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04/11/13
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Staying Cool at Coachella

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Nothing brings out a gentleman’s most pragmatic sense of personal style more than facing the hot, hot heat.

And with Coachella kicking off its two-weekend run of concerts in the sweltering California desert tomorrow, there’s no better place to witness this firsthand—especially onstage, where true wills of sartorial resolve are tested.

Which is why there are some valuable lessons to be learned from those who manage to maintain a rakish poise even when performing high-kicks in the unforgiving desert sun. (Hint: sometimes you’ve got to embrace the sweatiness.) So we present to you…

The rock star’s guide to stylishly dealing with extreme heat.»
 

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04/03/13
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A Pop-Culture History of Men and Bags

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Utter the term “murse” anywhere and it’s instantly recognizable: the portmanteau of “man” and “purse” describing a compact bag or satchel meant for hauling things around town. It’s become patient zero of emasculating menswear—now we have “meggings” and “mewelry” to name a few of the more egregious.

But how did we, as a society, get here?

It’s a good question. One worth exploring. And as menswear anthropologists, in our quest to understand the inextricable link between manhood and baggage choice, we present to you:

A complete history of men and their bags in popular culture.»
 

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02/06/13
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Your Fashion Week Primer, from A to Z

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Today marks the first day of New York Fashion Week, and the international fashion cognoscenti are descending upon Lincoln Center as we speak.

And as any well-read menswear enthusiast will tell you, it pays to know what exactly all the fuss is about (especially if you find yourself suddenly sharing a barstool with your new Estonian friend or in a heated debate with your tailor). So with that in mind, we’ve prepared an A-to-Z primer of talking points and trivia that should get your through the spectacle that is NYFW.

Herewith, the ABCs of New York Fashion Week.»
 

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12/11/12
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Miranda Kerr Is the Wizard of Bras

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Kilt It: The Style Guy finally delivers the verdict on the leather skirt that Kanye’s been wearing. (Spoiler alert: it’s a no-go.) [GQ]

A Twitter Feed About Nothing: If the Seinfeld crew were still around, would Elaine write nasty Yelp reviews? Could Jerry make #soupnazi trend? One Twitter seeks the answers. [WSJ]

Socialites and Lions: A photographer shoots the daughters of Mexico’s super-rich. It’s like an MTV reality show produced by Siegfried and Roy. [Slate]

No-Fly Zone: The Internet announces the arrival of “meggings” in Manhattan. We’re not sure what’s worse: the trend or the gratuitous portmanteau. [Business Insider]

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06/28/12
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Tallulah Morton Looks Better Than You in a Tank Top

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Tanking Hard: Esquire takes issue with The NY Times’ endorsement of men wearing tank tops. (For our take, see: Russell, Kurt.) [Esquire]

Olympic Mettle: Meanwhile, on the other side of Print Media Town, GQ rounds up a dozen tank tops “fit for an Olympian.” (Everyone else should still proceed at their own peril). [GQ]

Whispers in Paris: The latest from the Kanye rumor mill: he might be presenting a menswear line in Paris next week. Naturally, the Internet is going gorillas. [Hypebeast]

Umbrella, Ella, Ella: Your daily dose of umbrella porn (if there is such a thing), by way of Naples. [Die, Workwear!]

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06/08/12
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The Gospel According to Kanye

Kanye West turns 35 today, which, if our math is correct, makes him two years smarter and cooler than Jesus Christ. (Case in point: JC’s sandals never sold for $90,000 on eBay.) Yeezy’s ability to break down the complexity of life into revelatory rhymes and 140-character musings is undeniably Christ-like. Or at least Bueller-like: “If you have the opportunity to play this game of life, you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don’t appreciate the moment until it’s passed.”

