Dolce and Gabbana Men 2015

The Subtle Madness of Spring: Milan Men’s Week Spring 2015

Gentle reader,

The men’s spring 2015 shows in Milan just wrapped up yesterday but I’ve been so involved in learning the ropes at my new Rodeo Drive digs, where we are basically working in a very glamorous construction zone while a remodel of mind-blowing proportions takes place around us, that it’s taken me a little time to wrap my head around what’s strutted down the runways in the last four days.  I’d been planning to touch on what ideas the guys might want to incorporate as fall wares roll into stores, but I decided instead to stay all fresh and newsworthy so here’s a breakdown of the shit that went down in Italy last weekend.

In keeping with his loose, dark feel of the fall Ermenegildo Zegna collection, Mr. Pilati started Saturday off all dark and moody with midnight blues and black in fluid, almost baggy, pants and light jackets. 

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Workout for Your Wallet: Men’s Gym Clothes Spring 2013

Gentle reader,

Have you ever had an item of clothing that was so comfortable and well loved, like an old friend or a childhood teddy bear, that it made you happy just to have it around?  The faded old black Ralph Lauren tank top that I always wore to the gym was like that.  Well, the last time Esperanza did the laundry, something weird happened and the small hole under the right arm somehow joined with the armhole itself and the whole thing was pretty destroyed.  I’d been telling myself for a while that I needed to get new workout clothes