Category Archives: Style Trends For Men

Join the Club | The Men’s Club Collar

In the 1850’s, England’s Eton Col­lege updated their school uni­form dress code. Lit­tle did they know, their rounded dress shirt col­lar points would soon become a hit. The style was asso­ci­ated with the exclu­sive col­lege and a new trend began, giv­ing way to the “club” col­lar. This style peaked dur­ing …Read More »

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Dress Codes Slack but not with the Current Generation

No longer do most high end restau­rants require a jacket and tie to din­ner. The Wall Street Jour­nal pro­vides an inter­est­ing rea­son why: the poor econ­omy has restau­rants clam­or­ing for cus­tomers, even if they pre­fer con­verse to wingtips. On the flip side, with aging baby boomer’s leav­ing their jack­ets at home, young …Read More »

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Best of Both Worlds | Dress Shoe Boots

Our boots take us from Fall to the early days of Spring. This can­not be under­es­ti­mated as we slog through the snow, rain, sleet, slush and other debris that our boots help us plow. But a new boot has emerged that can take us from the back alley to the board­room. …Read More »

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Trending | Pant Tucking, In or Out?

I put my boots on and let my pants fall where they may. And out there door I go, bliz­zard be damned. Well, if you look around you’ll notice some dudes tuck­ing their pants into their boots. Looks cool. Looks silly. What do you think? The Wall Street Jour­nal talks to the …Read More »

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Leather NATO Watch Straps

We’ve men­tioned before how nylon watch straps are a great choice for adding color dur­ing the warmer months of Sum­mer. They’re also func­tional, absorb­ing sweat and dry­ing quickly, not leav­ing stains. We found a new option dur­ing the cooler months, NATO leather watch straps. They can add a refined ele­gance while retain­ing the …Read More »

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Trending | The Shorter Dress Shirt Collar

Recently there’s been a trend on the streets for a shorter, slim­mer dress shirt col­lar. The folks at the esteemed Wall Street Jour­nal dig into this phe­nom­ena, unearthing sev­eral rea­sons behind the trend, the most notable that ties are no longer a neces­sity in the work place. Per­son­ally, I think the col­lar depends …Read More »

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Boardwalk Empire | Guns, Gangs and Style

HBO’s Board­walk Empire picked a hell of a good time to show the birth of the Amer­i­can gang­ster. We’re given a his­tory les­son on the rise of the leg­endary lead­ers of the under­world: Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Arnold Roth­stein and the once unknown, Nucky John­son. With the U.S. fresh off …Read More »

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Layer Up | Men’s Style Tips for Fall

Fall is on our door step. It does serve as a pre­lude to win­ter, but for now, it’s also the best time of the year to dress up. Or down. Fall is about lay­er­ing with warm, dark col­ors and putting off the parka for as long as pos­si­ble. Cardi­gans, blaz­ers, scarves, …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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Breaking Bad | Breaking Down Walter White’s Wardrobe

Break­ing Bad’s Sea­son 3 con­cluded recently and we’re not happy. That last episode wasn’t just a cliffhanger, but had us grap­pling on the edge with one fin­ger. Just when you think the show has gone off the deep end, it dives deeper. And now we have to wait until next …Read More »

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