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Gift Guide 2012: Casual Male

by TheElegantologist on December 5, 2012 · 1 Comment · in Gift Guide 2012

Remember the Casual Male catalog? Yikes. But in today’s increasingly casual world, it is more and more difficult to navigate the sartorial terrain. Especially since, as Cole Porter wrote, “anything goes.” So this year’s gift guide is going to incorporate a few ideas to upgrade your casual style. I hope this is useful for the [...]

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Looking Down on Shoes.

by TheElegantologist on July 27, 2011 · 12 Comments · in Uncategorized

There’s a movement afoot. Most guys have always owned up to wanting to be men of action. We’re more comfortable thinking of ourselves that way. But there’s a time and place for it. The office isn’t one of them. What am I going on about? Shoes. I saw a perfectly acceptable combination of khakis, belt, [...]

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Beating Against the Current: Lands End, Gatsby’s Mansion, Is Set To Be Demolished

by TheElegantologist on March 24, 2011 · 10 Comments · in In the News

(Above, the Lands End estate. NYTCREDIT: Joshua Bright for The New York Times) “There was croquet on the 13 acres of lawn, illumined by car headlights and parties at all hours for what Swope’s wife, Margaret, described as “an absolutely seething bordello of interesting people.” They included Bernard Baruch, George Gershwin, Robert Moses, the Marx [...]

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