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It’s Finally Friday’s Fashionable Yet Quirky Q&A

This week’s everyday dapper don is a southern gent with southern fashion sensibilities, but has an entrepreneurial spirit and a flair for color, edge and fashion to match!  He has all of the “finishings’ of GQ with some hot suace sprinkled on top.  Let’s see what this southern playa’ has to share…. Occupation: Business Owner, Mogul,  Business Consultant Age: 32 City/State of Birth: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Current City/State of Residence: Atlanta, Ga Status: Hiatus Shoes or Sneakers? Shoes Lace-ups or Slip-ons?

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2010/11/05

It’s Finally Friday’s Fashionable Yet Quirky Q&A

Let’s read about today’s everday dapper don who happens to be a world traveler and personifies laidback, urban styling!! Occupation: DM Retail Sales Age: 35 City/State of Birth: District of Columbia Current City/State of Residence: NY, NY Status: Married Shoes or Sneakers? Soft Bottom Shoes  Lace-ups or Slip-ons? Slip-ons  Blazer or Sportcoat? Sport Coat Cashmere or Wool? Cashmere  Baseball cap or Fedora? Baseball Cap  Spring or Autumn? Autumn John Varvatos or Ermenegildo Zegna? John Varvatos Halle Berry or Selma Hayek?

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2010/10/29

Monday Morning Power List

A week’s worth of fashion, faux pas, follies, fabulosity, finds, forgettables, regrettables, and the like…… Little is BIG: There’s a saying that goes “…devil is in the details.”  We can apply it to tons of situations, but the big takeaway is that it’s the little things that count.  Our style application — the nicest accessories and most expensive clothing can suddenly fall flat when you notice unkempt nails, noisome body odor, or improperly applied makeup or the likes.  It’s the little

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2010/10/25

It’s Finally Friday’s Fashionable yet Quirky Q&A

Here’s our look at the next dapper don who hails all the way from Germany….a fairly straight-forward gent with old school swagger! Occupation:  Wine Auctioneer/Wine Consultant Age:  43 City/State of Birth:  Germany Current City/State of Residence:  Chicago Status:  Single Shoes or Sneakers?  It depends Lace-ups or Slip-ons?  Lace-ups “Always” Blazer or Sportcoat?  Blazer Cashmere or Wool?  Wool Baseball cap or Fedora?  It depends Spring or Autumn?  Autumn John Varvatos or Ermenegildo Zegna?  Zegna  Halle Berry or Selma Hayek?  Preferably, Sanaa

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2010/10/15

Spring Cleaning Tips: #2 (shirts & sweaters)

Men & shirts: a few have little itsy bitsy teeny holes in them…likely from keeping the plastic on them so, let them go.  Any shirt that has a frayed or slightly discolored collar, just say ‘goodbye’; and consider any shirt where you can no longer button the top button as too small!! Women & sweaters: ‘fabric shavers are great wardrobe extenders (used for removing the occasional peeling) but if you have to do the entire sweater and it takes more

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2010/04/09

Spring Cleaning Tips: #1 (shoes & tees)

Men & shoes: remove empty shoe boxes, discard any casual shoes older than four years and with more than a 1-inch sole, and throw away any shoe you’ve been ‘planning’ to get re-soled across the last year and haven’t…you haven’t worn it and obviously didn’t miss it! Women & tees: ‘search and destroy’ any tees with stains (or turn them into cleaning rags), throw away all tees with underarm stains (you know you have them….tsk tsk tsk), and chuck any

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2010/04/06

Winter Style Tip

Forget trying to hold it together in the middle of the winter blues — for instant chicness, simply belt your coat!  A few belt options include: J Crew leather equestrian belt, $29.50 (equestrian brown, approx 1-inch, brass metal ware)..,my favorite! ASOS metal keeper skinny belt, $8.62 (tan, approx 3/4-inch, brass metal ware) J Crew oval buckle belt, $29.50 (multiple colors, approx 1/2-inch, nickle metal ware) Aldo offard skinny belt, $20 (black, approx 1/2-inch, silver metal ware)

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2010/02/19

Let Your Winter Suits Hibernate

Your suits should not make you sweat Your suit should keep you warm Heavier suits should be worn between November and the end of March …..in the meantime, dryclean them, remove the plastic when you get them back, and store with cedar!

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2010/02/11

White Shirt Style Tip

Tell your dry cleaner you want your white shirts cleaned without starch and pressed by hand. It’s pricier but worth it—they’ll last longer. After all, if you’re investing in the shirt, it’s a good ideal to make sure your cost-per-wear stays low…

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2010/01/11

Men’s Top 10 Style Tips

Make no mistake about it – men have it easier when it comes to fashion and style than women do!  Men can purchase two or three pair of shoes and all is well!  Men can travel with one suit and four shirts for a week and no one says anything!  Men can wear a navy blue suit with black shoes and accessories and all is fine-and-dandy!

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2009/08/05
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