*PATREON PREVIEW* New York or Anywhere

Summary

Throwing Fits – PATREON PREVIEW New York or Anywhere

Release Date: June 12, 2026
Hosts: James Harris & Lauren Schlossman
Episode Theme:
A candid, conversational check-in exploring personal style evolutions, New York sports energy, and the little obsessions shaping their summer fits.

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Episode Overview

In this Patreon preview, James and Lauren meet back in person for their weekly “one of the boys” episode, riffing on the relentless churn of men’s style, New York mythmaking (and heartbreak), and their mutual (and diverging) fashion fixations. The conversation orbits recent purchases, seasonal challenges, and the ever-present weirdnesses of being stylish grown men who chronicle the zeitgeist through fits, brands, and banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Scene: In-Person Energy & New York Sports

• The hosts celebrate being "back in person," with the energy focused on the Knicks' playoff run and the city’s ambience (“It’s New York A New Way for Lord Schlossman.” – Lauren, 04:29).
• Quick riffs on pop zeitgeist, from Taylor Swift at the game to the wild rumor mill around rapper Tay-K's potential release (01:29–01:47).
• Lauren explains the ritual of sports superstition—retiring a "lucky" hat after a Knicks loss (05:02–05:16).

2. Fit Checks: The Weekly Sartorial Deep Dive

Lauren’s Fit (02:02–05:03):

• Valley boots
• Textured, off-white John Elliott socks
• Generica fatigues—declared his all-time favorite fatigues, even over vintage
• Lacoste polo
• Bootleg Knicks hat by New York Sunshine ("Apologies to the overlord Adam Silver. This is not officially licensed merchandise." – Lauren, 04:10)
• Supreme x Hanes boxers
• Thistles sunglasses

James’s Fit (05:16–10:29):

• Vintage Granello loafers from Paris (“Mad comfortable. Probably like one of a billion very solid, just Italian shoemakers that you would never even think to learn about.” – Lauren, 05:31)
• Amazon socks
• Geysers German linen pants (“I’m gonna wear these into the ground this summer... I spent two weeks in France, I think it’s recalibrated my internal body temperature.” – James, 07:01–07:59)
• Acog linen cobalt pants and vintage C.P. Company pants from Milan (“Maybe you are hyper fixating. You didn’t even know it. Three items is hyper fixation within how much time?” – Lauren, 09:17)
• “The only piece of Comoli I own… The collar is too small, the button spacing is off” (James, 10:35–10:49)

Dynamics:

• Lauren and James compare and contrast how their style choices “ebb and flow and… drift apart and converge” (03:15).
• Lauren describes Generica jorts as "thinking man's jorts"—from afar, unassuming; up close, genius (03:56).
• Both muse about the comfort and necessity of linen during increasingly hot summers and question if James is about to hyperfixate on it.

3. Brand and Material Obsessions

• Generica: Both hosts express love for Generica fatigues and jorts, praising their subtle appeal and quality. James notes a longing for the Mirage Colorway jorts, hinting at the appeal of limited runs (03:02–03:48).
• Linen: Intense discussion about adapting to brutal summer heat by embracing linen (“Gentlemen’s summer sweatpants. Linen trousers with elastic waist.” – Lauren, 10:25).
• Granello Shoes: James discusses the mystique of obscure European brands found while traveling, referencing a South China Morning Post article about the family-run Italian label (07:05).

4. Fashion Philosophy—Function vs. Form

• The duo explore the balance of technical benefit (breathable cotton socks, elastic waists) with aesthetics.
• James reflects on style lessons learned from previous summers and efforts to avoid being caught unprepared by climate extremes (09:41–09:49).

5. Personal Style Evolutions & (Hyper)Fixations

• Lauren teases James for possibly entering a "hyper fixation" phase with linen, but James denies it—until he realizes he's bought three pairs in quick succession.
• Discussion about tweaking and tailoring—James debates re-spacing the buttons on his too-close, baby-collared Comoli shirt: “Can you get a shirt rebuttoned?” (10:53).

