During a recent press tour to promote his movie Tangled, we saw Zachary Levy looking all sorts of winter wonderful in the Civil Society Track Jacket, pictured at right. Currently on sale for $73.50, down from $98, the jacket features tonal perforated trim details, matching rib cuffs and hem, and main zip close.
Civil Society designer Brad Schwartz takes inspiration from the subtle, classic details of European tailoring in order to bring the track jacket out of the locker room into the streets of everyday male life.
Fit to hug the body and keep the wearer warm, this track jacket would make a great Chanukah gift for that special guy in your life. Get yours at Metropark.
So you’ve ponied up $285 for a pair of Spurr jeans, but your work-a-day ties from Zegna aren’t exactly the right match for an anti-biz casual look. Steven Alan has long been a go-to for the mid-width tie cut from vintage fabric, but The Moment recently shined a spotlight on Pierrepont Hicks, a Minneapolis-based company that has an In-n-Out burger mentality when it comes to its plethora of options: just neckties ($82) and reversible bowties ($62). I haven’t heard of any retailers in town selling them, but the online store is more than sufficient. —Paul Dexter
I suppose it was only a matter of time before I encountered BDSM paraphenalia at Rudy’s on Melrose. Though I hadn’t imagined it would be worn by dear Leon, who cuts my hair every, like, eight days.
I thought he was wearing some sort of Nom de Guerre or Rick Owens contraption. Turns out it’s an American Apparel white button-down and a leather harness from Rough Trade. He also wore a foxtail keychain hanging from his back pocket. Werq.
It isn’t rare for fashion bloggers to influence product made by the designers they cover. Bryanboy spawned a Marc Jacobs bag, after all. But I’m more interested in what Michael Williams, blogger behind A Continuous Lean, is doing in terms of collaborations. He recently produced a small run of oxford-cloth Indian madras shirts in conjunction with Gant.
Alas, they’ve already sold out, but I hope this portends a second run, as well as other collaborative pieces. Beyond that, his online store is a treasure trove of nostalgia merch, featuring collabs with Billykirk, Cole, Rood & Haan Co. and Mark McNairy. Here’s the link.
Attention not-so-discerning gents: The VMan/Ford Model search ends in two days. Winner gets the distinct pleasure of being photographed by Terry Richardson, everyone’s favorite perv photog. My favorite entry, or at least the most Richardsonesque (i.e. someone who is comely, appears slightly unstable and probably wouldn’t mind posing in Dov Charney-inspired positions) is Waleed Elkhayyat, pictured here.
The other guys with washboard abs, not so much. Didn’t work in Richardson’s recent Jersey Shore shoot (though Ronnie is filling out) so can’t imagine it will work for Vman.
The men’s shows in New York haven’t been exactly revelatory statements, but then again not all of us want to wear some grand declaration on irony or consumption or whatever; we just want a decent fair isle sweater. Rag & Bone had them in spades in a tight collection. I can’t say I like their denim (ridiculously priced and not all that fashionable, steer clear). The fall pieces are striking, however. Thanks to Michael Williams of the incomparable blog A Continuous Lean for taking this video of the final walk at NYFW. — Paul Dexter
Feb 14, New York: Lee Pace, Chace Crawford, Ryan Phillippe, Kellan Lutz and Mehcad Brooks attend the Calvin Klein Men’s Collection Fall 2010 Fashion Show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Happy belated Valentines Day, indeed.
Jeans shopping at Barneys Co-Op isn’t usually my favorite pastime. I never understood the denim bar concept—why is high-end denim so sacrosanct that it has to be kept on shelves behind a counter staffed by a scarf-swathed waif? So I was happy to see a few pairs out in the open during a Saturday visit to Barneys location at The Grove, and especially psyched to see Levi’s Capital E jeans going for a cool $69. Mainly matchstick slim-straight, one of the more accessible skinny styles on the market.
