LA*SURFPUNK THE MEN'S STORE

SUITS WITH FLARE

2012-02-07T12:35:00.001-08:00

We are SO digging these suits with the flared pants leg.

We love that full look in a trouser.

As one walks, the pants look as if it is sweeping the sidewalk. Love it!!

So fresh-looking after a decade of stove-pipe suit leg openings (talking to you H&M!!)!

This is from an editorial Elle Men China.

The model is Diego Miguel.

If any of our readers can read Chinese, please tell us who designed the two suits. The credits are listed in the photo. We think the suit credit would be the first listed, but we are unsure. Feel free to leave feedback in our comment section.

Fabulous, darling

ENERGIE FOUNDER PERISHES, 56

2011-12-19T16:18:00.000-08:00

Miss Sixty/Energie/Killah founder Wicky Hassan has perished at the age of 56.

Born in Tripoli, Hassan arrived to the open arms of Rome with his family in the late 1960s. Thousands of Libyan Jews were forced out of the country during the Six Day War, Hassan and family were among those who fled.

Hassan was from a family of drapers.

Edited for clarity:

[Hassan started] selling clothes at flea markets, Romans, and finally managed to open the first store. We owe the first imports of which have become cult brands like Timberland, Levi's and All Star to him. His insights are revealed and success grows right up to the opening of a store in the prestigious Via del Corso.

His first line of clothing, Energie, and in 1988, following 3 years after Miss Sixty: the first born and will be low-waisted trousers suffered a resounding success.

Sixty soon became a group that added over the years Killah and Murphy & Nye Refrigewear.

via gay.it

Fabulous, darling

WINDOW DRESSING

2011-12-15T23:17:00.001-08:00

The Kaiser featured at Printemps.

Fabulous, darling

VOGUE PUTS 120-YEAR HISTORY ONLINE

2011-12-12T10:05:00.000-08:00

Gather those coins.

It will cost nearly $1600 to subscribe to VOGUE's digital archive.

View the magazine from the very start (1892) to now.

CBS profiles VOGUE with soundbites from Anna Wintour:

Fabulous, darling

COLOR NOT CONTAINED

2011-12-05T18:57:00.000-08:00

We likey.

Duct tape in fun,festive colors. Not in that drab, predictable gun-metal gray.

Available at The Container Store. At $4.99, one can buy more than one!!

Now, what can we tape??

Fabulous, darling

WHAT A T-EASE

2011-12-02T14:18:00.000-08:00

We're really digging these new T's from New Look for S/S 2012.

Fabulous, darling

FALLING IN LOVE

2011-12-01T15:13:00.001-08:00

Michael Bastian for Gant, above

Rag & Bone, above

Vintage Polo University Club by Ralph Lauren, above

For Fall 2011, we have been falling in love with blazers. We don't know what caused it; it was a natural gravitation to something so utilitarian, so business-like.

Blazer moments for everyday. Day to evening dressing. Simple. Not having to "think" about what to wear.

We are really digging the blazers from Michael Bastian for Gant. And, we love how those two blazers are styled.

And, don't put it past us, we would totally wear the blazer Rag & Bone did for their women's Fall 2011 collection. With a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt underneath--PERFECT!!

We ordered a vintage Polo University Club blazer from Ebay. Perfect for a day of blogging or business meetings then to dinner and a movie.

In a later post, we'll show you what to team up with the vintage Polo University blazer to make it very "now," very "today."

Go and find your perfect blazer for Fall 2011.

Fabulous, darling

COLOR BLOCK

2011-12-01T14:49:00.000-08:00

Color us excited!!

The new H&M/Marni collaboration looks promising.

We want to purchase all the above looks.

Save some of that holiday cash, the new line will be available March 8, 2012.

Fabulous, darling

FRIDAY FLASHBACK

2011-11-18T08:38:00.001-08:00

The polished perfection that is Polo Ralph Lauren.

These ads from the very early '80s were so influential to us. Our sartorial style today can be traced to the Ralph Lauren aesthetics of yesteryear. You can say, we have Polo/RL in our DNA as well.

Fabulous, darling

MAKE OUR DAY

2011-09-29T17:31:00.001-07:00

Rick Day made this video for Rufskin.

These lads are HOT!!

