THE SAFARI JACKET

WITH SPRING CLOSING IN (I HOPE) I AM CHANNELLING MY INNER FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT/MILITARY COMMANDER/WHITE HUNTER AND CONSIDERING THE SAFARI JACKET AS A PART OF THAT SPRING OUTERWEAR SOLUTION. IT LOOKS GREAT FROM FEILD TO COCKTAILS (ADD KNIT TIE HERE OR ROLL AND BUTTON THE SLEEVES UP WHEN THINGS HEAT UP). YOU CAN'T GET MORE AUTHENTIC THAN THE BERETTA SAFARI KACKET, BUILT SPECIFIC FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED AND STILL EASILY TRANSLATES TO AN URBAN LIFESTYLE. 

SUCKA

JCP (JC PENNEY) HAS REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE ESSENTIAL SUMMER SEERSUCKER. THE JACKET OFF THE RACK WAS A GREAT FIT (AT A REDUCED PRICE OF $49.00) AND THE SHORTS ARE SLIM FITTING AND CUT WELL (AT $20.00) THERE ARE PLENTY OF GOOD SUMMER OFFERINGS SO GET THERE AND CHECK IT OUT.

G.LORENZI:SWEATER BRUSH

LEAVE IT TO THE ITALIAN'S TO COME UP WITH THE MOST HANDSOME SOLUTION TO CUT DOWN ON MY DRY CLEANING BILLS (NOT TO MENTION CHEMICAL OFF GASING). THIS BRUSH (MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TASK) BREATHES NEW LIFE AND FRESHNESS INTO THE MOST TIRED AND LIFELESS CASHMERE AND WOOL. PICK IT UP ON YOUR NEXT TRIP TO MILAN AT G.LORENZI

TROUSER SHOP:DELRAY BEACH

BRUCE GIMMY HEADS UP THE TROUSER SHOP IN DELRAY BEACH FLORIDA, JUST A STONES THROW FROM PALM BEACH. THIS IS OLD SCHOOL AT IT'S BEST. KILLER INVENTORY WITH TAILORING DONE ON PREMISES. I AM FINDING IT HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND THESE GEMS. SO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN DELRAY IN NEED OF SOME SEERSUCKER OR PATCH MADRAS STOP IN TO SEE BRUCE AT THE TROUSER SHOP.

O'MAST: AN INSPIRATION

BOOKING FLIGHT TO NAPLES...

BEAN RAGG WOOL

THE LL BEAN RAGG WOOL SWEATER (AND SOCKS FOR THAT MATTER) WERE IN HEAVY ROTATION IN MY HIGH SCHOOL WARDROBE. I AM HAPPY TO SEE BEAN PRODUCING THEM AGAIN AFTER MANY YEARS OF NOT (INCLUDING THE RED RAGG). I AM ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE EARLY ONES WHEN I AM ON THE THRIFT CIRCUIT AND WHEN I FIND THEM I BUY THEM. 

NO LABEL BOILED TO PERFECTION

DUNDERDON (RIP)

I AM SAD TO SEE ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE RETAIL BRANDS CLOSING ITS DOORS IN NYC. THE OUTERWEAR BRAND DUNDERDON (THINK CARHART OF SWEDEN) IS SHUTTING SHOP AFTER THE PASSING OF THIER FOUNDER PER-IVAN HAGBERG LAST MONTH. THE SHOP AT 25 HOWARD STREET IS SELLING ITS REMAINING GOODS AT 50 -70% OFF. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF THEIR STURDY KNITS AND OUTERWEAR (FASHION MEETS FUNCTION) AND THE WOMEN'S STUFF HAS BEEN A FAVORITE WITH MY WIFE AS WELL. GET THERE WHILE THIS INCREDIBLY GOOD STUFF LASTS.

WM BROWN NECK TIES

HERE IS THE FIRST RUN OF THE WM BROWN NECK TIES. A GREAT MIX OF WOOL AND TWEED, SAVED FROM THE ARCHIVE OF REMNANTS LEFT BEHIND BY THE BIG BOYS. MADE IN HERE IN NEW YORK BY HAND. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

A HAND FULL OF 2 1/2 INCH FINISHED SQUARE