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Outfit: Geometric In The Caribbean
During my recent trip to St. Croix, where I experienced all of its Caribbean wonders from land to sea, I stopped in the town of Christiansted to show how you can style a printed geometric patterned T-shirt while down in the U.S. Virgin Islands or during your summer months back home. In Christiansted you’ll find 18th-century Danish-style pastel stone buildings and lush gardens and greens which were a perfect background for the tee I had in mind to show.
This bold patterned tee from Lactose L!VE, which unfortunately is not available at the moment, shows how you can contrast the tropical greens around. I styled it up with accessories such as a toggle bracelet from Coach’s new collaboration, Coach + Philip Crangi, a pair of gold framed aviators and leather driving shoes, but kept the look summer casual with sun-washed khakis.
Outfit | Tee: Lacoste L!VE | Pants: Gap | Footwear: Lacoste | Eyewear: Ray-ban | Bracelet: Coach + Philip Crangi
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5 Floral Menswear Outfits For Spring
Everyone from American Eagle to Gucci has featured florals in their menswear lines, and the print has evolved beyond Hawaiian patterns. For AskMen, I’ve put together a guide on how to pull off the floral print trend this spring and summer season. Here are the five outfits I styled:
Shirt: Kenneth Cole, Shorts: J.Crew, Shoes: Lacoste
Shirt: Polo Ralph Lauren, Jeans: Perry Ellis, Shoes: Trask Read the rest of this entry
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Coach + Philip Crangi Collaboration Features Heirloom-inspired Leather and Brass Pieces
The latest in Coach’s designer collaborations is with New York-based jewelry designer Philip Crangi for a limited edition collection of braid bracelets, buckle belts, key rings and more men’s leather accessories with brass elements. Each of the unique pieces’ brass features have been left in their raw natural state overtime, which has resulted in aged, beautiful colors that pop over the quality leather. The Coach + Philip Crangi collection is available online now and in select stores in May, and prices range from $128-$168.
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Preview: Perry Ellis Fall/Winter 2014’s Smart Layering & New Mixed-Media Pieces
For its upcoming fall/winter line, Perry Ellis continues to add more contemporary styles to its line of traditional work and classic day wear. The brand will be introducing mixed-media pieces that feature faux suede detailing and active-wear vests and sweaters joining the collection of layering essentials such as cardigans, pull over sweaters, denim, slim pants, shirt jackets and more: 
See the rest of the collection below:
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Nicola Formichetti’s Debut for Diesel Fall/Winter 2014 – Denim, Tattoos and Pussy Riot
A year at Diesel as the artistic director, Nicola Formichetti wanted to present his debut collection in a different way outside of the established fashion weeks. Wanting to offer “an experience people can remember”, Diesel’s Fall/Winter 2014 presentation was only shown to an audience of 300 in Venice yesterday, and was promoted and shown through social media with the hashtag #DieselVenice.
Attendees included editors from across the globe, power bloggers such as Bryan Boy, Susie Bubble and Blonde Salad, designers Dean and Dan Caten of DSQUARED2 and Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren of Viktor & Rolf, and celebs from Courtney Love to Colton Haynes (who’s becoming quite the fashion attendee).
While yours truly wasn’t there (#somedaymaybe), thanks to social media, I’ve picked out the best photo moments from the show, which include a performance from rapper Brooke Candy (Nicola’s muse), a ski mask homage to the Russian feminist punk rock protest band Pussy Riot, and the clothes of course, which for men included distressed, patch worked and paint splatter denim, leather moto jackets, and a lot of tattoos!
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Preview: Lacoste Men’s Fall/Winter 2014 Adds More Modern Styles
Lacoste is synonymous with its classic polo, sure, but after taking a peek at the upcoming fall and winter collections from its Lacoste Golf, Golf Mountain and Lacoste L!VE lines, you see how the brand continues to add more modernize styles. Highlights for me include the various mixed-media footwear and tops, like a Lacoste L!VE leather armed baseball sweatshirt (below), color blocked polos and tees, sport-chic timepieces, and patterns that include camo, wavy stripes and geometric prints on sweaters and polos. Get a taste of the upcoming collections below:
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Style Guide For Music Festivals
If you find yourself heading to Magic City this weekend for the Ultra Music Festival, I’ve put together a cool guy’s guide for AskMen.com to give you a rundown of who to check out, where to eat, drink and shop in Miami, who to take style inspiration from, and what to wear:
Styling for any music festival, you can never go wrong with skinny jeans, but if the destination is very warm (like Miami), shorts are also a great option—just make sure to go for flat front over cargo styles (those are so over). For tops, go for graphic tees and tanks with funky designs, and make sure to skip out on the usual band, kitsch or ironic T-shirts. For accessories and footwear, old-school chic and plastic sunglasses are great to go from music festival to sunbathing, a colorful or print baseball cap is useful all spring and summer long, and sneakers and slip-ons are good go-tos as you’ll be standing and bouncing around for hours. Read the rest of this entry
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Preview: Coach Men’s Fall 2014 Introduces Full Footwear Collection
Seeing Coach men’s fall 2014 collection today seemed very appropriate with the unwanted shift back to the cold weather—get it together spring! With Coach continuing to make its transition into a full lifestyle brand, the fall season will introduce its full men’s footwear collection. For fall, this will include monk strapped shoes, suede boots with a wrap around strap (below), leather sneakers and more.
The rest of the collection features color blocked accessories and bags, houndstooth patterned leather goods, mixed-media bags, colorful leather drawstring bags and winter jackets of sherpa, leather and flannel. Get a taste of the collection below: Read the rest of this entry
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Outfit: Cancún Style, From Land To The Caribbean Sea
While in Mexico for the Cancún-Riviera Maya Wine & Food Festival this year, I had some down time for some much need style posts. Shot on the beach of the Moon Palace, a tee and shorts outfit is something that can be enjoyed both at your resort or by the beach. To add a little stylish flair, lightly layer with a short sleeve linen shirt (this one from Perry Ellis). Then to make a personal statement, talk with your accessories.
The Coach Bleecker Day Tote In Bar Stripe Leather makes a refined, yet colorful statement with the sky blue stripes, and then can glow with gold aviators (this fashionable performance pair is Under Armour UA Alloy). For footwear, if you’re not doing sandals go for printed espadrilles like this navy, cloud-turtle design from Sperry Top-Sider as an alternative to florals and tropical plants.
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