Enduring The Summer Sun: Swimwear & Streetwear
As the sun draws nearer this time of year, it seems as though the rays beat harder upon our skin. Summer comes, and with the heat comes the call of the beach! Shorter shorts, tanks and bikinis become essential pieces for the Summer months, and suddenly there’s a shift in fashion—functionality again playing a significant...
Lace Up/Lace Down – Interview with the fashion guru even Madonna could not ignore
by Elian Zach Guitar player and drummer Gilber Gilmore, 42, moved to New York to pursue a career in music. In 1995, along with his then fashion designer girlfriend, he worked at a flea market in SoHo and soon discovered his input on fabric-choice, cuts and fits significantly boosted up their sales. The artist decided...
Summer Must-Haves: Aussie Handcrafted Wooden Sunglasses
By Anatol Justin Tong Spring is coming to an end and it is time to take my awesome pair of sunglasses out. I have been obsessed with my new pair of shades from Palo Wood, an Aussie wooden sunspecs maker, recently. All of their products are handcrafted. Each central frame is carved from a single...
Sneakers and Suits: A Modern Pairing
By Anatol Justin Tong Emerging as a trend with younger generations, over the past few years we have begun to see the domination of sneakers in the arena of men’s shoes. Bright and bold, sneakers from Nikes to Toms are being paired with everything, finding no boundaries in their invasion of menswear. And furthermore, breaking...
Hidden Gems – Interview with the designer of SY Risqué Fine Jewelry
by Elian Zach Saar Yahav, 32, the mastermind behind SY Risqué Fine Jewelry, a brand specializing in high-end body piercing made of white/yellow gold and platinum, diamonds, precious stones and pearls, moved to New York from Israel on a whim in 2001. He had no idea his initials would end up on the bodies of...
Putting a Little Spring Into Your Step
By Christine Beswick You’ve spent hours ensuring that everything has the perfect cut, from your denim to your hair, but you’re still a few steps short of making the grade if your footwear isn’t up to snuff. You might be surprised at how many women say in popular polls that “feet” are the first place...
Deciphering the Dress Code: Formalwear
By Ryan Wallace When you’re sending in that RSVP, often the quandary of “What to wear?” arises. Whether it’s for a prom, a wedding, a spring shindig, or a fancy work event, occasionally we are asked to take our outfits up a notch—a formality of the event. And then the question comes: What is formal...
On the Fringes of Formal-wear: Deciphering the Dress Code
With the invite of the Summer warmth, so too come the invitations of a plethora of Springtime activities. The post fills with ornate envelopes, and tickets flood our mailboxes—an exciting time with the promise of unforgettable experiences. But the text inside the invitations seems to prove quite problematic. “You are cordially invited to attend………...
Dolce & Gabbana: Swept Away to Sicily
By Mia Krikler Flicking through my Spring edition of Vogue, it’s almost impossible not to be transported to the Sicilian islands when your eyes are drinking up the blue skies and floral embellishment encapsulated in Dolce and Gabbana’s latest Spring/Summer campaign. Gone are garden prints; get ready to embrace this season’s 3-D florals bursting to...
A Tale of a Tote: The Perfect Spring Bag
By Christine Beswick It was Mark Twain, one of the greatest story tellers of the past two centuries, who first put into words what the notion of “spring fever” was. He said, “It’s Spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh you don’t quite...
Spring Cleaning: Out with the Old, In with the New
By Ares J. A. Tong With the Spring comes the shedding of the lost months of Winter. Taking a look into the depths of your closets, it quickly becomes apparent that you’ve made some questionable decisions these past few months. You may be bordering on hoarding, but the onset of Spring offers you a chance for a...
April Fashion Editorial: A Season in Bloom
By Ryan Wallace Subtle elegance—the epitomic definition of floral prints. Often regarded as a feminine trend that periodically SPRINGS out of fashion, there is also a masculinity found amongst the bouquets and blossoms. With the strength of nature, a purity to the core, floral prints are symbolic of the rejuvenation of life and the promise...
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