Sure, Ferris said it better. And quicker. And, well, first. But he didn’t say, “Never do coke with an intern … they may not be 21.” Which, we suppose, is as close to a point as we’re going to come to on a Friday afternoon. To that end, we leave you this week with:

The Gospel According to Kanye…»
 

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05/30/12
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Kanye’s New Kicks

We usually stay off the sneaker beat entirely, but that doesn’t mean we can’t admire from afar every so often. So when the official release photos for the Nike Air Yeezy II landed in our inbox moments ago, we felt compelled to share. It’s everything you’d expect from the flamboyant Mr. West: hieroglyphs, neon, “anaconda leather” and a reptilian-inspired heel. And somehow it all works together to look pretty darn cool (you a fool for this one, Kanye). To get your hands on a pair, you’ll probably have to camp in line on June 9, and we are not suggesting you do that at all. It’s just not every day that something as pedestrian as a pair of cross-trainers edges into the avant-garde.

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04/24/12
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Mikaela Olsson Has Lost a Button

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Kanye Do It?: Mr. West is already having a busy week, with all the Kardashian-wooing, and now he’s announced plans to field a 30-minute Cannes submission—that he’s yet to roll camera on. [NY Daily News]

Game Recognize Game: According to William Zinsser, the best way to get cast in a Woody Allen movie is to wear ugly sneakers and walk down Madison Avenue. (Speaking from experience.) [The American Scholar]

Lambo Chops: Driven takes us to Beijing, where Lamborghini is unveiling its first-ever SUV. No word on whether the doors will still open upwards. [Driven]

Brothers Bluth: Here’s the trailer for Mansome, documenting Will Arnett and Jason Bateman as they delve into the eternal question of what makes a man handsome. To which we’d like to ask: is this why we’re still waiting on that Arrested Development movie? [Selectism]

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01/27/12
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Declaring Cargo Bankruptcy

It’s time to face the ugly truth. Men are carrying too much stuff.

It came to a head with the glut of oversized bag pictorials in the most recent round of magazines, but this has been a drag on gentlemanly style for years—and no number of murse jokes is going to make it go away. We need a bold step, a moratorium, a line in the sand…

So we’re declaring cargo bankruptcy. For seven days, we won’t carry anything that doesn’t fit in our pockets.

It’s going to be hard, but it has to be done»

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10/03/11
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The Reentry: October 3rd

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Once again, we’ve collected all the vital info you might have missed over the weekend—including Kanye’s clothing line, Hemingway’s letters and the illustrious return of Arrested Development.

Here’s what you need to know this week…»
 

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09/14/11
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Elizabeth Olsen Would Like You to Make More Coffee

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Notice How He Blends With the Urban Setting: Ladies and gentlemen, the best possible way to wear a blue camo jacket. Don’t try this at home. [tucked]

The Graft is Hard: The new batch of goods from Hard Graft is looking mighty handsome. [Acquire]

Billions of Stars: The best astronomy pictures of the year are also quite beautiful, as you might expect. [Gizmodo]

Savor this Moment: In a scant few weeks, we will be living in a world in which Kanye has a womenswear line. It is natural to be afraid. [The Cut]

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05/24/11
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The Return of the Safety Pin

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After decades as a punk mainstay, the safety pin looks to be making a comeback.

It started with Kanye’s Tory Burch tux, held closed by a single pin, but now San Francisco’s Unionmade Goods is signing on with a series of leather-tagged pins from RTF. The idea is to use them the same way Kanye did: to close a jacket or a scarf when a button would be too predictable. Instead of nihilist abandon, the effect is something like casual deconstruction—as if your jacket just happened to leave the factory without a front buttonhole, so you grabbed whatever was at hand.

It’s also ripe for DIYing if you decide to sign on. Just be warned, before you go poking holes in your favorite suits: this is one of those trends you hear about…which means the shelf life is probably pretty short.

