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The Cheap and Easy | Why Some Dress Shirts Cost More Than Others

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Ever walk in a store look­ing for a dress shirt and notice price dis­crep­an­cies? Such as a $30 shirt hang­ing next to a $100 shirt? Or even a wider gap? Is it just the brand name that makes the dif­fer­ence or are there other fac­tors at play? Brand name is a …Read More »

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Nba Post Game Style | Durant, Nowitzki, Rose

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After two games, Miami and Chicago are tied. Last night, D Rose made an appear­ance sport­ing a light weight, V neck sweater, embla­zoned with a rugby patch. Hard to tell, but it looks like he’s wear­ing a polo beneath it. An inter­est­ing com­bi­na­tion show­ing laid back prep, a com­mon theme …Read More »

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The Sartorialist Reveals Italian Style Secrets

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Those Ital­ians sure know how to dress. They make it look easy with their pol­ished dress shoes, scarves, sun­glasses and babe draped over their arm, blow­ing smoke at us scrubby Amer­i­cans. Well, The Sar­to­ri­al­ist, aka Scott Schu­man, sheds some insight to their secret. They make it look easy because they’ve …Read More »

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nba Style Review | Playoff Edition | D Rose Kicks It Off

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With our home­town Bulls in the East­ern Con­fer­ence Finals verse the Heat, we’d be remiss not to take notice. There’s plenty cov­er­ing Der­rick Rose’s on court, breath­tak­ing skill set, but not enough men­tion regard­ing his still devel­op­ing sense of style. He might be 22, but we know he’s a fast learner. …Read More »

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Don’t Get Caught | Bicycle Trouser Strap

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Bik­ing sea­son is upon us. Cruis­ing around the city or the lake front can bring a peace of mind like noth­ing else. Unless your pants catch in your bike chain. Yeah, not good. Brooks Eng­land, though, has a classy solu­tion. They’re offer­ing a styl­ish, leather trouser strap at about $22. The …Read More »

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