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02/09/12
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Constance Jablonski Is Keeping Her Florist in Business

Constance Jablonskivia Fashion Gone Rogue

Practice: Nitsuh Abebe breaks down the scene and the status behind Jay-Z’s two-night-stand at Carnegie Hall. Legendary stuff, for both of them. [Vulture]

The Heavy Coat: Ten bloggers (including your humble correspondent) weigh in on their favorite outerwear pieces. It’s a good year for the duffle coat. [Esquire]

To the Letter: Now that it’s warmer, a new crop of handsome letter jackets from Dehen. [Selectism]

The First Star: Anne Helen Petersen chronicles the rise and precipitous fall of Fatty Arbuckle. Old Hollywood catastrophe at its finest. [The Hairpin]

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12/08/11
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Well Pressed

The December Issues

Another month has gone by, and with it, another thousand pages of glossy, gently perfumed menswear journalism has arrived on our doorstep.

Naturally, we’ve got a few opinions.

Here’s everything you need to know from this month’s magazine crop»
 

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08/03/11
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Liza Golden is Stretching Before Exercise

Liza Goldenvia Fashion Gone Rogue

Drive Slow: Michael Williams shines light on a four-in-one brand called Slowear. [A Continuous Lean]

The Slim Fit: Kenton Sorenson pares the wallet down to bare essentials. [Valet]

The Throne Is Watched: Pharrell’s Billionaire Boys Club line just partnered with Jay-Z’s Rocawear for the streetwear equivalent of the Traveling Willbury’s. [GQ]

The Land of Trend: Inside Editd, a new, webby take on the future of fashion forecasting. [The Business of Fashion]

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05/03/11
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Natalie Wood is the Original Dog Whisperer

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Meet the Mets: A recap of the Met Costume Gala, including Jay-Z’s impeccable white tux and proto-‘fro. [Esquire]

Protect Your Neck: The chaps at Brooks Brothers (who should know) walk you through the collars of the world. [Of Rogues and Gentlemen]

The Big Brogue: Another day, another handsome brogue. [Free/Man]

Small Pleasures: No matter your situation in life, it would probably be improved by owning a tote bag that says “Misc” on it. [Better Living Through Design]

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11/18/10
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Mona Johannesson is Trying to Remember Where She Parked

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Postcards from the Edge: VF digs up a treasure trove of lost Basquiat polaroids. Further reading here. [Vanity Fair]

Watch the Watchcap: The season’s best watchcaps, from $4 cotton to ribbed cashmere. [Valet]

The Man Behind the Ace: A few fall snapshots from Jou-Yie Chou of the Ace Hotel. Very cool stuff. [Secret Forts]

This is All Fact: Jay-Z talks about his book, backs up Kanye, is simultaneously cagey and enlightening. [Vulture]

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03/16/10
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Sandrine Castellano has a Way with Models

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Mind Readers: This week’s dispatch from the world of indie editorials. [Cool Hunting]

Haters No Like: Nine years after The Blueprint, Hamilton Nolan takes on Jay-Z. We’re guessing this one gets less than half a bar. [Gawker]

Bootleggers: Boardwalk Empire is looking more awesome by the day. Nice to see Michael Pitt’s keeping busy. [Vulture]

Portrait of a Shirt: One of our favorite custom shops breaks down all the measurements that go into a fitted shirt. Bookmark it if you’ve got any fittings in your future. [Alexander West]

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01/14/10
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Lindsay Ellingson is in an Exotic Locale

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Protect Your Necker: The Victoria’s Secret swimwear catalog brings a pack of models to scenic Necker Island. We would have liked a few more “girl with sloth” pics. [Jaunted]

El Presidente: Jay-Z saves rap, quotes Rakim, is awesome. [Interview]

Double Secret Probation: The invite-only Gilt Groupe adds a second layer of invite-only-ness. We’re pretty sure we saw a Monty Python skit about this. [Racked]

Very Bad Things: A critic’s poll of the worst movies of 2009. Megan Fox is well-represented. [Vulture]

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01/07/10
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Lily Cole is Washed Up

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Ergonomic Oil Drums: Lily Cole does her part for the mermaid look. [Fashion Gone Rogue]

Cold Days: The long john is the fire axe of a gentleman’s wardrobe: Break glass in case of emergency. [Valet]

Hov is Back: Jay-Z continues to kick ass, this time in the pages of Esquire. But we’re not sure where they’re getting the “tall” part from. [Esquire]

