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'Tis The Season For Stalking A Sale: Menswear Sales For The Weekend of December 7

In the mood to shop? Well get motivated!  Why?  You've got less than a month till Christmas if you're into that whole gift giving, putting other first sort of schtick.  If you're not then think of it this way; winter hasn't even started yet so if you haven't scored winter garb yet, spend your winter excess cash before spring gets into full blooming swing.

To help speed you along, this weekend offers up two great sales just for us men to imbibe upon.  First up is the Pop-Up Flea at 82 Mercer Street.  A virtual cavalcade of the cool designers that are making modern menswear into the revamped excitement that it is.  Next up is the Timothy Heenan Showroom Sample sale (one I've been waiting for) which offers up cool designer wears from names like Billykirk, Isaora and Warriors of Radness.  All the info you need is below so there's no need to hit up one or both of these NY sales this weekend.  Merry hunting!



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Not Necessarily Thinking Of The Season You're In: Guess Mens Spring 2014 Preview


Forget that it's almost winter outside!  It's summer somewhere on this earth right?  When we look at the über-latest fashion online it has a way of playing a mean trick on us sometimes.  This is mainly in part to the fashion industry always being 6 months ahead.  Rightfully so too!  You can't necessarily offer Spring 2014 clothing on March 21.  By the time it would be manufactured, it would sort of be obsolete.  However, we may have visions and insight into the next season before the season we are heading into gets into full swing, but it's the stores that snap up back into full tactile tangible retail reality.  
Don't call me a hypocrite but I am about to highlight mens Spring 2014 from Guess.  I could be doing this in order to make you either yearn for Spring or maybe, for my more realist readers, implore you to enjoy the wonderful fashion offerings this season and start your spring wardrobe kitty from now.  

Guess 2014 continues to give what Guess gives best in my opinion.  What that is is up-to-the-minute clothing to fill those nooks and crannies of a season's wardrobe.  Rooted with denim as its core, the spring 2014 collection from Guess has further embraced the more liberated style conscious man by offering up what I like to call more 'user-friendly clothing'.  By that I mean clothing that a man can make interesting should he choose to cuff a sleeve to the elbow to show an over-dyed contrasting cuff or undo a denim-colorblocked button down in order to showcase its dress up or down versatility.  

What's also nice about the Guess Spring 2014 collection is that many of the pieces have a lived-in appeal with nods to the sort of distressing and broken-in quality you'd find in grandpa's old trunk in the attic.  The tees are witty and playful with several kaleidoscope-esque graphics printed onto soft washed surfaces.  Even the burnt-out hoodies and sun-bleached effect plaids have a 'please wear me' softness to them that seem easy and uncontrived.  Something to look forward to as the winter coats are shed (and maybe some winter pounds).  Your countdown to spring has already started even if shorts and tanks are still a couple of equinoxes away.

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Horde Your Money At Your Own Risk: Aloha Rag Sample Sale

You may not be thinking of stuffing stocking just yet but you may just want to stuff some cash in your wallet and head on over to the Aloha Rag Sample Sale.  The sale which starts today at noon boasts up to 80% off on past seasons and stocks of labels like Saturdays NYC, Factotum, Carven, Margiela and 3.1 Phillip Lim.  See the flyer below and see to it to head on over to 545 Greenwich Street #2A from today thru the 10th 12PM - 6PM.



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Art For the Palette: 300 Joules Liqueurs

Gentlemen may prefer a nice stiff apperitif but sometimes it takes a true gent to appreciate a well-mixed cocktail.  Especially if that certain gent has an attuned sweet tooth and a penchant for the aromatic and flavorful.  

The cold weather is upon us which, if you're like me, puts ideas of cozy drinks and comfort food on the brain.  So whether you're a gent that likes a bit of sweet with his spicy cigar, one who likes to have a little sweet liqueur to sip with those cupcakes to surprise his lady, one who likes a bit of sweet to liven up the palette after dinner or one who will just look for any excuse to down alcohol, enter 300 Joules Liqueurs.

