media, her media diet, the New Right, her latest cover star mogul Alex Cooper, at the end of the day and regardless of by-lines writers are writers, rating Condé Nast and Hearst in a variety of categories having worked at both, lots of Bravo talk, what's the point of NYFW, personal style should not be a trend and is not that deep, her watch rotation and much more on Nikki Ogunnaike's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: is merchandising your fit the best way to think about getting dressed, when lowballing on Grailed goes wrong, and a review of the Kith Treats menu.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Lori Hirshleifer is family business. Lori—owner and womenswear buyer of Hirshleifers—was kind enough to grant us an audience at her family's namesake store on Long Island for a regal chat on her iconic jewelry game, a bond with the Starks that's stronger than Chrome, if she had second thoughts about getting fitted for the pod, the definitive take on men's bling, her actual day-to-day job and what kind of saleswoman she is, what sets Hirshleifers apart from the pack and above the fray as the last great department store, inheriting and adapting the family business with her sisters, the trust of working with family and necessary time apart, how many Birkins she owns, the one grail she's still tracking down, her most insane Chrome Hearts accessories, navigating social media and unwittingly becoming a style icon, shopping as a skill, VIP clientele and going fit for fit with any rapper in the world, cherished memories of her relationship with Virgil Abloh, how she gets dressed, her personal style icons, collecting art, avoiding trends completely, her husband and son running the men's business and much more on Lori Hirshleifer's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Die, wokewear! This week, Jimmy is bidding adieu to Larry after diving into hacking a brand's webstore to acquire a soft grail, instant gratification vs. buying out of season, going inside the mind of Travis Scott's creative director, dark woke, covering more fashion designer news only this time we establish some apparently much necessary context so we don't get dragged, as James' journey to Uganda nears he attempts to buy actual gorp for the first time and is met with a myriad of various resistance while Larry preps for a New York Fashion Week (or whatever is left of it) solo dolo speedrun, The Last Samurai (2003), some fun world trivia for you to play along with at home, trying to make sense of everything that happened at the Grammys, Sabrina Carpenter bringing sexy babies back, Drake returns to his target demographic, getting ready for Kanye's Bully rollout and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: is drinking on pod back on the menu, an absolutely ridiculous Facebook story, and way too much personal grooming information that stems from way too much adult circumcision talk.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Will Hughes is heating up. Will—aka What Willy Cook—was kind enough to swing by while eating and drinking his way through NYC for drinks and bants with us on the circumstances surrounding his adult circumcision, what some of his fellow countrymen content creators have been getting up to while in town, American cuisine that confounds him and British cuisine that confounds us, the art of tipping in America, a local service review, loads of fast and comfort food talk, dive bars vs. pubs, boozing and beer, slang, where to eat in London and how to spend the perfect day there, his most and least popular recipes, the highs and lows of cooking on the Internet, our mutual homie Danny Lomas' propensity to eat like a child, food trends he loves and hates, his Mount Rushmore of soups, what he cooked on his first date with the missus, being the CEO of his home goods brand Pleasant Home, the ultimate brokeboi meal and much more on Will Hughes' interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. All our haters become our waiters when we sit down at the table of success. This week, Jimmy and Larry are back together in NYC to talk a potential grunge revival, rare energy drinks, some thoughts ahead of the Super Bowl, James prepares to embark on the trip of a lifetime, gorillas vs. guerillas, what's the best toilet paper, there was a turd in the washing machine, what Drake playing at the vaccine clinic tells you, night terrors, buying a digital camera in 2025, a critical evaluation of (the two) Paris Fashion Week(s), the dubious return of the urban woodsman, more designer musical chair confirmations and rumors, an actually cool visual installation at the MoMa complete with an elite perk, catching up with an old high school friend who's now a reality television star two decades later, what do you say to Eric Adams when you see him at dinner and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: throwing it back to the previous podcast endeavor that shall not be named's thought process, teaching ourselves new skills, and reviewing our moms' respective Instagram accounts.