Too Much?

Trying a new colour combo tonight. Hm.

It’s Coming

Also, LMFAO (along with Nicky Minaj and MIA) has been added to Madonna’s 12-minute Superbowl half-time show.

Football and Madonna is gonna be so queer. I love making America uncomfortable!

Just a Reminder

Michael Pitt Farted

Honestly, I laughed as soon as I saw this. The shot from last month made him look like an upright cadaver but this one makes him look like he just let out a big one in Prada’s offices. Cutting the cheese through $1100 trousers is such a luxury.

£1,952 GBP ($3,142 USD) Shoes

The guy who invented the Clark’s Desert Boot passed away not that long ago I think. Good thing he isn’t alive to see these monstrosities called “The Crown Jewels.” Created to pay tribute to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and priced at £1,952 GBP ($3,142 USD) to reference the Queen’s 1952 coronation, they are a limited edition and apparently coveted luxury item so better go get a pair before Elton John buys them all.

Prego

Taste.IT / The Boys of Milan Fashion Week from models.com on Vimeo.

I Object

Can Law & Order please come back so that the cast doesn’t have to do stuff like this? Yikes.

God, I miss that show.

Brad Spliff

Pimp & Circumstance

Thom Browne’s Paris show for Spring 2012. No other words necessary.

Revamping Club Monaco

Canadian men’s style can be difficult to define especially with the increased access to quality design from around the world. More companies are now shipping to Canada and competing with our beloved Canadian labels and local retailers. Maybe Canadian men’s style doesn’t have to be defined by Canadian labels anymore. Purchased by Ralph Lauren, Club Monaco is aiming to give the men of Toronto something to rave about. Aaron Levine and Michael Williams (from A Continuous Lean) have been given the task of revamping a brand that sort of plummeted into the depths of retail hell for a while. Honestly, I stopped shopping there when the sizes went up and the prices reflected the amount of extra fabric they needed to make clothes for fat Americans. God knows, I can only have so much oatmeal in my closet. But then all of a sudden, I noticed some new pieces in the windows and was surprised to find that “XS” was back on the racks.

Now Club Monaco is tackling the booming menswear market in a slightly more strategic way. Heritage branding and some third-party labels (Tanner Goods, Clark’s, Aether and more) will hopefully compete well with the “failing” J. Crew store here in Toronto. Who goes to Yorkdale regularly anyway? Suburbanites with money, not downtown hipsters which J. Crew so wants to target. And with the increased pricing and lack of menswear at J. Crew, I think Club Monaco is going to do just fine. The very first Men’s Shop in the world has opened up in Yorkville and I am excited to pop in to see the new digs at Bloor and Avenue. So yay for Canada (sort of).

Ironically, one of the most interesting new additions to the Men’s Shop is the limited edition Made In USA line of handmade ready-to-wear pieces including ties, trousers and suiting.

I’m on a retail boycott right now but it doesn’t hurt to look.

Club Monaco Men’s Shop
157 Bloor Street West
Toronto
(416) 591-8837