The Misfits: Kind of like Jay-Z, Bottle Rocket is still awesome after all these years. [A.V. Club]

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01/04/10
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Sound & Vision

2010’s Opening Number

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It’s a new year, and while Carson Daly is beginning to bear an eerie resemblance to Dick Clark, it’s not all the same. If you happened to be huddled around a television Thursday night—quaint, we know—you may have been interrupted by the terrifying new Jay-Z video, “On to the Next One.” It’s a new year, all right…

Making a play for Kanye’s “Mad Bomber of Rap” crown, Hov piles up quick cuts, soundstage lighting circa ’96, and a genuinely unnerving amount of corpse makeup for a black-and-white spectacle of post-Gaga pop music. Trent Reznor might have something to say about its self-proclaimed freshness, but it’s certainly a long way from “Heart of the City,” and even farther from “Auld Lang Syne.” 2010 is in for some pretty wild dance parties.

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07/14/09
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Housework

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Domestic Godess: Ms. Deschanel is uninspired by housework. [GQ]

A Thief in the Day: Armed jewel thieves busted up a Cartier shop in Cannes. Adding insult to injury, they were wearing Hawaiian shirts, a serious faux pas on the Riviera. [The Cut]

High Art: Gawker makes the case for the recently-departed Dash Snow as a great artist and a badass provocateur. [Gawker]

Hov Don’t Run; Hov Stand and Fight: The foreign policy community is finally catching on to Jay-Z’s foreign policy insights. The Blueprint for peace? [Foreign Policy]

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04/15/09
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Evan, Spencer and Woody

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A Girl and a Gun: Terry Richardson’s Evan Rachel Wood photoset is basically a movie waiting to happen. Men.Style]

TARP: The tarpaulin-happy Killspencer hits the interview circuit. [SwipeLife]

Whatever: Woody Allen is our favorite depressed uncle. [New York Observer]

Ace in the Hole: Jay-Z’s endorsement is still enough to make or break a champagne brand. Serves you right, Cristal.
[Luxist]

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12/30/08
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Claudia, Klonopin, and Hov’s Dream Deferred

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Indomitable: These Dom Perignon ads make us forgive Karl Lagerfeld for basically everything. [NotCot]

The Blueprint: Jay-Z’s hotelier ambitions are quashed by the economic downturn. We’re hoping this means the next album gets a Robert Rubin diss track. [Luxist]

Type Slowly: Is the fashion industry moving in slower cycles? Maybe it’s just the klonopin. [PSFK]

Out in the Streets: Counting down the 21 best-looking people in New York. [Racked]

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06/13/08
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Jay-Z Sued for Style, Mustache Victorious, and Chris Martin Finds New

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Pure Oscar Gold: There’s something about Fridays and
Charilze Theron that just works. [ href="http://egotastic.com/entertainment/celebrities/charlize-theron/charlize-theron-nude-and-grabbing-her-breasts-in-gq-uk-003687"target="_blank">Egotastic]

Bush Warrior: A Scottish pilot get’s top-brass
approval for his handlebar mustache. Good to see there’s some progress
in Afghanistan. [ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7451939.stm"target="_blank">BBC]

Kick Up Some Dirt: Seeking a leather alternative to
sneakers in these hot times? These boots are perfect for navigating
the sand storms of Manhattan. [ href="http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/feeling-for-desert-boots-in-summer/">The
Moment]

We Can’t Fix You: Aww, poor self-deifying mope rocker
Chris Martin didn’t like the questions Radio 4 asked him. Bono never
had to put up with this. [ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7452341.stm"target="_blank">BBC]

Sweet Leaf: Hicky Freeman reopens, stoner iconography
intact. [NYMag]

Fighting Over the Flow: Some sucka is suing the Jigga
claiming he thieved his style. This may be the worst idea ever. [ href="http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=72525"target="_blank">New
Kerala]

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04/07/08
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Geishas, Ties and Monograms

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Mr. & Mrs. Z: Jay-Z once rapped,”Y’all be frontin’,
me give my heart to a woman? Not for nothin’, never happen’, I’ll be
forever mackin.” He lied. [US
Magazine]

“Why does anyone in New York buy ties fully priced?”:
Good question, mate. [ href="http://permanentstyle.blogspot.com/2008/04/englishman-in-new-york.html">Permanent
Style]

Team Polo: While the Olympic Torch is struggling to
stay lit, Ralph is busy outfitting American athletes. [ href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSN0745084120080407">Reuters]

