Category Archives: Men’s Style Guide

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

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

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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Spring Clothes Primer

Before we leap into Sum­mer, we have to get through Spring, along with its vary­ing temps of warm after­noons and frosty morn­ings. We offered a primer last year on Spring style, but also found a bril­liant list cre­ated by Mr Porter. It goes over sev­eral key items vary­ing from a …Read More »

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A Laid Back Classic | Men’s Rugby Shirt

The rugby. It stems from a clas­sic, preppy style orig­i­nat­ing from the fields of play. Made with re-enforced elbow patches, dou­ble stitched seams, rub­ber but­tons and highly durable cot­ton, they’re made to with­stand the rig­ors of being a man.

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Layer Up, Layer Down | The Men’s Wool Blazer

It’s easy to layer with a wool blazer, the ver­sa­til­ity lim­ited only by one’s imag­i­na­tion. You can wear it over a thin sweater, a crew neck, a vest or a hoodie. When the temps drop, you can wear a slim, down vest over it. And when it gets colder still, …Read More »

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Stay Warm, Look Good | The Men’s Winter Parka

A man has sev­eral jack­ets at his dis­posal, but dur­ing the dead of win­ter he should only look to his parka. It’s the ulti­mate cold weather defender of the ele­ments. Ask the boys down in Antar­tica research­ing the ozone layer. It’s always great to layer but when the wind chill …Read More »

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Tying It Together | Men’s Ties Demystified

Whether walk­ing into the board­room or a favored tav­ern (Long­man & Eagle), a tie will give you an under­stated access any­where. It dresses you up with­out try­ing. Pulling together your wardrobe, a tie should com­pli­ment your over­all look, not dom­i­nate it like a nov­elty piece. Here’s how.

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Sh*t Kickers | Rugged Boots For Fall

We men­tioned before how to dress for fall, how­ever, don’t over­look what should go on your feet. Since we need to tuck away our sneak­ers til spring, it’s time to bring out the boots.

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