Category Archives: Men’s Style Guide

In a Man’s Closet | 2012 Cool Weather Edition (10 Things)

I must pref­ace, I apol­o­gize for the lengthy post.  It’s well worth it.  I wish I released it in Novem­ber / Decem­ber but who’s to say? 1) It’s all in the bag. a. Alen­jan­dro Ingelmo duf­fle.  Much loved. b. Hold-all bag.  Much loved.  Brand?  Couldn’t say. “Any trav­el­ing man needs a holdall …Read More »

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Good Feeling | Confident Man | Wool Neckties

Super Cuts this year released this hit com­mer­cial: Big Bet, Con­fi­dent Man.  I’m not advis­ing where to get groomed but do you know the feel­ing of that per­fect hair cut?  Sim­i­lar to the mind-wetting feel­ing you get when lis­ten­ing to this song.  Sim­i­lar to the con­fi­dent feel­ings that rip­ple your skin when …Read More »

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Gq and Put This On | Learning How to Dress Well

GQ recently inter­viewed Jesse Thorn, the host of the men’s style site, Put This On. We like the site because they teach the fun­da­men­tals of dress­ing well, lessons largely ignored when keep­ing up with trends. Its the fun­da­men­tals that help build a long last­ing wardrobe, reflect­ing your style, and they …Read More »

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Mb Visual Aid | Proper Length for a Suit Jacket

A pic­ture is worth a thou­sand words. And Mag­nif­i­cent Bas­tard goes above and beyond to prove this point with their insight­ful suit jacket visual aid. Under­stand­ing the right length of a suit jacket means you won’t have to worry about alter­ations or mak­ing the wrong impres­sion. How­ever, there is a charm­ing dis­claimer: Note: If …Read More »

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The Other Aviator Sunglasses | Pilot Aviators

I love the smell of napalm in the morn­ing. Mean­ing, I dig the sun­glasses worn by Colonel Kil­gore in Apoc­a­lypse Now. They’re mil­i­tary issued and look great on any­one, espe­cially some­one like myself, with the hard angled frames giv­ing an edge to an oval shaped face. They also look good on Travis …Read More »

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What Not to Buy | Avoid Buyer’s Remorse

We all have a few items in our wardrobe and won­der how it got there. We like to think we have good taste and sound judge­ment, but mis­takes do hap­pen. While Good­will read­ily accepts our dona­tions, our wal­lets aren’t so for­giv­ing, our bank state­ments a friendly reminder. To avoid the …Read More »

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What Time Is It? Time to get a Watch

The cur­rent gen­er­a­tion between 25 — 35 have revived a lag­ging indus­try. Through blogs, forums and style sites, they’ve spear­headed a grow­ing trend on get­ting a watch that makes a state­ment on per­sonal style. Our smart­phones, iPhones, they do just about every­thing. They tell us the weather. Tell us where to …Read More »

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Primer on the Polo

Polos are a long run­ning sta­ple in most men’s wardrobes. Their ideal for sum­mer, day or night, office or brawl bar. They come in a vari­ety of col­ors, match­ing the sun’s bright­est and hottest. Their under­stated look, with col­lars and ribbed short sleeves, appeal aes­thet­i­cally over any­thing else, espe­cially a …Read More »

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Nba Post Game Style | Durant, Nowitzki, Rose

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

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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