Enjoy!

Ruf vs. Skin:

Fabulous, darling

BALENCIAGA BUNCH BENCHED

2011-09-29T16:59:00.000-07:00

That accessory- heavy crowd known as the fashion set caused the benches at Balenciaga to break.

We kid. The fashion house has not given a reason to why the seats faltered.

It was standing room only for Hamish Bowles, AnnER Wintour (in Balenciaga), Grace Coddington and Catherine Deneuve.

This well-manicured crowd didn't seem to flinch and they rolled with the punches. FASHION TROOPERS!!

Fabulous, darling

FASHION NIGHT OUT 2011

2011-09-08T10:28:00.001-07:00

FASHION ISLAND:

Manhattan will be abuzz tonight!!!

via thenewyorktimes

Fabulous, darling

FIELD & STREAM

2011-08-13T09:29:00.000-07:00

Natureza Bruta

Images by Herickson Laurindo

Fabulous, darling

AND ACTION

2011-08-13T09:24:00.001-07:00

Cute little Jesse Eisenberg sits for a fun editorial in August GQ.

Huge applause to the prop magicians making this happen.

Fabulous, darling

VOGUE: THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE

2011-08-11T13:26:00.000-07:00

FINALLY!!

Hello FALL!! Goodbye summer, good riddance. GAG!

It's here!!!!!!!!!

758 GLORIOUS pages and we plan to inhale every single one.

We know Target will have a promo section featuring the Missoni collaboration-- 20-page insert!!

We can't wait to see the ads from Chanel, Neiman Marcus, Nordstroms.

And, we'll be studying with an eagle eye all the editorials from Ms. Coddington.

All of August and September will be a 758-page continuous loop.

An FYI, PS: The September issue of W will be Edward Enninful's first as Creative Director!! So get that copy too!!

Fabulous, darling

FOLLOWING

2011-08-10T11:53:00.001-07:00

Oh, this is good. Real good!!

A Twitter account of sound bites overheard in the elevator of Conde Nasty at 4 Times Square. How delicious!!

We are so following!

Fabulous, darling

ALEX LUNDQVIST

2011-08-04T19:59:00.000-07:00

We were chirping the other day about how we had mad crushes in the middle 1990s of the male supermodels of that day: Mark Vanderloo, Jason Lewis, and of course, Alex Lundqvist.

Here are some current images of the beautiful Swedish model.

He certainly gets sexier with time.

Fabulous, darling

MARK THE SPOT

2011-07-17T08:43:00.000-07:00

FOOT ROCKER:

Our favorite DKNY model Mark Vanderloo works the F/W 2011 Cesare Paciotti campaign.

Mark becomes more beautiful each year.

He was part of that whole male supermodel pack in the mid-90's: Jason Lewis, Marcus Schenkenberg and Alex Lundqvist (another one of our LOOOOOOOOVES).

Fabulous, darling

THUMBS UP

2011-06-30T08:09:00.000-07:00

We all know how much AnnER supports Roger Federer.

The editrix at Wimbledon cheering for him on Wednesday against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Fabulous, darling

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE

2011-06-23T11:05:00.001-07:00

We posted earlier about buying Hanes 3-pack and wearing them with a pair of trousers. To try: Polo Ralph Lauren madras pants or if going sedate, a Giorgio Armani summer lightweight wool pant in his signature gray.

The guys at DSquared (Dean and Dan Caten) have done just that for their S/S 2012 collection: a simple white V-neck t-shirt with a pant in a punch of orange color. See, the shirt showcases the pants and the belt without distraction. There are enough star players (the pant; belt) the shirt doesn't need to be one too.

Fabulous, darling

VERSACE MEN

2011-06-22T06:12:00.000-07:00

Versace's front row illuminates with some gorgeous star wattage.

Chace Crawford, Darren Criss, Ryan Kwanten and Zachary Quinto attended the S/S 2012 collection in Milan.

Fabulous, darling

VINTAGE POLO

2011-06-21T22:25:00.001-07:00

We are always scouring Ebay for authentic vintage Polo Ralph Lauren men's items.

Our latest score is this great sweatshirt, below.

We will be featuring it heavily in our Fall wardrobes.

