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Wide Lapels for Spring??

Friday, April 13th, 2012

Remember the skinny? Skinny Tie, Skinny Jeans, Skinny Lapels???? It may be a thing of the past. The first change is in the lapels……we’ll know it’s sticking when even Joel McHale is sporting wide lapels. We’ll hold our breath at least for a little while.

What do you think of wider lapels?? Would you wear them?

Director Paul Feig, Suits, & Bridesmaids

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011


From Esquire:

ESQ: We’ve read that you wear a suit every day. Why’s that?
PF: Philosophically, it’s out of respect for the cast and crew. But ever since I was a little kid, I’ve felt comfortable in a suit. It all started when my mom bought me a three-piece Pierre Cardin suit. I wore that thing everywhere. Eventually I realized I was going to be the kid who got beat up in school, but I kept wearing it. With a suit, even if you’re having a nervous breakdown, you still look like you’re in charge.

On Tuxedos…

Monday, May 9th, 2011

“The tuxedo is like the toupee of menswear…” —Jerry Seinfeld


Suit Sweet Spot Now $500-700

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Check out this in-depth WSJ article about why suits are dropping prices and bulking up on custom-like details.

History of the Last Button

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Did you know:

“…the reason why we don’t button the last button on our jackets is because King Edward VII’s tailors couldn’t keep up his increasing girth, so one day he unbuttoned the last button on his jacket to give himself some relief. The gentry soon followed, and the rest is history.” –Put This On


Stuff We Loved from New York Fashion Week

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

OK, OK…we know…what does this have to do with you, savvy, average man reader of ours?? Well, that’s all up to you. Luckily men’s wear on the runway is often much more street-ready than women’s lines…so perhaps take note of some trends or at the very least, enjoy the good photography. What’s your favorite??

Zfrom JP Yim/WireImages


Band of Outsiders

From Getty Images


Rag & Bone

From Peter Michael Dills/Getty Images


Perry Ellis

From Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images


Steven Alan

FZrom Jemal Countess/Getty Images


Nicholas K

Glow Bowl: Suit Up!

Monday, January 10th, 2011

Tom Ford for H&M, World Explodes in Awesome

Friday, December 10th, 2010

One our favorite, but often out-of-reach-priced designers of suits and other spectacular man items, Tom Ford has been rumored to be in collaboration with one of our favorite often-in-reach-priced stores H&M! Swedish retailer H&M has been doing big US things lately (how else do you do it in America, we suppose) including but not limited to opening strategic stores from border to border and garnering MAJOR collaborations with top-notch, universally adored designers like Jimmy Choo, Cavalli, and Lanvin. Here’s to hoping Ford gives love not just to the lady shoppers of H&M but also to the growing number of sartorially inclined, but wallet-thinned young men in need of a few adult get-ups.

For now, Tom Ford at full price [soap starting at $18................]:

All in a (Farmer’s) Days Work…1902

Friday, November 19th, 2010

A 3-piece suit in the fields.

On Suiting Up…Everywhere

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

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