1. What’s the rule for buttoning a double breasted cardigan?  Wait, I forgot, no one has established a rule for that, seeing that Conan O’Brien Jr. over here may be the first and last idiot to ever rock something so hideous.   All these hybrid novelties remind me of when Kieran spits knowledge at Tim in Dinner for Schmucks about the “sexy sex.”  Lesson learned?  Don’t try to mate a lioness with a penguin.  

    What’s the rule for buttoning a double breasted cardigan?  Wait, I forgot, no one has established a rule for that, seeing that Conan O’Brien Jr. over here may be the first and last idiot to ever rock something so hideous.  

    All these hybrid novelties remind me of when Kieran spits knowledge at Tim in Dinner for Schmucks about the “sexy sex.”  Lesson learned?  Don’t try to mate a lioness with a penguin.  

    (Source: theexplorationexpedition)

    August 31, 2011
  2. thedandygentleman: (via whyred ss - 2012 | ModeMan) Please take note of the two bluchers, the derbies on the right and the boot in the middle.  With bluchers, the laces are tied to two separate pieces of leather attached to the vamp.  Because of this construction, the blucher gives off a more casual feel than the oxford, which itself has a slit in the vamp where laces are to be tied.  Therefore, the blucher should be laced up in a more casual manner. Notice anything weird about them?  In a word, FAIL.  Bluchers are to be laced “open,” in a crisscrossing pattern, the same way you would lace up sneakers.  Oxfords are to be laced “closed,” or flat across, as (incorrectly) pictured above.    Gilt MANual published an excellent article regarding how one should tie bluchers vs. oxfords, but the link seems to be down at the moment.
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    thedandygentleman:

    (via whyred ss - 2012 | ModeMan)

    Please take note of the two bluchers, the derbies on the right and the boot in the middle.  With bluchers, the laces are tied to two separate pieces of leather attached to the vamp.  Because of this construction, the blucher gives off a more casual feel than the oxford, which itself has a slit in the vamp where laces are to be tied.  Therefore, the blucher should be laced up in a more casual manner.

    Notice anything weird about them?  In a word, FAIL.  Bluchers are to be laced “open,” in a crisscrossing pattern, the same way you would lace up sneakers.  Oxfords are to be laced “closed,” or flat across, as (incorrectly) pictured above.   

    Gilt MANual published an excellent article regarding how one should tie bluchers vs. oxfords, but the link seems to be down at the moment.

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    August 10, 2011

  3. Stay away from too much gray

    Unless you want to dress like one of the twins from the Matrix Reloaded this Halloween, disregard what the Gilt Manual says about matching gray shirts with gray ties.

    August 1, 2011