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with FKA twigs is the pinnacle of human existence. Twigs—whose new album EUSEXUA is out January 24th—was kind enough to swing by while in town to celebrate the upcoming release of her new album, being a queen of dark fashion, signature matcha, peaking, breaking down her intricate personal practice, finding inspiration in Prague, rave etiquette, the best room at Berghain, her mindset in the lead up to dropping new music, her many underrated disciplines and various random skills, what gets her excited about working again, a total commitment to art vs. today's algo-driven virality, how she pampers herself and cheats on her body when she's not treating it like a temple, how British is she really when it comes to various stereotypes, scratching her acting itch and much more on FKA twigs's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Chat, are we cooked? This week, Larry Zooms in from Miami to chat with James, who just got back from Miami, about housewarming gifts, Dominican sushi hookah bars, the Britghtline's surprising death toll, saunas vs. steam rooms, gay guys getting hair transplant surgery in Turkey, Twitch streaming from the clubstaurant, elite beef tartare, turns out Lawrence works for James, 2 hour reservation delays, how to son a guy hitting on your wife 101, a Miami fashion scene report, a SoHo House review, bricking the Bravolebrity link up, unwittingly cast as a Gen Z mentor, GQ x Bode's Super Bowl fashion show, the TikTok ban fake out, meeting the real China on RedNote, some thoughts on the West and East cultural exchange and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: getting caught up in the whirlwind of a street brawl, remembering the grown and sexy era, and the great cufflinks debate.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Emily Dawn Long is market research. Emily—founder and designer of the eponymous brand Emily Dawn Long—blessed us with her first ever podcast, opening up for the first time on being a product designer in the truest sense, Kendrick Lamar loving her Wanda hats so much he now gifts them to his friends, my shirt name Jeff, the gift and the curse of having a viral jawn, guys who wore suits to high school, imposter syndrome, breaking out of the New York bubble to show in Paris for the first time, production hell, that one time she tried coffee, product lifespans, her obsession with real guy market research, the pains of hiring in 2025, having a great ass while still working 97% of the time, managing stress and her battle with Bell's palsy, getting a thong on Tyla, fixing F1's style problem, what's up with skinny pants, form vs. function, when guys do too much, her boys are her muses, cufflinks are hot, not giving away all your ideas just the ones that make sense for others, how sourcing and styling can lead to design, thirst traps are actually for the girlies, cologne and smell memory, height fishing, Etsy falling off and much more on Emily Dawn Long's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. New year, new us? This week, Jimmy and Larry are tweaking over a variety of angles concerning the LA wildfires, an extensive deep dive into Lawrence's new pursuit of health and wellness in 2025 complete with expert advice from James, are you supposed to work out while on vacation, alcohol apparently causes cancer now, dancing your ass off to Jamie xx while avoiding Alexander Wang, celebrating your grandmother's 100th birthday by finding out your dad was on a FBI watchlist when he was child, Ralph Lauren receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Gervonta Davis and Offset escalate the Chrome wars and where we go from here, Liangelo Ball signs to Def Jam, the Ball family's generational relevancy and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Congrats to all the winners and losers! The ballots are in and the results have been calculated and tabulated. This week, Jimmy and Larry are linking up to reveal, analyze and break down the best of 2024, as voted by you in the 5th annual Fitties.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Happy New Year! This week, Jimmy and Larry are cutting the last pod of 2024 with James hands-on review and a spirited debate of New Balance's 1906L aka snoafers, what's up with Kim Kardashian, MILF szn, the unfortunate tale of Lawrence's Christmas getting straight Grinched, witnessing holiday shopping meltdowns, Jeremy Strong wearing a ridiculous hat to dinner, James reviews A Complete Unknown and busts out an impressive Bob Dylan impression, the Mount Rushmore of Jews who changed their name to not sound Jewish, the math behind Lawrence's year in movies after hitting his goal and PR of watching 365 films, playing a new game of were you drunk when you took this Instagram photo, NYE fits, recapping Grailed's 2024 Marketplace Recap, Chuck is on the verge of potentially receiving a fantasy football last place punishment and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. As always, it's the most wonderful time of the year. This week, the Fab 5 are reconvening to debate, discuss and crown their personal favorite jawnz, timeline takeovers, brands, collabs, trends, sneakers, footwear, movies, TV shows, musical artists, best-dressed celebs, bozos and GOATs of the year that was. We've never been so back.