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12/15/10
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Violante Placido Has No Use for Chairs

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Happy Holidays: Kanye made this Christmas song for you because he wants your respect. What has Taylor Swift done for you lately? [Vulture]

Welcome to the Internet: Mark McNairy enters the world of e-commerce with a flood of suede longwings. [Free/Man]

The Funniest People on Twitter: A round-table talk with four guiding lights of 140-character comedy. [Splitsider]

Strapping: The first iPod Nano watchstraps we can even think about endorsing. [Design Boom]

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11/22/10
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Olivia Wilde is Not Sure Why You’re Still Messing Around With That Camera

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The Takeover: Olivia Wilde continues her domination of glossy print. We have no complaints. [Details]

Victory Lap: Kanye nabs a perfect 10 from Pitchfork, and finally becomes the person he kept telling us he was. [Pitchfork]

Out in the Woods: We take it back, this is the jacket from Jeremiah Johnson. [Selectism]

Tweed Life: A dispatch from last night’s Brooklyn Tweed Run. [Daily Intel]

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11/15/10
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Gant Rugger’s Inspiration Does Not Involve Clothing

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The Confusion Continues: More on the ever-deepening enigma of Kanye West. This time, robots are involved. [The Awl]

The Wages of Acting: Apparently interviewing Christian Bale for a glossy profile is not the plum assignment it would seem. [Esquire]

This is What it Sounds Like: Let’s stop everything and just think really hard about why Prince is so awesome. [The Paris Review]

New Tricks: A simple guide to the mind-bogglingly complicated Facebook chat-mail business that rolled out this morning. [Fast Company]

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11/12/10
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Rosie is Sitting in a Bucket

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The Leopard Print Doesn’t Look Half Bad Either: Nitsuh Abebe weighs in on Kanye’s latest opus. He is silent on the mullet issue. [Vulture]

Not Messing Around: This denim jacket will kick your ass. Be warned. [Selectism]

You (Jimmy Fallon), You Got What I Need (Obscure Musical Revivals): Jeff Goldblum and Biz Markie turn in a surprisingly credible version of “Just a Friend.” [TV.Gawker]

A Whole New Cookie: This oreo-dipping device will change your life forever. [Gizmodo]

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11/12/10
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The Case Against Kanye West

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Kanye’s having a good month. Between an awesome video, a career-peak album and a surprisingly lively beef with a former president, he’s crushing just about everything in his path. In the midst of the hitting streak, the chaps at Esquire are rolling out a full-throated endorsement of all things ‘Ye. To hear them tell it, he’s the fashion icon of our times, restlessly sifting through the styles of the day and making it all his own, one look at a time.

It’s a good case…but we’re not buying it. And not just because of his mullet period.

The case against Kanye West»

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11/03/10
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Eniko Mihalik is in Motion

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What is Beef?: Ladies and gentlemen, Kanye and George W. Bush are officially beefing. This is going to be great for both of their sales numbers. [Vulture]

Gotta Be the Jeans: Levi’s rolls out a new line of water-friendly jeans. Environment aside, we support anything that makes for darker washes. [Fast Company]

Automagic: A website to help you find the perfect-fitting shirt…but really, you should be checking with your tailor. [Lifehacker]

You Look Like You Could Use a Drink: A gentleman’s guide to the after-work drink. [Esquire]

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10/12/10
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Julia Ege is Couch-Shopping in the 70s

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So Drunk in the August Sun: David Coggins sits down with Steve Malkmus to discuss the Portland Blazers. [Huffington Post]

Scalp Pain is God’s Way of Telling You Not to Wear Corn Rows: A roundup of the most atrocious male coifs in contemporary television and film. [Vulture]

”Jay-Z is a Blueprint”: A semiotic analysis of Kanye West, taking him far more seriously than he should ever be taken. [Cultureby]

London Calling: Banksy pops up in London again with a clever riff on the iconic Clash cover. [Hypebeast]

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08/13/10
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Marion Sealy is Sun-Dappled

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The Brothers Parton: The newly resurrected “10 Essentials” series takes us behind the scenes with the brothers behind Apolis Activism. [GQ Eye]

The Reemergence of ‘Ye: Apparently Kanye played a secret show at the Box last night, in which he complained that not enough women sext him when he’s on the road. Take a minute with that one. [The Awl]

