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While suitable for Princess Leia, the world’s largest earmuffs are best avoided in this galaxy.

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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 […]

For Fall/Winter 2008-09 Maison Martin Margiela presented a numerically light collection of about 20 looks.
Sharp, rigid tailoring was the focus of the collection as rigid, structured jackets paired with slim trousers. Double breasted jackets with satin collars were tapered presenting a sharp ‘V’ silhouette which seemed to run through the collection. Through the […]

Conference of Birds, the debut collection by designer/stylist Andrew Holden premiered last week at New York Menswear Fashion Week.
The designer Andrew Holden spoke with Haute Concept after the show, telling us that the name of the collection comes from a Persian poem about a journey of a group of 30 birds. The poem symbolizes […]

The Sartorialist today featured a certain Angelo Inglese, whose surname is too-good-to-be-true for those who enjoy British style all’italiana.  While his jacket sleeves and trousers might be too tight, his subtle combination of patterns should be an inspiration to us all.  Also, although his cardigan appears have been tucked in carelessly, it is more likely […]

Photo credit: L’Uomo Vogue February 1996 by Walter Chin
With the spectacle that is New York Fashion Week right around the corner, we thought it an opportune time to tell you about events going in around the city in celebration of fashion week.

In keeping with the current rage of collaborations, Vogue Italia, the international style bible, […]

For Fall/Winter 2008-09 designer John Galliano got medieval on our ass.
Never one for a quiet presentation the evil genius sent Princes, court jesters and bloody executioners gliding out on a runway representing ice.
Indeed the name of the collection was “Ice” a reference to the River Thames frost fairs that would take place when the river […]

Gildo Zegna gives Suzy Menkes a tour of the new Ermenegildo Zegna headquarters in Milan.

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Capturing a sentiment that originated with the French Revolution, Republicans in France for a long time subscribed to the slogan, “Il n’y a pas d’ennemi à gauche,” meaning “No enemies to the left.”  Whether or not that should be the case in politics, it is certainly true with respect to the colors on the political […]

As a celebrity, it’s part of Wesley Snipes’ job to a draw attention to himself, which he easily accomplished with an oddly angled collar. The non-traditional collar didn’t offend Izzy as much as he would have expected, but the extra-long dimple in the tie had the opposite effect. Is it possible for a […]