Party Politics: Pro war. Anti war. Conservative.
Liberal. The only thing that really matters is where the candidates
stand on beer issues. [ href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-tepper-marlin/its-new-beers-eve-how-do_b_95271.html">Huffington
Post]

Fresh Fruit: BR Monogram opens today in the Village.
[WWD]

Kempt Kept Men: Thanks to the changing
face of Japanese sexual politics you can finally be a geisha. [ href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/07/japan.geishas/index.html">CNN]

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04/03/08
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Dirty Dita, Cavemen and Comme des Garçons Goes to The Mall

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Bathing Beauty: Get out your water wings and take a
dive with Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin. [ href="http://www.mensvogue.com/health/feature/articles/2008/04/coughlin">Men's
Vogue]

Rock-A-Fellas: It’s shaping up to be a banner week
for ex-label mates and eternal hustlers href="http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/04/rachel-roy.html">Damon
Dash and href="http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/04/jay-z-150-million-deal-live-nation.php">Jay-Z.
[NME]

On The Trail: Will this campaign season ever end? [ href="http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/experts/hadleyfreeman/story/0,,2269506,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront">Guardian
UK]

Ol’ Blighty: Meanwhile the sceptred isle has its own
sartorial
issues.
[Daily
Mail UK]

Style Points: This seasonal scorecard of href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/fashion/03FIRED.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin">
surviving menswear designers is probably the best digest of
critiques we’ve seen all year… except our own,
of course. [NYTimes]

Shock Teese: Our href="http://www.getkempt.com/scene/kempt-man-of-the-hour-patrick-mcmullan.php">favorite
burlesque star, Frau Dita Von Teese, once – surprise, surprise -
filmed some kinky girl-on-girl porn, some of it hot, some of
(particularly the bit with the shoes) not so much. Not to worry, we
still file her under “ href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/magazine/30wwln-domains-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin">classy
broad.” [ href="http://fleshbot.com/375044/dita-von-teeses-not+so+shocking-but-totally-hot-porno-past">Fleshbot,
soooo NSFW]

Budget Kawakubo: H+M will borrow the outré edge of
Comme des Garçons for a limited line this November. [ href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=51803">Vogue
UK]

Spelunking: Share your mancave with the world. [ href="http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=5282">CNN
iReport]

Guy Liner: Pete Wentz creates a make-up line for men,
you know, because buying women’s make up is kinda gay. [ href="http://www.styledash.com/2008/04/03/pete-wentz-creates-make-up-line/">Styledash]

Deal Alert: Get your Hicky’s. [ href="http://racked.com/archives/2008/04/02/dealfeed_teaser_hickeys_first.php">Racked]

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02/15/08
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Scene

Kempt Man of the Hour: Tom Ford

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*Photographed by our fearless lensman, Patrick McMullan.*

While he may have dressed multiple MOTHs (four to date) as well as James Bond, every so often we’re reminded that Tom Ford is really his own best model. In the same sort of way that a restaurant with an absentee owner never seems quite right, Ford’s clothes come across so well precisely because they’ve been road tested and perfected by the man himself, who just happens to be one of the most stylish men on the planet.

The other night at the opening of a new wing at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art»

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01/11/08
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Sebastian Whorsley, Middle Relief and Ascot Justice

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**Structural Support**: In the near future, girdles will actually tone your body—so go ahead and have that third brioche. [Style Dash]

**Alphabet Soup**: GQ + CFDA. [FWD]

**H to the Izzo**: Your man Sean Carter picks up another fashion label. [Female First UK]

**Viva Kimmel**: A less luxurious outlook from Florence. [Men.Style]

**Back to The Well**: More deals at Opening Ceremony. [Racked]

**Legal Suit**: Judge rules that prosecutor’s ascot, “borders on contemptuous,” a precedent soon to be employed in the case of Neckkerchief vs. State of Ohio. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

**Product Placement**: Adrian Grenier pimps We Are the Superlative Conspiracy with the cryptic, “Remember… remember.” [TMZ]

**Retrospective**: 2007, the year tacky broke. [Electric Warrior]

**Small Cap Investment**: The Journal puts a “buy” order on the fedora. [WSJ]

**Boy Toy**: “How To Dress Like The Perfect Couple” by Christopher “Ashton” Kutcher. [Harper's Bazaar]

**”I Remember The First Time I Had Real Sex—I Still Have The Receipt”**: Oh, Sebastian, you scalawag you. [GQ Style Guy]

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