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. The champagne of chairs. This week, Jimmy and Larry are breaking down our new Rosewood Workshirts—dropping this Thursday, December 19th, on Substack for paid subscribers complete with a launch event at Colbo for everyone that night from 6-9pm, and opening up to the general public the next day on December 20th—before getting into new chair ASMR courtesy of our generous friends at MillerKnoll, Inc., the etymology of great coats and drawers, toes get squarer, tomorrow's very special return of the Fab 5 plus Fitties week on deck, faux pas and high-powered linking and building at the fanciest soirée we've ever had the pleasure of attending, a swanky hotel bar festive holiday review, evil burgers, the politics of a SNL afterparty, when bringing a buttplug to a white elephant goes wrong, the duality of gift giving, Santa's spreadsheet, dads in mfpen, moms discovering SHEIN, this round of fashion designer musical chairs is thankfully over, TikTok is definitely getting banned and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: more pod lore unlocked thanks to both of our time spent at summer camp, continuing breaking down industries filled with creepy guys, and remembering the Raf Simons days.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Youngmi Mayer is getting hairy. Youngmi—comedian and author of the new memoir I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying—hit the stu for a little therapy session on wearing one dress while on tour and only owning three outfits and one pair of shoes, vaping on the airplane, her new memoir and the idiom that inspired both the title and one of her first jokes, finding comedy amongst the trauma and tragedy, immigrant inferiority complexes, Korean stereotypes for white people, parenting do's and don'ts, the easiest book sale of all time, being early on the Luigi Mangione thirst, when Asian politeness meets white supremacy and when they've had enough, answering the age-old what are you vs. how are you questions, K-pop as a negative export, Korean skincare 101, dating in NYC and a very thorough rundown of all the worst types of guys, haters needing to hate better, brokenness as a cruising altitude and much more on Youngmi Mayer's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Shooters shoot. This week, Jimmy and Larry are sharing more details about next week's seasonal soiree—Thursday, December 19th at Colbo from 6-9pm in celebration of the holidays and our new cut & sew workshirt—before diving into all the emerging details about Luigi Mangione aka the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin from his choices in firearms and fashion to books and fastfood, it's open season on social media once you get arrested, James begrudgingly reveals his Spotify Wrapped and eats his way through the Atlanta airport to great disappointment while Lawrence cooks up a tasty Swedish MTM suit with Saman Amel to great excitement, overdressing to eat wings and watch football at Buffalo Wild Wings, fallout and takeaways from The New York Times' Guinness trend piece and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: the pod's own internal pizza debates rage on, what's your hot sauce rotation looking like, and some very special date night fail lore.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Chris Hansell is thin, crispy and juicy. Chris—founder of Chrissy's Pizza—was kind enough to come through on one of his days off to cook up with us on black metal, murdered out fits, kitchen appropriate footwear, making the kind of pizza you and your father would love, the full pies no slices mindset, spending 5 years researching and developing what many people are calling the best pizza in NYC, how Action Bronson and a few other folks changed his life, actually living Kitchen Confidential, made to order pizza line math, getting a 8.2 from Dave Portnoy at the absolute worst time, choosing frozen pizza based on mood, today's fetishization of chefs and kitchen staff, a litany of pizza takes straight from the sauce boss' mouth that deal with everything from pineapple and ranch to pepperoni and accoutrement, the diy nature of hardcore as it applies to running a pizza business, the glory days of old school Pizza Hut and Domino's before they changed their recipe, holiday treats, getting slices on a first date and much more on Chris Hansell's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. It's bigger than sports. This week, Jimmy and Larry have another quick save the date for NYC-based Throw Gang—Thursday, December 19th—before battling sickness to get into whether you have legal ground to sue your boy for wearing the same jeans as you, advancements in turtleneck technology, fyi we will be wearing jackets inside for the foreseeable future, getting shredded after taking a month off from drinking and how to dive back in properly, eulogizing Vanderpump Rules and all our favorite moments and characters from the game changing reality television show, the many regrettable quotes of John Rocker, how we approached Black Friday plus some recent cops and cops that never were, Hunter Biden free, our own tales of senioritis, world history lessons, has Jacob Elordi ushered in the post-beard era, reviewing Gladiator II and Conclave, James is taking a day trip to Atlanta to achieve Delta Diamond Medallion Status while Lawrence is getting a custom suit made, a quick run-through of the many words of the year and much more, like the question on everybody's mind: Is Dr. Dillamond the drip king of Oz?

