Men clothing blog

The fine folks at Kempt pointed Izzy to a story in WWD about a teddy bear being modelled after Karl Lagerfeld:
FUZZY WUZZY: It’s a bear market out there — at least where Karl Lagerfeld is concerned. The famous German teddy bear maker Steiff plans to immortalize the indefatigable couturier in stuffed-animal form. The fuzzy Karl […]

For Fall/Winter 2008-09 hip Brooklyn-based menswear label Yoko Devereaux presented a collection taking inspiration from the darker side of our culture’s obsession with high society and celebrity.
Presenting at men’s fashion week this past Monday, creative director Andy Salzer titled his collection “Holding Up the Heiress”. The celebrity obsession was added to via the presence […]

In this weeks edition of Critical Shopper Mike Albo visits the Hickey store in SoHo.
Hickey can be compared to a younger, rebellious youth of the legendary American brand Hickey Freeman.

Hickey Freeman is the brand your father and grandfather are probably familiar with. Hickey is an offshoot made for a younger, hipper client.
Think classic […]

We recently came across an interesting article in Cosmos Magazine about “Life In 2020“. The article depicts how very different life may be in only a short time from now. A section on smart dressing stuck out to us and we wanted to share it with you.

“…Scientists are working on materials that […]

This outfit has brought me several compliments over the past couple days and I am happy to tell you that not only does it look perfect for the earthy autumn color palette, but it’s also extremely affordable. The name of it is “Autumn Girl” by Sexy in Pink designer Kirsten Corleone. Kirsten has […]

No one is probably more excited to see the Armidi sim finally open than developer trio Liam Oliver, Nicole David, and Lola Marquez. After a tantalizing tease of things to come at Hair Fair 2007 with the beautifully executed Bombshell hairstyle, most of the grid’s fashion watchers were left with a desire for much […]

If anyone still needs a costume for Halloween, Izzy has the perfect, if undiplomatic, suggestion: In honor of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, suit yourself up as a gay Iranian. And call yourself “The Iron Chic.”
Killer Queen Freddie Mercury (real name “Farroukh Bulsara”) could be your hirsute model. (Though born in Zanzibar, his parents were Indian […]

Behold this page from the 1975 J.C. Penny catalog, which deserves to be seen fully blown up to get the full effect.  While it’s easy to knock disco-pimp fashion, whether it’s the butch decolletage or the high-waisted polyester trousers with crotches cut too close to home, at least the clogs benefitted the shorter manimal (like […]

As promised the other week here are some of the currently available items of which all proceeds go directly to Relay for Life.

 These cute bangles are offered by Caroline Apollo in exchange of a small donation to Relay for Life vendor. You get both of them, one for each arm. I have these myself and I […]

For S/S ‘08 the 3.1 Phillip Lim collection presented relaxed playful tailoring.
The runway presentation was presented alongside women’s wear looks.
Jackets and shorts were paired in easy carefree ways. Gladiator sandals were ubiquitous on the models. Ascots and rolled ankles allowed for a laid back chic look.
Bold yellows and reds contrasted with black […]