If you have a wool duffle with plastic closures and you’re really bored, well, Gloverall sells their superior buffalo horn toggles, with leather straps, for around twenty-four dollars (converted from pounds). This would be a good weekend project or something else that you can give to your tailor to keep him in business.
Take it from Dwight, the clueless character in The Office, buy your shirts in crates and get yourself a shirt guy.
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Here’s a great article from a Parsons’ shoe design professor that explains the four-hundred-and-eighty-two dollar difference between two loafers. And if you’re not already familiar with the loafer-creation process, this article could serve as a good learning experience.
Today’s tip is simple.
When wearing a cardigan sweater, leave the top and bottom buttons undone.
Before:
Wearing the sweater all-buttoned-up creates an uptight looking high stance and a boxy straight bottom. Looks very mannequin-esk.
After:
Photo by GQ
Leaving the top button undone creates a deeper “V” stance which makes you look longer, leaner, and taller. Leaving the bottom button undone breaks up the boring straight-across line at the waist, and adds a sort of “sprezzatura” - Italian for stylish non-chalance.
via The Style Blogger
I couldn’t reblog this post so I just ended up copying it. I only did it because I thought the tip was so good. And it’s brought to you by Esquire’s Best Dressed Real Man in America, Dan Trepanier.