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Welcome to another semi-regular episode with friends both new and old, codename: Friday Fiasco. This Week, Jimmy and Larry are in LA and podding extra chill hangout style from a hotel bed with our pal Michael Martin-del-Campo aka Mikey to talk everything from suits and cinema to gambling and guns so you can take your ass into the weekend in style.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. We gon' be alright. This week, Jimmy and Larry are finally back in NYC, getting into the swing of things on the challenge of buying used shoes, remember espadrilles, the latest slate of emerging Japanese brands, a cardigan state of the union, Swedish jeans, falling victim and/or falling in love with a viral stunt jawn, Lawrence got tattoos and played pool while James went shopping, this week's Friday Fiasco wraps up our extremely cute LA bed chronicles, guns and crossbows, steak frites in the Delta One lounge, how Matt Groening tips, flying with Nav aka the first brown boy to get it poppin', does ComplexCon/CactusCon prove hypebeasts are back or that they never left, some initial thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's GNX, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days plus a bunch of romcom talk, what we're looking forward to the most about Thanksgiving and more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: how many hats is the right amount of hats to pack, should you drink the tap water in Los Angeles, and is jiu-jitsu poised to be the next rock climbing?

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Alex/2Tone has been a long time coming. Alex—co-founder and creative director of Born x Raised and host of the Powerful Truth Angels podcast—was kind enough to move his naptime to host us in his office and finally pod while we were in Los Angeles on Paul Thomas Anderson messing up his SEO, his world-renowned calves, sometimes you just wanna be a walking gray pantone, fat kid trauma, dessert amnesia, shopping by happenstance, how to power nap 101, what a creative director actually does, the sad shark mindset, a shoebox full of cash and a dream, proudly claiming streetwear and a free history lesson, Spanto lives, an unstoppable force and immovable object coming together to make music, hats with animals ears vs. big ass brims, Born x Raised's annual Sadie Hawkins winter formal is New Year's Eve for women in LA and Alex has been crunching the numbers on attendee hookups, if you don't get in line for the photo booth were you even there, moments of clarity, jiu-jitsu and the power of saying yes because you don't know shit, wabi-sabi hair routines, his podcast's future, credit score hell, depression as a luxury and much more on Alex/2Tone's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. To self-improve and self-discover in LA. This week, Jimmy and Larry are coming to you live from the Palihotel in Hollywood to recap 67% of our trip to the beautiful city of Los Angeles, including but not limited to: our NYC style 17th anniversary party at Mohawk General Store, spreading the Orion Beer gospel, Friendo won the smashburger wars, did you know it's LA Fashion Week, menswear's "biggest" night, when it comes to emergency vehicles LA drivers literally start moving different, Lawrence hits The Grove and embeds himself in Gen Alpha shopping and eating habits, two very different fight night experiences, why Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is the worst representation of straight culture that can only be combated with the 8 pillars of gay culture which James is kind enough to relay, rizz strategy and techniques from a 60-year-old Irishman, Zillowing the house party, buccal face massages, a scene report from Camp Flog Gnaw, Crumbl controversies, the hottest new bar is The Silverlake Lounge, dialing in your In-N-Out order, how we've softened on LA as we've aged and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: are you a low-top hiker or approach shoe kinda guy, smoking on that shit that makes you smack yourself in the face, and fact-checking various zoological claims.