The importance of a navy blazer or sportcoat in any man’s wardrobe cannot be stressed enough, and Men’s Ex recently published an issue focusing on their use in both formal and casual looks. Related posts with more visual guides:
– The Versatility of the Navy Sportcoat
– Pairing Colored Pants for Spring – Part 1
From Men’s Ex, April 2010:
J.Crew did a quiet rollout this evening of some new items for summer. My favorites are these sun faded sweatshirts and just about all of the madras shirts. There are also many new Mister Freedom pieces (those handkerchiefs will go fast), and the lobster claw belt is finally online along with another nautical inspired whale tail belt.
The only thing that’s missing that I was looking forward too are the special Warehouse jeans, but hopefully those will show up within a few weeks.
New fleece sweatshirts and sweatpants are now in at Oi Polloi. There are other versions available this season in a small diamond pattern as well.
Now available online.
Some new products are now online too, and it’s nice to see that the cotton tweed trousers are back.
The Times Online has an edited extract from a new Steve McQueen biography that is due out next month, which will focus on the actor’s rough background.
Steve McQueen was the last person in the world I expected to find in Cornwall. He’d arrived some time in the night at a house that the director Sam Peckinpah was renting in Penzance while scouting locations for the film Straw Dogs.
They weren’t friends. The rugged movie star had simply turned up out of the blue — dirty, unshaven and looking more depressed than anyone I’d ever seen. As I found out later, his first marriage was breaking up and his dream project, a film based on the Le Mans car race, had run into problems.
Peckinpah, however, was desperate to get rid of his unwanted guest and he was probably just as keen to be rid of me. Not yet 18, I’d met the director while working in the publicity department of the Cinerama film company in London and had persuaded him to let me observe him at work. By the time I arrived, overflowing with youthful enthusiasm, he’d come to regret his decision.
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Here’s an interesting profile on Eddie Feibusch, a zipper dealer for NYC’s garment district.
What, you need a zipper? O.K., Eddie Feibusch is going to sell you a zipper. Brass? Nylon? Swarovski rhinestone crystals? What color? Mystery orchid? Big or little zipper? For a purse? Or a hot-air balloon cover? How many? One? A thousand?
Doesn’t matter. Mr. Feibusch is sure that he has the zipper for you. It’s somewhere in his store, ZipperStop, at 27 Allen Street between Hester and Canal Streets, among three floors of shelves with boxes of zippers in 502 colors.
How many zippers does he have? “One million, millions, I don’t know — more than a million,” said Mr. Feibusch, 86, a zipper man going on 70 years. His Web site plays Sinatra singing “New York, New York” and says, “Unzipping America since 1941.” Of course he has a Web site. This is 2010.
Anyway, he can find you a zipper. “Tell me what size and what length and I’ll give it to you within 30 seconds,” he vowed.
Continue reading more. Photo by Nicole Bengiveno for the New York Times.
Available in new pastel colors for spring and summer. From Dice&Dice.
The Elliott Bay Book Company moved to a new store location up on Capitol Hill and opened up just a few days ago. It feels pretty much the same as the old place but is much more open.
Address: 1521 10th Avenue, between Pike and Pine. Everyday Music is right next door.
The new spot was once the location of the original Ford truck service center for Seattle.
My morning errands at the Pike Place Market unexpectedly started out with BBQ today, where dozens of teams setup some stands to compete in an annual competition. Events will go on throughout the day if you’re in the area and want to stop by.
I had just about given up on finding a lighter Maine Guide jacket for spring when Yoox put up their last batch of new arrivals which had several versions available in chambray and cotton canvas.
These older models from Spring/Summer 08 feature a small chest pocket for eyeglasses, snap button cuffs, and riveted buttons along the front; the only thing missing is the throat latch under the collar (these were not added to the Maine Guide jacket models until the Fall/Winter 08 collection).
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