It’s heating up out there and sometimes you just don’t feel like wearing your granny’s beach hat. What’s a man to do? Well, I’d like to point you to a couple other options: the doo rag and the bandana. These items won’t neccesarily keep the sun from roasting your brain cells, but they will keep sweat out of your eyes (It stings, right?). I couldn’t let you go without showing you how to wear these, so pay close attention to the following styles.
The Juvenile informal look: just plop a rag on top.
The Juvenile formal look: double camo on neck and forehead.
The Wayne-double-layer small wrap: ingredients include one bandana and one sweat band.
The Mannie Fresh guaranteed* fresh small wrap.
*Mannie Fresh in no way guarantees the freshness of your bandana this Summer.
The Birdman a.k.a Baby head wrap: best for baldies (Wrap it like a diaper.).
Now get out there and be a stunna.
Americans may think that camo is just for huntin’ and soldiers. The Italians however, think otherwise. They’ve taken a pattern that’s made for blending and flipped the script on it. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’ll let Lawrence get you up to speed.
I’m sure it’s been said somewhere else already, but camo seems to be poppin’ off right now. I’m not sure how many times it landed on the runway during Pitti Uomo (My seats were on the other side of the world.), but as you know now, it was plentiful in the streets.
There are some Americans that are participating in the scene, though. Jake Davis recently captured Run of the Mill partner Jeremy sporting some camo cargos and Angelo over at EyeFiveStyle just thrifted a camo jacket that now puts him in the squad.
I don’t know if you’ll find me rockin’ camo this S/S, unless someone paints the pattern on linen, but I do like the idea of camo-inspired patterns. I’ve only found one so far and it lives on a parka jacket from Monitaly. Yuki Matsuda, the man behind Monitaly (also Yuketan), is the mastermind behind this and other patterned fabric concoctions. I hope the camo-inspired patterns don’t stop with the pattern seen below.
via Selectism
When it comes to poppin’ and lockin’, Derrick Miller is the freshest bboy on the dance floor/street. Who cares if his only moves are reading emails and jumpin’ in cabs. Being creative director for Barker Black Ltd. a.k.a. one of the baddest companies in the shoe business, takes a soldier (or, based on the skull logo, a pirate).
When he’s poppin’ on the floor, he pulls out a few signature moves. One is his cash-colored pocket square. Cash Money, represent! He tosses this down when he goes best dresser on yo ass. To make sure you’re serious about what you’re getting yourself into, he locks you into a mean stare through his bold frames. Pre and post dance, he tosses off and on a bold striped jacket. And after you’re defeated, as you look bashfully at those sneaks you just dropped your allowance on, D tightens his Barker Black insignia tie and flicks off a bead of your sweat from his snuff suede loafers. As he walks out, he catches a glimmer of the bling in his tie clip, and says to himself, “I’m a powerful man. And hell yeah, I’m a rebel.”
For the most part, he doesn’t mind flashing color and that’s what I liked about his style. Derrick’s ability to wear bold stripes and not look like a Wall Streeter is something that this gent does right too. He recognizes fine tailoring and gets ‘em cut slim. That’s the key. Although I’d like to take credit, I’m not the first to recognize his style as something special, in 2008 GQ added him to the Well-Dressed Rebel lineup. He’s also been in the spotlight of The Sartorialist.
photo credit: GQ
photo: The Mod Revival
photo credit: The Sartorialist