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Maxo Kream is personable. Maxo—whose new album Personification is out this Friday, November 15th—admittedly came through extremely high to spit bars about not matching your Evisu denim, high-end belts, becoming a watch nerd and rappers ruining their timepieces, his underrated sneaker game, million dollar grillz, giving bongs as gifts, he's honest about ruining his Trackhawk engine, bartering for features back in the day, switching between his multiple personas, whether or not he inspired Ye's Bully album cover, all the unreleased music he has with his buddy Tyler, The Creator who has been known to take a joke too far, having an ear for Travis Scott beats, Texas rap's literal and figurative big boy moment, being the strip club mayor, the perfect answer for how to have the perfect H-Town day, bagging southern belles, going from selling weed to becoming a cannabis entrepreneur, teaching us and the audience at home a lot about animals, and much more on Maxo Kream's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Interfaith podcasting. This week, Jimmy and Larry are inviting all of Los Angeles to our party at Mohawk General Store—this Thursday, November 14th, from 6-9pm—before breaking down Japanese beer supremacy, welcome back SahBabii, the fat shoelaces renaissance, what double knotting says about you, putting a bow on James in-store private label reportage, LVMH luxury ventures invests in Our Legacy so now what plus some exclusive quotes from OL's own and friend of the show Jockum Hallin, an investment portfolio review, software vs. hardware, Aaron Levine launching his own brand, the eternal battle that menswear nerds have raged against prices inspires a metaphor from Lawrence, best practices and various takeaways from the inaugural Instagram Menswear Forum 2024, a Q&A with IG fashion boss Eva Chen and some bonus insight into Mark Zuckerberg's glow up, reviewing Meta's NYC cafeteria offerings, Kith finds its sense of humor with their Mike Tyson collab only adding to their case for brand of the year whether you like it or not and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: are we living in a post-grail world, do we own any legitimate heirlooms, and what pieces from our closet would we consider future vintage?

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Kathleen Sorbara is future vintage. Kathleen—the owner and founder of Sorbara's, formerly known as Chickee's—took a much-deserved mental health break with us after a very busy month to open up about the aesthetic exchange between couples, hitting the reset button on an already successful business and why, her beautiful new store, the many micro-neighborhoods of Williamsburg, TF playing our little part in the prosperity of her men's business, men vs. women shoppers, nerds be price matching, how her curation stays ahead of the curve plus some vintage trend predictions and analysis, dressing as your body changes over time, New York's descent into vintage hell, estate sales are cooked, the many benefits of the fellas keeping a sexy home and much more on Kathleen Sorbara's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Charged up off those Beijing batteries. This week, Jimmy and Larry have a little save the date for all our Los Angelenos next week before running through sleeve length math, James reviews his new Rier fleece, proper quarter-zip croppage, marathon signs and voting stickers, Lawrence got hit by a car but cheated death and still made his dinner reservation, flying too close to the sun with flow team Instagram Stories bits, Zyn gets its big New York Times trend piece and we evaluate where it currently stands against cigarettes and vapes in 2024, Big Tobacco doesn't care about the culture war, A.P.C.'s Jean Touitou dropped his own wine, where non-alcoholic beverages meet millennial olive oil, Young Thug is finally free and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Welcome to another semi-regular episode with friends both new and old, codename: Friday Fiasco. This Week, Jimmy and Larry are coming to you live from Notre in Chicago thanks to our good friends at Levi's, hitting the stage with Global Senior Director, Collaborations and Customization Design of Levi's, Leo Gamboa, to talk everything from how an actually good collaboration comes together and the gold mine that is vintage denim to fact-checking some old denimhead tricks and his dark sneaker competition history so you can take your ass into the weekend in style.