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Menswear

COS Boutiques

I came across COS while I was walking around Munich’s town center. I had never heard of the boutique before and was surprised at the mild prices (most everything is under 129 euros), given the quality of the materials used. The bi-level store was choke-full of monochromatic pieces that appeared simple, but had small details … Continue reading “COS Boutiques”

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3.1 Phillip Lim Men’s

Because the urban terrain can be just as wild and difficult to navigate as the jungles in Brazil, Phillip Lim was out to prove that one need not leave the city to be adventurous. “Who says the city pavement isn’t rugged terrain?” he wrote in the notes for his first-ever men’s runway show. Cast in … Continue reading “3.1 Phillip Lim Men’s”

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Hermès Toasts First Men’s Store

Hermès fêted the opening of its first-ever men’s store–dubbed “Hermès Man on Madison”–at 691 Madison Avenue on Tuesday that drew such celebrity fans as Katie Holmes, Martha Stewart, Mad Men’s John Slattery and Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon. It was an amazingly executed soiree! Guests were ushered in by greeters clad in black topcoats with … Continue reading “Hermès Toasts First Men’s Store”

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DKNY Men’s Fall 2010 Presentation

Rugged, yet ever as refined, best describes DKNY’s fall men’s collection. “These are not clothes for the concrete jungle alone,” said Donna Karan, who presided over the lively showing at the Breslin Bar inside Manhattan’s Ace Hotel, where a bevy of too-cool-for-school Ivy League prepster-like models by fashion’s two new favorite words: value and versatility. … Continue reading “DKNY Men’s Fall 2010 Presentation”

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What Should Barack Obama Wear?

                           From Left: Paul Smith, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs Couture Snob Tina asked a few weeks ago what everyone thought Michelle Obama should wear to the upcoming inauguration and the verdict came in and it read — Oscar de la Renta! Now we ask, what should President-elect Barack Obama wear?                             From Left: Elie Tahari, … Continue reading “What Should Barack Obama Wear?”

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