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Grilling, Fenway, cold one with the guys, there are so many things to relish as our days are getting warmer and warmer. Something that probably doesn’t make it on to your Spring/Summer Top Ten list? Figuring out which shoes to wear with your shorts. You’d like to wear the sneakers, they’re comfortable, but visually on [...]
A lot of men, especially-pressed-for-time fathers, tend to think items like a jacket and shoes in the purely functional sense unless they’re specifically dressing up for an event. While that’s understandable it’s also almost always to their detriment, making them appear older and frumpier. One of my clients this weekend had just that dilemma. He spends all day on [...]
Spring weather can be more fickle than your hot but crazy ex-girlfriend who broke up and reunited with you on a weekly basis. A smart accessory that will help take you from chilly to warm in comfort and style is a lightweight (sometimes called spring-weight) scarf. They come in a variety of fabrics from silk to muslin and in any color/print your heart desires. You can tie lightweight scarves in the [...]
Maintaining good style in the face of a New England winter can seem akin to staying afloat in a dingy during the perfect storm, and nowhere is the struggle more evident than with men’s sweaters. When the mercury drops, too many men with perfectly good bodies don potato-sack-shaped woollen body bags in the name of warmth. You know, the kind made for hearty sheep farmers herding flock [...]
Q: For my girlfriend’s birthday I got her tickets to the symphony. I knew I’d have to go with her but I think I’ve been in denial, the show is this Sunday afternoon and I have no idea what’s appropriate to wear. I don’t own a tux or a suit. Help! A: Your sacrifice is commendable so don’t [...]
I promised a client that I would make this little tutorial about how to wrap some different men’s scarves we picked up.
Q: I want to get a monogrammed dress shirt for my boyfriend, where should the letters go? A: Typically the monogram is applied to the cuff, the upper left chest (like a Polo logo); and for the guy who enjoys having his dress shirts personalized but doesn’t like visible embroidery, it can sewn to the [...]
Yesterday while shopping with my client for boots he picked up a pair I selected for him, which only came in brown, and said “It’s too bad that I like these so much, I don’t have a lot of brown clothes, and it’s not okay to wear brown and black together.” Insert cartoon character coming to [...]