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Permission granted. This week, Jimmy and Larry are back from their Midwest work getaway to talk when wearing transparent lenses goes wrong, basketball player storytime, a wonderful interaction with an unlikely fan, more patented plane movie reviews, going cheeks out at the urinal, a scene report from the Midwest Society of Orthodontists Conference 2024 Annual Session, the Karen paradigm, should you eat a Chicago dog or turkey club before a live show, everything that went down at our live show with Levi's at Notre, aging someone based on their dance moves, there are meals and then there is Avec, there's nothing better than a city full of guys, we both independently went to the Catskills for the weekend and came back with a variety of recs and observations and stories, Timothée Chalamet pandering at his own look-alike contest and what that can teach us about NYC celebrities, Leonardo DiCaprio shops at bode now so once again we're never wrong just early, Ex-Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested for sex-trafficking which opens up a podcast pandora's box and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: an extensive history of us hurting people's feelings, how to talk shit 101, and whether or not we are now officially part of the fashion industrial complex.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Thom Bettridge is leaving no stone unturned. Thom—the new editor-in-chief of i-D Magazine—spent his Friday with us to get to the bottom of how a mountain of a man dresses for picking up his kids at school, first day of work fits, pitches and press releases, the cultural movements that define our time, a magazine taking as long to make as the time you've got, identifying and navigating the pitfalls of modern day media, who out there is doing things right, a Mount Rushmore of magazines, what a legacy media guy thinks of the Substackaissance, what the hell is going on with menswear media in 2024, how he converted readers into shoppers back at SSENSE, tales from the styling trenches, a litany of fashion dad takes and much more on Thom Bettridge's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Through the fire, to the limit, to the pod. This week, Jimmy and Larry are getting everyone in the Midwest ready for our live pod in Chicago—this Thursday, October 24th, 6:30-9pm at Notre—before getting gracious about our pants drop, the highs and lows of music supervision, advancements in pants printing technology, Harrison Ford publicly disavows an all-time zood which leads to a heady discussion about living in a post-zood board world and what might if not already replaced it, private consumption as public perception, Larry's apartment flooded but no jawnz were harmed, what Jason Segel thinks of our acting chops, the perfect press dinner has been achieved, reviewing the land, sea and air offerings at Torrisi, a Major Food Group history lesson, black tie intel fake news at the Armani gala, Chaka Khan's still got it after all these years, could you pull a Trump and effectively work a shift at McDonald's, Auralee keeps collabing this time with Tekla plus a little preview of James' interview with designer Ryota Iwai and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: both of us getting dressed like Throwing Fits has a rec soccer team, Umbro is so hot right now, and why we haven't started using affiliate links.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Jaeki Cho is righteous. Jaeki—co-founder of Righteous Eats—came through to chow down with us on his altruistic content creation goals, what's next for Righteous Eats since they've been a bit quiet, the fucked up sneaker game politics from his time as a retailer, that signature deep ass voice of his, how food content creation is actually analogous to rapping and hooping, the gift and the curse of restaurant TikTok virality, content payola, the crucial distinction of reviews vs. highlights, buying attention for cheap and selling it for more, owning your audience, his favorite food personalities, that NY Mag photoshoot from hell we all were in, hospitality hostility, trusting the elderly, comfort food, fruit and soup marathon fuel, the cultural exchange of old Jewish and young Korean men, why sodium is king, the Queens Bermuda Triangle and much more on Jaeki Cho's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Not exactly trousers, certainly not jeans, they're pants. This week, Jimmy and Larry are walking everyone through Throwing Fits' first foray into perfecting pants—dropping this Thursday, October 17th on Substack for paid subscribers and opening up to the general public the next day on October 18th—before performing gold medal mental gymnastic routines on an upcoming Chicago save the date, Sorbara's beautiful new store, oil massages and jacuzzis, are lines bad or good and who should you invite to your event, why Kith 101 for Auralee actually makes sense, if Engineered Garments x J.Crew proves EG is underrated and overlooked, and what can both collabs tell us about each