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 […]

Designer Narciso Rodriguez has put his planned menswear collection on hold.
The acclaimed designer was set to expand to a fully dedicated menswear line to be shown at New York Fashion Week.
After signing a deal with Liz Claiborne last year, his fledgling design house was infused with the money needed for aggressive growth. Rodriguez tells […]

Last week at ENK/IMG Menswear Fashion Week, Le Coq Sportif presented their looks for the upcoming season.
Le Coq Sportiff, which translates as The Sporting Rooster, is an iconic French label dating back to the early 20th century when it was founded by Emile Camuset. The company has a mission to bring the most innovative […]

Sneakerheads are salivating over the looming release of Nike’s Air Jordan XXIII Shoe. But the shoe is not just making waves in those circles. The shoe and it’s launch are being closely watched by all sorts of media outlets.
Speculation is rampant that the Air Jordan XXIII ( the 23rd edition of the iconic […]

Distilled presented their Fall/Winter 2008-09 collection on Pier 92 during ENK’s Men’s Fashion Week last week.
Distilled, is a collaboration between former Triple5Soul designer, Matty Merrill and his Stanford friend, Sep Kamvar.
The collection titled Math, Art and Nature, or M.A.N., included familiar preppy collegiate clothing made in unconventional ways. A heavily purple based collection […]

Dior Homme designer Kris Van Assche talks with Suzy Menkes about his recent Fall Winter 2008/2009 collection. If the video doesn’t display below, see it here.

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Joining Milan and Paris, New York held a series of men’s fashion shows this past week on January 20th and 21st. Coinciding with ENK’s Blue & Collective trade shows, the event was produced in collaboration with IMG Fashion, the producer of upcoming Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.
Held on Pier 92 in Manhattan, Haute Concept menswear […]

When you’re having a bad face day, there’s nothing better than a shaggy wig topped off with a tartan beret.  At least you can’t see yourself in the mirror.

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For Fall/Winter 2008-09 Buckler presented a surrealist collection playing on the label’s Englishman in New York aesthetic.
What designer Andrew Buckler originally started as a denim brand has morphed in a full cult collection mixing British and American sense. The Royal College of Art trained, independent designer sneered at proper etiquette with this Fall/Winter collection […]

You know how every so often one of those particularly bad rain storms hit and you might find yourself stuck in it? There’s the odd dilemma of having one of those pointy cane umbrellas invoking memories of The Penguin. Now these are great for their function and you can be sure they’ll weather […]