Just a quick heads up. If you’re an American Express platinum card holder, you can get two free nights in the Wynn, two free$30 credits for breakfasts each day, and one $60 lunch credit at any of the restaurants.
There are blackout dates (most weekends), but it doesn’t require a longer stay i.e. get in for 2 nights and get out without paying a dime.
Looks like I’m headed back to Vegas.
Kenneth Cole is marking down all sale items and additional 50%.
The sale is valid through the weekend.
With spring, hopefully, around the corner in New York City I figured it was time get a more weather appropriate coat.
I’ve always found something very appealing about a classic trench coat. Coupled with a nice suit and bag, a good coat can really pull everything together. So I began a search for one this afternoon.
Within about an hour I settled on this from Banana Republic:
There’s a Banana Republic 50 feet away from my office so I stopped in to see if it fit. I like the classic styling, but non-traditional charcoal grey color. When I tried it on and saw that it was only $90 in store, I picked it up immediately.
Jos. A Bank is joining the growing number of companies that are trying to entice fearful consumers to buy their wares.
According to the Baltimore Sun (via Consumerist).
The suits have to be purchased during the retailer’s $199 sale, from March 16 to April 9. Customers have to show proof that they lost their job between April 16 and July 1 to get the rebate. Jos. A. Bank will pay a refund up to $199.
You can see the selection of suits here. I’ve never really been a fan of Jos. A Bank. Always struck me as a poor man’s Brooks Brothers, but with a deal like this, it might be worth checking out.
For other great tips on surviving the economic downturn make sure to check out ricebird’s NYC Recession Diary.
Perry Ellis is having a huge sale on pretty much everything.
Pants start at $20, shirts for $15, and sweaters for $20.
The most popular sizes are selling out fast so get’em while you can.
Nautica is having a big clearance sale on a lot of items.
Use coupon code: NAUBHSV1501 when checking out for an additional 15% off and free shipping.
Cologne is something that’s very difficult to review. Not only is the preference for fragrance a subjective matter to begin with, but men wear cologne not for their own benefits, but to attract women. This leads to the inevitable situation where each fragrance has to please two masters.
My relationship with cologne goes back almost a decade when I bought Jean Paul Gaultier’s Le Male for my first trip to Las Vegas. Perhaps I was overwhelmed by the sights and sounds of Vegas, but at the time I thought it was a great fragrance. My girlfriend at the time couldn’t disagree more. She found the smell to be too ‘feminine’ and too fruity. Obviously she won the argument and the JPG went into the trash.
But that brings up the obvious problem with most colognes. In trying to make the scent attractive to women they perfumers go too far and end up with a slightly muted perfume more appropriate for a women.
At the other end of the spectrum is a ‘man’s man’ cologne. Something earthy, overpowering, and most of all musky. This is for the sort of guy who thinks a black 10 gallon hat and matching boots is formalwear.
Which brings me to All-American Stetson.
At the launch party I was actually surprised at how mild the fragrance was. It’s not the sort of thing that screams out and makes people scream when you walk into a room. It strikes the right balance between being masculine and subtile. Tom Brady, the frontman for the brand, talked about how he worked with the perfumers to reach that happy medium.
I think he and All-American Stetson succeeded.
All-American Stetson is available now. Make sure to request a sample and while you’re at it try your hand at some of the great games that are up on the site.
For a great roundup of the event check out nitro:licious’s take.
After a long flight from New York (hey Continental your first class on 737-800’s isn’t that nice) I touched down in Las Vegas for a long weekend. One of the goals is to see if the clothes really make the man and if I’m treated differently than my previous trips. When I landed I was wearing my bespoke suit and a theory shirt. Bespoke suits have a lot of little touches that scream ‘I’m custom made’ if you know what you’re looking for. The most obvious to spot is the ‘working buttons‘.
When I sat down at the blackjack table, single deck please, the pit boss immediately came over and introduced himself to me. I was playing $15 minimums and without a players card, but the pit boss saw the signs and figured me to be if not a high roller, someone that needed to be treated well. Immediately after a cocktail waitress came up to me first at the table despite there being 3 other players that had been there for quite some time.
The experiment is going pretty well: I was treated significantly better by the staff because of what I was wearing.
Everyone is buzzing about Watchmen. I’m not a film or literature critic, so I’ll take a stab at the quintessentially 1980’s fashion.
I’ve never been a fan of double breasted suits. The parallel buttons really highlight the torso making you look fatter than you are. They are, however, very Watchmen.
