The best gifts are the kind you don’t expect. With this in mind, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of MR PORTER’s latest podcast mini-series, a collaboration with New York-based menswear enthusiast, raconteur and man about town Mr Jeremy Kirkland, whose beloved weekly show Blamo! is rightly lauded as one of the pre-eminent podcasts in the menswear world.

For the new Blamo! mini-series with MR PORTER, Mr Kirkland talks to a selection of MR PORTER’s friends new and old about the state of men’s style as they chew over testy topics from the perfect way to wash a pair of jeans to the future of the suit. As of today, all three episodes are available for your listening pleasure on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Scroll down to learn more about each episode.

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In this episode, Mr Michael Williams, founder of cult made-in-the-US menswear site A Continuous Lean, and Mr Eric Goldstein, the man behind New York’s Jean Shop, sit down with Mr Kirkland to talk about denim and ruminate on the history of New York’s Meatpacking District, the importance of White Oak Cone Denim and debunk some key myths about jeans, while pondering the future of their environmental impact.

Stockholm-based tailors Messrs Dag Granath and Saman Amel have built a business on recalibrating the male tailored wardrobe. Here, they talk to Mr Kirkland about how they did it and discuss the importance of cut, colour and fit when it comes to finding the perfect suit.

In this episode, Highsnobiety’s editorial director Mr Jian DeLeon schools Mr Jeremy Kirkland in the history of streetwear, one of the driving, yet perhaps most diffuse, ideas in menswear right now. They discuss the importance of key talents such as Messrs Shawn Stussy and Virgil Abloh and the importance of collaboration as a new force in fashion.