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “They've learned how to open doors.” – Lauren, referencing transplants ‘trying’ New York, (01:21)
• “Not a sheep. Genius. Genius.” – Lauren on the nuanced goodness of Generica jorts (04:08–04:10)
• “You literally were forged in the flames. No pun intended.” – Lauren on adapting to summer heat (08:25)
• “It’s like the gentleman’s summer sweatpants. Linen trousers with elastic waist.” – Lauren (10:25)
• “I learned my lesson last summer... Never again am I going to be ill-prepared for extreme temperatures, which are going to be more and more common now.” – James (09:41–09:49)
• “I might… can you get a shirt rebuttoned?... It would be patchwork on the holes.” – James & Lauren, deliberating shirt surgery (10:53–10:58)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Kickoff & Knicks/NYC banter: 00:50–01:29
• Tay-K rumors & legal chit-chat: 01:29–01:56
• Fit check – Lauren: 02:02–05:03
• Fit check – James: 05:16–10:29
• Deep dive into obscure brands (Granello): 06:30–07:58
• Linen obsession and adaptation to heat: 07:59–10:29
• Shirt tailoring debate: 10:35–11:09

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Closing Notes

This Throwing Fits Patreon preview captures the pod's signature blend of irreverent style dissection, New York nostalgia, and evolving sartorial quirks. Whether riffing on minor obsessions (linen, obscure Italian loafers) or the joys of being back in person, it’s an honest dispatch from two grown ‘dirtbags’ knee-deep in the zeitgeist.

Transcript

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[James Harris]

Throw gang. We are joined by Tim Smith, cosplayer, Lauren Schlossman, myself the one in Lord James Harris. That's the the Christmas adventurers agent in one battle after another who tries to kill Leo.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Yeah, okay.

[James Harris]

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[Lauren Schlossman]

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[James Harris]

You're wearing a whole Christmas ass fit though. Before we get. Oh. Welcome to the weekly one of the boys which today's full episode Only available

[Lauren Schlossman]

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[James Harris]

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[Lauren Schlossman]

They. They've learned how to open doors.

[James Harris]

Transplants trying to be New Yorkers. Just says Tay. Oh, Taylor Swift going to game four. Let's get into a fit check.

[Lauren Schlossman]

You heard that Tay K might be freed?

[James Harris]

Really?

[Lauren Schlossman]

Yeah, dude.

[James Harris]

Why?

[Lauren Schlossman]

How? There was a rumor that like he was gonna somehow get off pause and then he seemingly confirmed that. I mean, you know, we. This is the guy himself. But I think, yeah, I think he's getting off on some technicality. So who knows?

[James Harris]

All right.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Shout out that he's a grown man.

[James Harris]

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[Lauren Schlossman]

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[James Harris]

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[Lauren Schlossman]

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[James Harris]

Lawrence, what are you wearing?

[Lauren Schlossman]

Okay, I'm wearing valley boats on the feets. The textured socks. Not white socks. They're textured off white socks, to be clear.

[James Harris]

Are John Elliott, I believe socks for a hot day.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Well, they're. It's a breathable cotton, so they're actually. They're thinner than they look, which is honestly the whole appeal. Yeah, the fatigues are generica.

[James Harris]

The polo Is Lacoste the only podcast talking about Generica that I. Well, I cannot wait.

[Lauren Schlossman]

The only podcast talking about many things

[James Harris]

I cannot wait for Generica to hit. Like, whether it's the throwing fit. Subreddit, the 13th most popular podcast subreddit on Reddit.

[Lauren Schlossman]

God damn, we're climbing the charts.

[James Harris]

Yeah, yeah. Or descending into. Further into the depths of hell. Both. That'd be true. Yo, you guys heard about this brand? Gene Erica.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Yeah, it's good. We talk about it later. Next week maybe, I think.

[James Harris]

Yeah, yeah, next week. Next week, boys only. But I feel like we wear it a lot.

[Lauren Schlossman]

I. I've said it before. I say it later. I'll say it again. My favorite fatigues that I've ever owned, including vintage and many other repros and jeans in the name. So the jeans are good too.