We're not sure the year. Maybe one of the anniversary edition lines? Why are we thinking around 1992. Although, that is not an anniversary year (1977, '87, '97, '07).

Fabulous, darling

LOVING LANVIN

2011-06-17T14:45:00.001-07:00

How many days until Fall???

Fabulous, darling

VINTAGE GRACE

2011-06-17T14:34:00.001-07:00

A great image of magazine maestro Ms. Grace Coddington and designer Karl Lagerfeld.

Enjoy!!

Fabulous, darling

SARTORIAL STYLE FOR SUMMER

2011-06-14T20:19:00.001-07:00

We get TONS of emails. Topics range from: clothing advice; what are we wearing for summer; dressing for a summer event.

So here it is!! The items that we are all about for Summer 2011.

We keep things very simple for summer. One, it is too hot to be worrying about wearing a bunch of shit. Two, simple is best. No thinking, no endless time-consuming hours changing three or four times before leaving the house.

For summer and fall, we always buy Hane's V-neck t-shirts in a three-pack. Available at any mass retailer.

They are perfect alone or under a polo shirt or dress oxford to keep perspiration and body oils at bay and transferring on to your good clothes.

Also, a nod to Ty Pennington. He always wears white Hanes and looks sooooo HOT in them too!!

Our one obsession for Summer 2011 was this Polo Ralph Lauren banner stripe cricket polo. When we first saw it, we were creaming over it. Our love for Ralph Lauren and his iconic symbols runs very, very deep. As the weeks went by, we were dreaming about it, then, finally, it consumed every second of our waking day. That is when we knew, we had to beak down and get it! Polo psychotic, we know. OMG, if you only knew!! It happens every season and not just with Polo but Burberry, Prada, Energie, Chip & Pepper and........

This will match perfectly with the two pants (we'll talk about those later in the post) we have selected for the whole summer.

For summers, we love the Polo Ralph Lauren grosgrain belts. We have a TON of them and in various, festive colors ( one in: lime green, blue, pink, yellow, our favorite). They look great with said plain white V-neck ts and a pair of jeans. It offers that pop of color between the blue of the jean and the white of the shirt with the brown suede of the buck.

We acquired the Polo Ralph Lauren madras pants last year (Summer 2010) from their website. They are the perfect pant from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend. Any family function, the country club, drinks with friends. And, you won't see yourself coming and going. Have you ever worn Diesel to The Abbey? Hello, all those queens and you look like HOMOgenized clones. This pant is original and it gets you noticed.

It teams perfectly with the white V-neck shirt. The t-shirt showcases the pant. The pants are the star attraction, so let it shine!

And, to give your occasion an extra notch of Polo cuntiness, team the madras pants with the cricket polo and the grosgrain belt. It screams RICH BITCH!

These Levi Capital E jeans are THE utilitarian jean item for summer. They ground the V-necks Ts and grosgrain belt perfectly.

To change it up, the cricket polo is the perfect match with these bootcut jeans. The shirt pops. It is the center attraction. The look doesn't need any more star players. The polo can be tucked in or out. If you do tuck the cricket polo in, go with one of the more neutral-colored grosgrain belts, say in a primary blue, like above.

The Bass Brockton Suede Bucks are a no-brainer!! They are the shoe for summer. The end-all, no discussion, no debate. DONE!

It's definitely a notch above a tired pair of loafers or a pair of sneakers, like Adidas Originals or Pumas. Plus, it's too hard looking for the correct trainer to go with the madras pants without looking all crazy. (We do have a perfect sneaker to go with the pants, a RLX silver trainer circa. 1997. But, that is beside the point; it just confuses the issue of how we are trying to keep this post and the wardrobe simple.)

The suede bucks go with all the above outfits-- perfectly.

There is no time consumption with trying to figure out the "right" shoe to pull off these looks.

This is THE "right" shoe. For day, for dinner, for a night out drinking at Fiesta or Here, these shoes work.

Pairs perfectly with the madras pants or the Levi Capital E's!!

There it is. Our summer wardrobe. Perfect for traveling too. How many pieces is that, 6? That easy. That simple.

Spend all that other saved wasted wardrobe time on the hunky boyfriend. He'll think you look so cute, you may not stay dressed long in any of the above. Oh well, the life of a clotheshorse!!

Fabulous, darling