December 2011
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What's your new year's style resolution?
Don’t have one?
That doesn’t surprise me. We don’t usually think of resolutions in terms of our wardrobe. Instead, we’re focused on improving the “self.” Sometimes that’s involves the internal (be kinder, learn Spanish), but even the external ones tend to be about your body (lose ten pounds, stand up straighter) and not what you put on it. That’s...
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Hiding from your family at the holidays
Can’t live with ‘em, can’t get a ride from the airport without ‘em
The holidays are here, and for most of us, the season’s not complete without at least a short trip home. Unless you and your parents still live in the same town, that means you’re soon facing some inescapable, “can’t go back to my place at the end of the night” family time. We’re talking, lots and...
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Men of Style: Michael Bublé
Fellas, can I talk some real talk to you for a second? I don’t want to make you feel insecure, or like I don’t love you and only you anymore, because I do. You know I do. But I just watched Michael Bublé perform on this week’s Saturday Night Live, and, well, he pretty much made my pants fall off.
Singing carols from his inescapable Christmas album, he performed on stage and in...
seansellek asked: What's your opinion on tucking in polos? I like wearing them tucked into my jeans or chinos but sometimes I feel like even that is not casual enough for the situation. But when I don't tuck them in you can't see the belt, which since it usually matches with my shoes and contrasts with my pants I think it is something that should be seen. Can I do that "tucked a little in the...
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Style Truth #81 - You're supposed to take those...
You know that tag on the outside of your clothes? Not the price tag. The fabric swatch, the one bound to your new purchase by loosely knotted thread? Maybe it tells you the brand name, instructions for cleaning, or fabric round-up? Yeah, that one.
You can cut that off.
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Body Insecurity Knows No (Gender) Bounds
(While I’m not entirely sure why this image came up when I googled “feeling fat,” it makes me laugh so I’m using it.)
Last weekend, I got fitted for a bridesmaid’s dress to wear in a friend’s upcoming wedding. Anyone who’s stood at the mercy of a tailor wielding a measuring tape knows the rush of insecurity that overtakes you when that tape is being...
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WWSGD?
I’m a little behind on my reader mailbag, like this question from a reader wanting to know about starting a blog. Hopefully he’s already a huge success by now and all this advice just reinforces what he’s already doing. If not, here goes! …I’ve been following your blog for a while and it made me realize a couple of things. It made me realize that I don’t want to...
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Style Truth #1,347 - Grown Men Don't Ride Scooters
Say no to the scooter
I snapped this picture coming up out of the subway the other day, walking behind a man whose close-cropped hair did nothing to hide the bald patch slowly spreading over his cranium. I tried to get an “action” shot, but once this guy boarded his scooter, he was…well, he wasn’t even going that much faster than I was walking, but I wasn’t about to...
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Uniform Thinking
Do you wear a uniform in your daily life?
No, I’m not talking just to the military servicemen, marching band members and hamburger slingers out there.
I mean, do you own a “Roll out of bed and know exactly what you’re going to put on?” outfit. For some guys, their go-to look may simply be jeans and a t-shirt. For others, it’s a sharp suit with a perfectly polished...
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Style GF Reader Mailbag: Effort worth the effort?
Reader Dave asked: I work in an office with more women than men…I am way more comfortable in a polo shirt, or a shortsleeve button down shirt and slacks than a [long-sleeve] shirt and tie..but the girls/ladies always give me positive comments when I wear a tie…is it just the effort? or does the suit hide more flaws?..I admit in my quest for washboard abs, I look more like the...
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Merry early Christmas to me?
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More Fair Isle for your Friday
Now that the temperature in NYC has taken a distinct nosedive into “It’s winter, bitches,” territory, my mind keeps wandering back to Fair Isle. Something about icy wind blasting me in the face on my morning walk to the subway that makes me want to layer up in Nordic-inspired wool. Go figure. If the weather where you are calls for bundling up against the chill, below are a few...
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Guyism: How to compliment a girl the right way →
You’re sitting on the couch when your girlfriend/wife/roommate you’re secretly in love with comes into the living room all dressed up and looking uh-mazing. Your mouth drops open, and…nothing. You don’t know what to say, because you don’t want to accidentally stick your foot in your mouth with an ill-received compliment….