Thursday, November 02, 2006

Boy fashion!

For all the ladies out there who think men just don't "get it" when it comes to clothes and fashion, read on.

First, the athletic shoe vs. casual loafer question below was posed by a DUDE.

Second, look at these two highly fashion conscious gentlemen (who actually came to ME with their cool new duds instead of me having to chase them down to talk about such girly stuff!)

Here is Mr. Price who is sporting a very dashing "new" sport coat that's a perfect fall/winter addition in deep burgundy. The item is "new" to Price who says he got it at Goodwill for $6.25.

"Of course I'm paying $25 to have the sleeves tailored less amatuerishly, so I guess it's a $31 jacket now," he adds.

How can you fret over that! It's a true fashion DO and at a fabulous price!




And here is Mr. Burger showing off his new Steve Maddens.

As a fashion DO extra, Burger got the shoes on a mad trip to Vegas which is always in fashion!

Here's his tale of the shoe:
"The Steven Madden store in the Alladin Shops in Vegas.$86.15 after tax.

"I've been wearing clunky Doc Martin-style Sketchers as my casual shoe for a long time (yes guys have only one casual shoe). I'd been looking for a more hip, low-clunk shoe for a few months. I went to Vegas for an InvestigativeReporters and Editors workshop a couple weeks ago and the girls (my esteemed fellow journalists and I) hit the shops on Sunday.

"I found these and bought them immediately."

Good for you both! See fashion isn't so hard after all.

Question from a reader:

Should men wear athletic shoes w/jeans? Or casual brown loafers?

My answer is absulment (that's French for ABSOLUTELY) the LOAFERS!!!

Also, this reader asks if people still wear Birkenstocks.

I don't know. The old sandal style? I haven't seen that around for a while. Anyone else know?

Most of their stuff looks like what I think of when I think Birkenstock. The snazzy sandals are kinda cool. The prices, however, are NOT cool. The cheapest thing pictured is the thong sandals, for $80!! The men's casual shoes are $180!!!