Life Lessons: Feast your eyes on the 30 worst baseball cards of all time. Style lessons include not wearing a sombrero, a Budweiser-themed umbrella-hat, or a novelty wig. [Acid Cow]

A Gentleman’s Guide to Akira Kurosawa: In case you’ve got a spare 30 hours this weekend, here’s a rundown of all the Kurosawa movies you never got around to watching. [AV Club]

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03/02/10
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Liu Wen is Honored Just to be Nominated

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Greatest of All Month: Liu Wen is Fashion Gone Rogue’s model of the month. [Fashion Gone Rogue]

Don’t Call it a Comeback: Kanye returns to his first love, the barely coherent, ridiculously emotional all-caps blog rant. It’s good to have you back, buddy. [Kanye West]

Vinyl Forever: An electron microscope picture of an LP groove instantly converts us to analog. [Gizmodo]

People are Strange, When You’re a Stranger: Details guides you through America’s quirkiest sex conventions. [DETAILS]

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10/13/09
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January Jones Favors Wayfarers

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Private Eyes: This cannot get on newsstands fast enough. [GQ]

Down Low, Too Slow: NPR surveys a few flu-safe alternatives to the high five. Maybe now, fingerguns will finally have their day. [NPR]

Now, What Will 50 Rap About?: Kanye’s Pastelle line has merged with the infinite. Despite years of “first looks” will never, ever see store shelves. [High Snobiety]

I Turn My Camera On: Wired’s photoblog goes inside the Leica factory for a series of camera production pics. The entire post may turn out to be an elaborate visual pun. [Raw File]

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09/14/09
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Ana Claudia Returns to Nature

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Very Accurate: From the latest editorial in VMAN, shot by Sebastian Faena and fittingly titled “Ana Claudia Naked.” [VMan]

Political Theater: Is Kanye a freelance mic-grabber, or mic-grabbing at the behest of MTV management. We’ll let him finish. [Defamer]

To the Moon, Alice: A gentleman’s guide to photographing the curvature of the earth. [Gizmodo]

Light Up: Watch Yohji Yamamoto smoke a cigarette. Yes, that’s all. [The Cut]

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09/08/09
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Remember Paris

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Anyone wondering what Takashi Murakami would be up to next should start booking a flight. In Paris on the 15th, he’ll be exhibiting his first show of new work since a slew of retrospectives last year. There won’t be any Louis Vuitton, but Kanye should be well represented: out of 17 works, three will be statues of Kanye’s notorious bear figure. Well played, Mr. West.

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06/30/09
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It’s a Lovely Vase Too

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Interior Décor: Refinery29 continues to dig up the very best in Korean glossies. [Refinery29]

Tweet Surrender: The fastest twitter app on the books…if you’re into that sort of thing. [Gizmodo]

House of Mirrors: Kanye’s stage design for his latest tour looks incredible, dystopian, terrifying. Now if he’d just lay off the vocoder. [Kanye West’s Blog]

Wolff at the Door: Michael Wolff muses through the Madoff verdict. [Vanity Fair]

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Style: some people have it, and some neighborhoods really have it. To show you what we mean, we’ve partnered with Cadillac to present Style Shifters—a five-part, in-depth look at what the hippest gents in some of the country’s coolest neighborhoods are wearing now. Our intrepid photographers have roamed the streets in search of the most stylish guys around. Herewith, a few photos of what they found...

New York

Brooklyn

Williamsburg

Williamsburg, Brooklyn is home to some of the country’s best bars, coolest restaurants and, of course, some of the best menswear shops in the world. Naturally, you’ll find more than a few stylish individuals perched outside those locations (and no, not all of them are Billyburg hipsters). See what we mean below...

On The Streets: Brooklyn

  • Carl Mateo, 32 Brand Ambassador for Silly Hats Company Lives: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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  • Michael Benin, 28 Frontend Developer of UrbanDaddy Lives: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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California

San Francisco

Mission District
May 1

Oh, and up next: we take a peak at another handsome-as-hell neighborhood, the Mission District in San Francisco. Stay tuned...

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