Category Archives: Style Icons

George Clooney | The Meaning of Life

    Esquire has had the priv­i­lege to inter­view Clooney on mul­ti­ple occa­sions.  Clooney’s wise words always amaze me.  His gen­uine charisma imbues the world over. Check out the inter­view: Clooney | The Mean­ing of Life To delve deeper into Clooney’s mind, read George Clooney’s Thoughts for Today, cour­tesy of Esquire Mag­a­zine. With …Read More »

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2012 Color Trends | Retro Color Inspiration | Men’s Fashion

Pan­tone (global color author­ity) named hon­ey­suckle pink color-of-the-year (COTY) for 2011.  The hue sup­pos­edly encour­aged us to face every­day trou­bles with “verve and vigor”. For 2012 Pan­tone named Tan­ger­ine Tango as COTY.  If you’re curi­ous to know how this came about, read here. If you’re look­ing to out­fit your home with …Read More »

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Al Davis’ Sunglasses

On Mag­nif­i­cent Bas­tard it reads: “Q: What brand/model/style of glasses did Oak­land Raiders owner Al Davis wear? —Ray A: Al Davis likely took the sure answer to this ques­tion to his grave. A Google search says they are vin­tage Alain Mikli shades, but our best guess is these are vin­tage or cus­tom …Read More »

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Tom Ford Comes Clean

Tom Ford talks about escap­ing the city, shun­ning fame and find­ing true hap­pi­ness. A very open and insight­ful inter­view for the fash­ion designer icon and first time film direc­tor. Return to our home­page to learn more about cus­tom dress shirts.

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Style and Film | Drive

I’ve seen Ryan Gosling’s new film, Drive, and that ele­va­tor scene still rings true. There are plenty of moments that jolted me from my seat, along with test­ing my patience for a scene to unfold. Regard­less, it pays homage to past film noir mas­ter­pieces along with a few from the …Read More »

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David Lynch | Style Icon

David Lynch is one of my favorite film direc­tors. Although Dune was a mis­take on a com­mer­cial level, it won’t dimin­ish his accom­plish­ments for Blue Vel­vet, Mull­hol­land Drive and the break­through tele­vi­sion series, Twin Peaks, among oth­ers. He also has a fine tal­ent in cast­ing female leads. But who knew …Read More »

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Fashion and Film | The Eternal Bond

Fash­ion and film go hand in hand. Hard to say who inspires who, but there’s no argu­ment from me, that they make a ter­rific com­bi­na­tion. And here’s why.

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Icon of Style | James Dean

A good rule of thumb when look­ing for inspi­ra­tion for your wardrobe, is not the cur­rent fad in the near­est Details mag­a­zine, but look­ing back on some­one that did it bet­ter. A time when dress­ing well was expected but also had rules that were meant to be bro­ken, let­ting an …Read More »

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Best Dressed Athletes — And Coach

The base­ball play­offs have started, foot­ball is enter­ing its 6th week, hockey had its opener and bas­ket­ball is about to begin. So if you need a sports fix, there’s plenty of good options right now. This past Sun­day I was watch­ing the Patri­ots and Bron­cos stage an epic bat­tle relax­ing …Read More »

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