other, Shohei Ohtani's swaglessness is actually good, an extensive review of the new Chicken Big Mac, another quick scene report from the outlets, Bally's hidden treasure, a hilarious dream about the future of the podcast and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Welcome to another semi-regular episode with friends both new and old, codename: Friday Fiasco. This Week, Jimmy and Larry are coming to you live from Starcow Paris in celebration of Champion's Pinnacle footwear launch, hitting the stage with creative director of Fursac and the co-founder and fashion director of L'Etiquette magazine, Gauthier Borsarello, to talk everything from global men's style and his many vintage obsessions to the perfect Parisian day and some French slang so you can take your ass into the weekend in style.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: our run-ins with A$AP mob throughout the years, determining who has more bangers between Rocky and Ferg, and saluting a fellow fit pic perfectionist.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Ferg is on a new level. Ferg—whose new album Darold is coming soon—came through to bless us like the hood pope he is and pontificate on cowboy boots, interpolation vs. biting, copping gold in India, finding inspiration in Florence with his aunt, his most personal project to date, all types of Ferg fan service, the new and improved zen and philosophical version of himself, what we can all learn from DMX, making family albums, shooting the shit with A$AP Yams, the crowd performing his bangers for him, advice from Timbaland, Ferg's other verticals like making fine art and designing clothing, a litany of health and wellness advice from a guy who gets fly to hang out at the juice bar and drinks structured water, Harlem and its official uptown gear getting its flowers, denouncing our proclamation that he is the kindest rapper even if we've loved him ever since we interviewed him way back when on Fashion Bros!, reuniting with his dog Krash and much more on Ferg's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Locked in translation. This week, Jimmy and Larry are leading the charge on whether or not you can wear silk pajama pants outside the house, freestyling at karaoke, Substack reportage vs. op-eds, Senegalese food and bev, the good kind of delayed flight, old ass planes, James' jam-packed solo day in Paris, the cool guy bookstore and showroom report, .5x photo boyz, how a store can trick you into thinking you want to shop there, how long are you actually willing to wait in line for a museum, the beauty and the madness of eating and drinking alone, fashion brands and conglomerates breaking into the hospitality game, the power of the doorman, the definitive list of goated songs to listen to while biking around Paris, airport lounge spa rizz, more plane movie reviews, Lawrence saw a little comedy called Megalopolis, Zuck is bringing back 2012 with his custom Mike Amiri tees, popping out with the groms to the Vampire Weekend pop-up show, are you a text message copy and paster and subsequent editor, breaking down the non-existent loafers wars, how brands of all sizes get ripped off and much more.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we're fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week's guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: all the new developments at Uniqlo, our respective opposite suiting blindspots, and an internal debate on dress codes.

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Patrick Johnson is tailored, yet relaxed. Patrick, the namesake founder and designer of P. Johnson, stopped by the stu on a quick jaunt to NYC to chat about Belgian shoes, his global footprint and different types of customers, the louche house style of suiting he's made his name on, best-selling ball caps and whether or not you can wear them with a suit, getting a hair transplant, what should be a guy's first suit and how he should build his rotation from there, why Armani is the goat and his other vintage obsessions, cinematic inspiration, tailoring being back in a big way, shopping slow, a temp check on Australian menswear, mullet talk, an Aussie beer and slang breakdown, his must hit classics when he's in town, breaking down confusing party and wedding dress codes, two elite Mount Rushmores of style icons and sick c*nts, an assessment of how he is as a boss and business partner, a super villain winemaker origin story, love at first sight and much more on Patrick Johnson's interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.