Wardrobe Essential: Cable Cashmere

I have already mention and will continue harping on the fact that fall style is all about simple layers and varied textures. Mixing and matching different fabrics is the best thing you can do for the season, but diversity in the way the fabrics are constructed adds even more friction for those would-be gazers.
Didn't know this existed, but Club Monaco makes it!
You're obviously going to be getting your money's worth for all your sweaters this chilly-season, and you better make sure AT LEAST one of those is a cable-knit cashmere. Most companies make them in their own fashion with differentiation coming in the spatial characteristics of the cable feature and unique interweavings that create distinguishable patterns from brand-to-brand. You could technically get any cashmere sweater, but the cable-knit is an iconic piece that will not only add texture to your wardrobe, but will remain a timeless (and effortless) layering item in your closet.
Effortlessly styled, no matter what the color.
Since cashmere swap eaters aren't the cheapest things around, classic colors and neutrals will be your friends in this investment; it may be tempting,but unless you like to wear purple or red, stick to the basics. Another thing to take into consideration is the quality of the wool that you're purchasing; if you don't know much about textiles, just ask a sales associate or use the Google machine, because all cashmere is expensive, but the higher quality, extra fine thread variety will look better and last longer.
According to the Internet, only Ralph Lauren makes cable-knit cashmere.
Check in tomorrow for a fashion piece that deserves your consideration and next Wednesday for another essential style piece!

Tech Tuesday: Polaroid Cube

Its exciting to watch the tech landscape and seeing all of the dinosaurs, former tech giants of their time, begin to reinvent themselves with novel products; before the iPod, Apple wasn't all that innovative. Polaroid is one of those companies that has fallen off their photog pedestal with the advent of digital imagery and improved home printing quality. They recently released a bluetooth-enabled printer that worked with you phone to print off old school, shake it like a salt shaker Polaroids, but that's not what today is about. With everyone, from the everyday man to the wanderlust adventurer, recording practically everything they do, GoPro and other wearable video recorders have exploded exponentially. Polaroid not only caught wind of this movement, they just released a little bit (literally) of video capture technology that may be giving the competitors a run for their money, it goes by Polaroid Cube. Smaller than the GoPro, yet able to record HD video, take photos, features a magnet along with a variety of stands and mounts to be able to stick to anything you want it to, and all this comes in a dainty little package for all of you looking for a little extra flair.
Check in tomorrow for style piece that needs to be in your wardrobe and next Tuesday for some more exciting technology!

Monday Outlook: Avant Bland

Classic and simple will always be stylish, and working simple layers into your look is just another facet of how to style up your fall/winter wardrobe. But recently, designers have strayed away from that, loading up the details to make their product unique or heavily branding their goods so you know its theirs.
A.P.C. might as well be the flagship for Avant Bland.
Now step into the world of Avant Bland, a little movement that transcends the coming season and may actually set the standard across the fashion spectrum for hers to come. In layman's terms, Avant Bland is an emphasis on the quality of a product's fabric, construction, color, etc, while maintaining a very simple form and appearance; think of a basic item like a t-shirt or pair of pants and blow up the luxe factor to the nth-degree. Minimalism is a centric value of Avant Bland design, only altering colors and fabrics, even straying away from patterns, as they might be too branded.
More from A.P.C. with a heavier fall/winter palette.
What this means for the shirt term, is that simpler, higher quality goods will become the epicenter of your wardrobe needs. Long term, it means a drastic shift in the fashion industry; imagine taking away the branding and just having basic goods with higher quality attributes. There won't be any knock-offs or copycats, just low-quality and high-quality with no way to fake it. My main concern is the effect this will have on the denim market as a majority of designers rely solely on their stitching and branding to distinguish their product from others; there's no difference between True Religion and Se7en other than there branding.
The Kanye Shirt is the epitome of the Avant Bland revolution.
Check in tomorrow for some exciting new tech and next Monday for further fashion trend insight for the coming months!