[James Harris]

I feel like our, like, personal styles kind of like ebb and flow and. And like, like drift apart and converge in different ways. Like, it's not linear and it's not like binary, but it's a tough, you know, I don't. I don't own any La Cost polos, for example, so there's been a lot of days where recently where we don't have to be like, yo, what are you wearing? Like, are you not wearing this thing? But the one item that we both separately requested and were blessed with was a pair of Mirage Colorway. Kind of like a dusty, pale, blasted out yellow pair of jorts from Generica.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Right? But they're.

[James Harris]

I have. I have the full length version as well. I was like, these are so good. I wear them quite often that I need the. The shortened version as well.

[Lauren Schlossman]

They're the thinking bands jorts. Because from afar, it's like a monae, right? From afar, maybe, like, oh, what are those, like, khakis? Is there a chevron print on there? Like, what is that? And then up close, like, oh, those are jorts for genius.

[James Harris]

Yeah.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Not a sheep.

[James Harris]

Genius.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Genius. The hat is a bootleg Knicks hat by New York Sunshine. Apologies to the overlord Adam Silver. This is not officially licensed merchandise.

[James Harris]

So trendy in so many ways. We got the real tree. We got the New York next, baby.

[Lauren Schlossman]

I have. I.

[James Harris]

It's New York A New Way for Lord Schlossman.

[Lauren Schlossman]

They. They dropped these last season during last year's playoff run. And there's also, like, a winter camo that I also have, but I.

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[James Harris]

When did you get those?

[Lauren Schlossman]

I got them last year. Oh, during the playoff.

[James Harris]

But you didn't you wear them until this year?

[Lauren Schlossman]

No, I'VE worn them before. I just.

[James Harris]

Okay, okay, okay. Oh, sorry.

[Lauren Schlossman]

As I stated, there was a lucky Knicks hat that is no longer lucky because they lost game three. So that has been relegated to Jenna. She could do whatever she wants with it. And I now, now I have the freedom to wear something a little bit more me than a 47 dad cap.

[James Harris]

A real tree snapback.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Yeah, yeah. What else do I. The underwear are supreme Hanes box briefs. I did my laundry. And the sunglasses are thistles. James.

[James Harris]

The shoes are vintage loafers that I picked up in Paris and ending soon. And the mystery Italian brand is Granello. You know this? You know the shito?

[Lauren Schlossman]

No.

[James Harris]

Okay. Mad comfortable.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Probably like one of a billion very solid, just Italian shoemakers that like you would never even thing to learn about.

[James Harris]

Someone was like, yo, why do they have the West Ham logo on them? Right? Is that what you see?

[Lauren Schlossman]

The West. The West Ham logo? No, I look at my.

[James Harris]

Why are you looking at my feet, bro? Oh, you know what? No, sorry. It was the Allen Edmonds Nick Wooster reserve collection.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Okay. Yeah, I was gonna say this is croc loafers.

[James Harris]

Everyone's like, yo, why did. Why do they have the West Ham logo?

[Lauren Schlossman]

Right? These look product coated, if anything. Yeah, I don't see West Ham this

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[James Harris]

I wonder what's up with granola though. Maybe this is like a hidden gem, bro.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Maybe. I mean, these are probably from what, the 2000s? Based on just the last. And yeah, there's Granla is probably one of like I said, a million brands that were making just like quality options that like probably are now basically free. If you go thrifting at home or abroad or hit ebay, apparently.

[James Harris]

Okay, apparently they still exist. Yeah.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Why? It's family business, you know, passed.

[James Harris]

Passed down from my.

[Lauren Schlossman]

No, no.

[James Harris]

According to the South China Morning Post.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Yeah, a reputable gran carves.

[James Harris]

Oh, gr. Niche with functional beauty. This article is dated 1212 May 1996. O. That's a newcomer to the Italian Leather scene. I love the Italian leather scene with a dis distinctive focus towards functional designs for men and women available at Joyce boutiques. And then the paywall kicks in. So since 96gro been putting laying down smackers for the dogs. The socks are Amazon. The pants are a kind of. I'm with the guys, the Geysers. German. Love a German. German linen pants. Yeah, I'm gonna wear these into the ground this summer. I'm gonna try and commit to wearing pants more so than I normally do because I run extra hot. Although I do think that the two weeks I spent in France I think has recalibrated my internal body temperature.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Yeah.

