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Ever since unruly tennis legend Rene Lacoste cut off the forearm sleeves on his button-down shirt to get an edge on court, the tennis shirt (later to be known as the polo shirt) has been one of the most popular garments in the menswear wardrobe. When we think of the polo we might cast our
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John Lennon. Hunter S. Thompson. Kurt Cobain. What do they all have in common? Well, aside from the fact that all three of them were routinely on enough uppers, downers, screamers and laughers to knock out an elephant, one key detail unites them: their sunglasses. They didn’t just look cool in them, they were iconic.
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Neutrals are great. They really are. Black will always be the new black, there’s no skin tone that doesn’t look good in grey, and it’s impossible to look under- (or, in fact, over-) dressed in a navy suit. However, when you consider that dog tags and square-toe shoes were once considered the height of cool,
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Not so long ago, arm tattoos were the stuff of cartoonish stereotypes – a faded anchor upon a beefy bicep, tribal patterns worn in suburbia, a sash wrapped around a heart proudly declaring “Mum”. Not any more. Tattoos are a statement about your style and personality. “They’re a great way of showing your soul on
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Of all the tenets of dressing well, ‘do not clash patterns’ seems like one that should always hold water. Deliberately playing around with prints and patterns is to design an outfit that looks like it shouldn’t go together. How could that be stylish? Even the most rebellious of subcultures throughout history were loath to mix
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A haircut says a fair bit about a man. Especially when the style in question is less orthodox than another buzz cut. You can be fairly comfortable making snap judgments about their music taste, their fashion sense, even the kind of job they do. But that’s less about the hair, more about our innate tribalism:
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Summer weekends call for backyard barbecues. Fall weekends call for tailgating. So as Labor Day weekend approaches, it’s the perfect time to brush up on your burger building skills. Tim Love, chef and owner of The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro in Fort Worth, Texas shares some of his expert tips for crafting the perfect burger
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Cold feet are a fact of winter, as reliable as dark mornings and drunken Decembers. The shoes you wear the rest of the year-round – perforated trainers that let the chill in and low-rise shoes that let the rain in – just won’t cut it in the worst of the weather. You need some of
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It’s an age-old question. One your grandfather likely asked every summer as well. “Will wearing an undershirt really protect me from sweating through my shirt or will it just make me sweat even more?” 1 The Good News According to the best medical authorities, a cotton undershirt will indeed keep you cooler while serving as
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