Friday Faux Pas: Chunky Dress Shoes

Footwear is up there as one of the most involved decisions that a man can make. There are so many styles and brands, not to mention the non-universal sizing of shoes, but there is a certain style that with great certainty, should be avoided.
Enough of this...
Dress shoes are a specification reserved for a sleek elegance that resonates with the rest of the attire that they go with; smooth lines, minimalist construction, and classic silhouettes. Some designers have taken it upon themselves to try and change this mainstay and bad results. Those lines are being thrown off by adding chunky soles to the bottom of shoes that would be best fit on a pair of rugged boots. There is nothing wrong with chunky soles where they are meant to be, but dress shoes do not fall into this category, unless the plan is to go for the 70's platform look.
...stick with sleek.
Check in tomorrow for a stylish celebrity influence and next Friday for another installment of my fashion faux pas!

Threads for Thought: Lighten Up Your Wallet

There is plenty of change going on in the men's landscape, shaking up the norms across the board from clothing to accessories. Take the briefcase, for example, being scraped down to its bare bones and then recreated in fantastic new colors. 

That is no different for that culmination of leather in your back pocket holding of your financial goodies together. Its time to lose that dull black or brown version (especially if its a tri-fold) and work into the great new options out there. Don't go as far as matching a wallet to a briefcase, that's just foolish, but getting a wallet that instills some pride and excitement every time you go to pay the bill. And its okay to be over the top, its not a shirt that's going to look tacky after wearing it three times or patterned sport coat, its a wallet that comes out every once a while. Whether its a cool leather or a unique detail, make sure its memorable.
Gucci: $420

Ted Baker: $49
Herschel: $30

Check in tomorrow for this week's edition of Friday Faux Pas and next Thursday for another piece that deserves your consideration!

Tech Tuesday: HP Sprout

The mouse and keyboard were the norm for interfacing with a computer, then came the touch pad, but that seemed to lack in total interaction immersion. Remember the Bamboo Pad? That changed things, then the iPad made it all mobile, and then the recent Windows Surface perfected the total package. HP decided to revert from the portable and recreate the desktop in the same way that tablets did for mobile. Featuring a two screen interface, coupled with an overhead digital imaging camera, the new Sprout allows the user to meld the physical with the digital, opening new horizons for the creative process in every imaginable field; this is going to have a profound impact on the fashion design community once its adopted.
Check in tomorrow for an essential style piece for your closet and next Tuesday for more exciting tech!