There's something for the spicy gentleman and the tart fellow in you (and your other half might love them too).  These are artisanal liqueurs with three sharp distinct flavors of ginger, lemon and cinnamon. Each harbors the flavor of its key ingredient so keenly that they create perfect pairings with nothing more than your favorite champagne or simple liquor to really taste how infused they are.  They are also a perfect liqueur to enjoy over ice or to bathe your favorite dessert in as the flavor melds nicely to baked goods leaving behind the rich flavor of the key ingredient along with a sweet fragrant aroma.  Definitely a liqueur to stock and experiment with and one that will be sure to prove that even the most devout of traditionalists with savor this sip of something sweet.


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Cold Weather Remedies: ASOS Menswear Holiday 2014 Preview

Maybe, to some, nothing says Fall like a cleaning out of the gutters.  Or perhaps it's watching your kids dive into a pile of leaves you've just raked into an iceberg-like structure.  Well whatever says Fall to you, it's all to prepare you for the ensuing shoveling of the walkway and driveway perhaps.  It may even be the Olympic style leaping and pirouetting over curbs and corners of salt-laced slushy grey melted snow that says Old Man Winter has come and conquered.  Well, to all my fashionable summer lovers and stylish spring admirers, the weather may be 'oh so frightful' in the winter but I'd like to think that the onslaught of fabrics and layers and ways to wrap yourself in warmth could help to get through the 32 below weather.  


Now I get that you'd rather be in Tulum sipping a righteous margarita.  However, if you're going to be where the trees bask in their nakedness and the snow lays heavy during the winter then isn't it only proper to get some enjoyment out of making sure your body temp stays waxing on the memories of summer's heat and humidity.  This is where the leathers, tweeds, the quilted and the lined (not to mention the eggnogs, champagnes and mistletoes) roll in to make sure life is just as warm as the middle six months of the year.  
Well fret not!  ASOS Menswear has a holiday line that is sure to please.  ASOS, that dapper British transporter of cool, affordable and quite stylishly apropo clothing has a holiday line-up filled with the fabrics, silhouettes and trimmings that keep men sharp and appropriately attired for that holiday suare or that winter weather fight.  


For Holiday 2013, ASOS Menswear offers up great categories of threads for men to drool over. First up, a man needn't show up ill-fitted for any holiday party with ASOS's line of tailored holiday garments.  It's more for a suave evening engagement than for opening gifts at grandma's.  Trim suits and sport coats with lame and leather embellishments on lapels and sleeves and dress shoes with all the shine of a Christmas star made for an attractive capsule that screamed a night of dancing and a night on the town.


Next up was the über-attractive ASOS Black collection.  The inspiration was still sporty and this season was given cool flavor by being fashioned in black and red graphic color-blocks and plaids.  Shapes range from varsity bombers, to tees and techno-fabric balmacaans while shoes like Chelsea boots, wing-tips and monk-strap oxfords have dashes or vibrant red to liven them up.  Quite attractive I must say.


Holiday 2013 ASOS Menswear continues to give men great outerwear choices with modern updates like a wool moto-jacket with leather sleeves and quilted and plaid wool varsity jackets all with a stylish and youthful approach.  What's also great to note this season is ASOS's 'Crafted In' line of garments where the garment's fabric and construction was all done in the same country of origin.  So in this collection you have attractive Harris Tweed suits and jumpers made in England and trim nicely tailored suits made in Italy of Italian wool.  


What's also nice to see from ASOS Menswear is that they always give you great accessories to choose from, for yourself or to give as great stocking stuffers.  Sweet leather bags, knit wool beanies, festive cuff links, vintage inspired notables and fun socks anchored a pretty attractive collection of clothing that can speak to stylish young men in all walks of life.  So along with the drop in daylight, the dropping leaves and the dropping barometer it has to create a bit of a warming feeling to be able to find your own inner warmth by way of the garb.  







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