[James Harris]

Right now run. I'm now like acclimated to desert level climbs.

[Lauren Schlossman]

So you. Are you running hotter or like, are you like a reptile or are you running hotter? Are you like, just sick now? Perpetually with a fever? I think.

[James Harris]

Yeah, I think I have perma fever.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Yeah. Okay.

[James Harris]

I think my body's just like always hotter now. And so, and so, like, like I literally came back to New York. I was like, yo, 85 this. Oh, this feels like fudgeing. I can wear. I need a hoodie. Okay.

[Lauren Schlossman]

You were. You literally were forged in the flames. No pun intended. And now you're like, I can rock linen. Oh, so you like, literally, you changed anatomically, physiologically, whatever.

[James Harris]

No, it's just, you know, in the summer when you hit that point, you know, y' all shorts and a T shirt. Or in your case, shorts on cost polo. Again, I'm trying to just delay the inevitable as much as possible because I know at some point I'm just gonna cave and that's just going to be the default go to de facto shorts and a T shirt, sneakers. That's it.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Can. Can we predict a Jimmy potential hyper fixation on linen specifically?

[James Harris]

Probably not.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Oh, no. All wrinkle over here.

[James Harris]

I know. See me out. Let's see. I got these. I got these linen kind of guys is the brand acog linen cobalt pants and linen vintage CP company pants that I picked up in Milano from Betsy Vintage.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Look at you. Maybe you are hyper fixating. You didn't even know it. Three items is hyper fixation within how much time? What was the time?

[James Harris]

But also it's like they're all different. They're just the same. Yeah, I guess they're just weather appropriate material.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Yeah, I just. It seems I'm not buying a 12

[James Harris]

pack of La Cost Polos.

[Lauren Schlossman]

I just meant like, you know, they could. Maybe one could have been seersucker. One could have been a linen cotton blend, but ultimately you're just going straight linen on skin.

[James Harris]

I learned my lesson last summer when we were in Paris during that heat wave. And I was like, never again am I going to be ill prepared for like extreme temperatures, which are going to be more and more common now.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Basically tropical level.

[James Harris]

Worse somehow, I guess worse.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Wait, are these.

[James Harris]

You're in like a cement environment.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Yeah, that's true. Are these elastic waist? Yes, because that's what really. I got some linen trousers myself, which will debut probably later in the summer. But elastic waist all day for sure. That's like. Just makes it even fucking easier.

[James Harris]

No button. Yeah, elastic waist. Pick these up, a quavo last summer and like, literally wore them. I think they're the only pants I wore, like in my week or so in Greece because it was so hot. But like, you need to wear pants like the nice restaurant.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Right, Right.

[James Harris]

These were the only options.

[Lauren Schlossman]

It's like the gentleman's summer sweatpants. Linen trousers with elastic waist.

[James Harris]

And I love the way that the pants shoe interaction with these loafers, which I discovered in Paris. Okay, moving on.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Hello.

[James Harris]

The shirt is comoli. The only piece of comole I own.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Okay.

[James Harris]

I don't really like it, honestly, but it's the. The. The collar is too small.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Wait, it's a baby ass collar.

[James Harris]

The buttons. The button spacing is up.

[Lauren Schlossman]

How so?

[James Harris]

I don't know, but honestly, I might. Can you get a shirt rebuttoned?

[Lauren Schlossman]

You could remove all the buttons and have it re and reposition, like, sew

[James Harris]

up the holes ao and then like re. Hole.

[Lauren Schlossman]

Oh, the whole placket. Yeah, you'd have to. It would have to be patchwork on the holes.

[James Harris]

Yeah, it's.

[Lauren Schlossman]

That's a. That would be. That would be a funny experiment, but you might be then ruining effectively your camoli.

[James Harris]

I like the fabric. Picked it up at Rendezvous, I think also last summer. No, two time. Two times ago in Paris.

[Lauren Schlossman]

I feel like I've never seen the shirt. Not that, like, I pay attention that closely to everything you wear, but.

[James Harris]

Yes, you do.

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