A helpful sales clerk told me the Capital E line is being phased out for a new collection, along with the stateside return of the 501. If that’s true, I’m sorry to see the line go, though I’ll gladly snatch a pair before they’re 86′ed. —Paul Dexter
There’s a clarion call sounding from the runways of the menswear shows in Paris: wake up, because things just got interesting. The age of the skinny suit (merci beaucoup, Thom B. and Hedi S.) has truly given way to a more layered and textured approach.
Rick Owens’ three-quarter length jackets flung over flowing tunics, leather opera gloves and ankle-length trousers—encouraging the dandy of the twenty-teens to play with proportion. Comme des Garcons’ Rei Kawakubo made avant-garde experimentation all the more accessible, with baggy shorts clipped to rolled pants.
Raf Simons, easily one of the most salivated over designers in Paris by the fashion media corps, earned his keeps yet again, with slim trousers and such novelties as a nylon corset-like panel to the front of an otherwise conservative suit; there was even a ribbed, red top and skirt for the especially daring (paging Marc Jacobs).
Finally, Adam Kimmel took inspiration from the neo-Cubist George Condo to add a shot of color and a whole lot of whimsy into a wardrobe of cardigans, double-breasted suits, velvet jackets and knitwear. His disfigured masks, as shown with his ensembles, redefined the term “statement pieces” for an entirely new and unpredictable decade. —Jeremy Allen
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Fall 2010 runway photos, from left: Rick Owens, Comme des Garcons, Adam Kimmel and Raf Simons.
From what I’ve heard from friends at the men’s shows in Paris, German designer (given his first name, I’m guess that’s by way of Croatia) Damir Doma’s fall 2010 collectionhad a good deal amount of buzz for someone who remains largely unknown across the Atlantic. To my knowledge the only place you can find it in L.A. is at H. Lorenzo.He’s known for the billowed, draped, tai chi master meets on a rainy day sort of look; if Ann Demuelemeester became a nihilist but kept the rest of her aesthetic intact, that’s sort of what you’d find in Doma’s fall ’10 line. His gathered execution, however, is quite stunning. While I fawn over Raf Simons and Comme des Garcons like anyone else during the Paris shows, it’s nice to see some up-and-coming talent; here’s to hoping NYFW will be as exciting. —Paul Dexter
During a recent press tour to promote his movie Tangled, we saw Zachary Levy looking all sorts of winter wonderful in the Civil Society Track Jacket, pictured at right. Currently on sale for $73.50, down from $98, the jacket features tonal perforated trim details, matching rib cuffs and hem, and main zip close.
So you’ve ponied up $285 for a pair of Spurr jeans, but your work-a-day ties from Zegna aren’t exactly the right match for an anti-biz casual look. Steven Alan has long been a go-to for the mid-width tie cut from vintage fabric, but 
I haven’t heard of any retailers in town selling them, but the online store is more than sufficient. —Paul Dexter
I suppose it was only a matter of time before I encountered BDSM paraphenalia at Rudy’s on Melrose. Though I hadn’t imagined it would be worn by dear Leon, who cuts my hair every, like, eight days.
It isn’t rare for fashion bloggers to influence product made by the designers they cover. Bryanboy spawned a 
Attention not-so-discerning gents: 
Jeans shopping at Barneys Co-Op isn’t usually my favorite pastime. I never understood the denim bar concept—why is high-end denim so sacrosanct that it has to be kept on shelves behind a counter staffed by a scarf-swathed waif? So I was happy to see a few pairs out in the open during a Saturday visit to Barneys location at The Grove, and especially psyched to see Levi’s Capital E jeans going for a cool $69. Mainly matchstick slim-straight, one of the more accessible skinny styles on the market.
There’s a clarion call sounding from the runways of the menswear shows in Paris: wake up, because things just got interesting. The age of the skinny suit (merci beaucoup, Thom B. and Hedi S.) has truly given way to a more layered and textured approach. 
