Fade to Gray
March 14, 2010, 7:37 pm
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Menswear,
Style | Tags:
band of outsiders,
company of we,
florsheim by duckie brown,
norse projects,
raf simons x fred perry,
rag & bone,
rodarte,
super,
tretorn,
warriors of radness

Every so often, men’s magazines extoll the virtues of “all gray everything” as an alternative to black on black or a respite from bold prints and bright colors that menswear designers offer each spring. In truth, it’s not difficult to find a huge variety of well-designed pieces in gray in any season, across a spectrum of labels and price points. Dressed up or down, gray is versatile and easy to wear. Details on some of my current picks and where to buy them after the jump.
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My Own Private (capsule)
February 24, 2010, 12:58 am
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Menswear,
personal style | Tags:
barlow,
billy reid,
capsule,
cutler & gross,
dana lee,
Illesteva,
jack spade,
mark mcnairy,
Menswear,
mismo,
norse projects,
peter jensen,
reyn spooner,
round-up,
stolen girlfriends club,
super,
warriors of radness,
yuketen

If there’s one thing I learned from this season’s awesome (capsule) shows, it’s that it takes a very specific type of man to rock the drop crotch. But, if there are two things, it’s that there is still so much out there in menswear right now really worth getting excited about. Between New York, Vegas and Paris, plus Compass for footwear and (capsule) Women’s, hundreds of brands came together to build some serious buzz and get some big exposure. Favorites like Mark McNairy (who we can thank when we’re all wearing digital camo cargo pants) lived up to the hype and relative newcomers like Norse Projects made a big impact on their own.
So since I’ve had all of 5 hours to reflect on the trade show season since (capsule) Women’s wrapped this evening, what better time than now to check off a list of some of my own personal favorites from these last five shows, after the jump.
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