Taking one more spin through, I poked around the $50 racks to see what kind of goodness I can find.
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  Belts Bonanza Available in: All sizes Price: $20 Yeah, I’m a little shocked too. We found a box of high quality belts in brown and black from various belt makers, and we’re selling them for $20 each. Some belts are listed as high as $155, which would be the one above, but I guess we’re selling them for $20 too. Twenty. Bucks. • • • |
   Shoes & Sneakers Available in: 7 to 12 Price: I may be swayed by these three shoes/sneakers from Gordon Rush, Penguin, and Sully Wong, mainly because I already own them, but there’s a ton of fresh footwear to pick through, ranging from size 7 to 12s. If you’re on either side of that spectrum, you may have a better chance at finding one your size though. • • • |
 Underwear from Ginch Gonch, Bjorn Borg, and Piss & VinegarAvailable in: Small to Large Price: Cheap, fun, and occasionally tacky (but in a good way), spice up underneath your clothes with Ginch Gonch, Bjorn Borg, and Piss & Vinegar. Lots of colour graphic underwear to choose from. And they’re only $20 each. |
 Trapper JacketAvailable in: Small, Medium Price: Found this jacket from Trapper. Extra soft leather in a cool brown shade, a comfortable hood, and fits like a cozy glove. Ideal for fall, but if you like to layer, you can get by this winter in it. And it’s cheaper than my staff discount! |
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Another great find was this dark brown jacket. It’s padded for insulation and will keep you warm this winter. And again, cheaper than my staff discount. |
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A white tuxedo blazer. Can you get any more Bond? Not Your Father makes a great trim cut blazer (as do all their suits, for that matter) that will put you in the dashing factor mode. |
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Kwasi Sports Coats
Available in: Small, Medium, Large
Price: $395 $250
Remember these sports coats from Toronto designer, Kwasi? They were hit at our fashion show at LG Fashion Week last year, and they’re available in our Boxing Day Sale for price you’d have to do a double take on. If you can pull these jackets off, you’ll be the hit at any party.
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Gotstyle Suits
Available in: 38 to 46
Price: $750+ $250
I had a fellow tweet me, asking if we had any (somewhat) conservative suits in the Boxing Day Sale. Digging through the racks, I found a ton of great suits from 38 to 46 that didn’t look embarrassing. Charcoals, dark greys, lighter greys, solid and pinstriped.. you name it. And the markdown is ridiculous: these babies are $250 each!
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I had a lot of fun picking out some stuff with one of our customers, who walked away with a ton of stuff, including a $90 pair of grey, cashmere socks for $20. Didn’t get a chance to snap a photo of his finds, but we were able to come up big!
What kind of deals were you able to find?
“We’ve had a huge run on purple. It is regal, and it is more accessible than pink.” – Melissa Austria (Toronto Star)
by reggie in Press on December 28th, 2010 Discussion
This holiday season you can’t swing a broker on Bay St. without hitting a guy in a lavender shirt.
One recent, albeit informal, survey (by a male friend, of course) in the locker-room at the Adelaide Club at First Canadian Place revealed pale purple shirts on 6 out of 8 hooks in the change room.
“We’ve had a huge run on purple,” says Melissa Austria, owner of Gotstyle. “It is regal, and it is more accessible than pink.”
Indeed, pink is so three years ago, says Austria, and men’s magazines are pushing it as a basic shirt colour now. That said, magazines and fashion shows are less influential in the bulge of the conservative business attire market. “Young men are dressing like gay men these days,” says Wendy Natale, the fashion editor at Hello Canada and principal of On Your Behalf, a personal shopping service that specializes in swanking up men. “They are embracing colour and flamboyance. The young guns are forcing their fathers to keep up.”
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With the larger trend of going tieless, especially at night, Austria has sold a slew of purple pocket squares to go with purple shirts: “It looks naked with nothing at the neck if you don’t toss on a square.”
Ben Mulroney’s Hank Pocket Squares are Making Buzz
by reggie in Press on December 27th, 2010 DiscussionFrom Winnipeg to Fredericton (ironically where Melissa is from!), Hank, Ben Mulroney’s pocket square line, has been the buzz across the country. With the help of popular neckwear company Braemore, these pocket squares are the talk of the town – not just by the popularity of its designer, but by its colourful artwork designs.
From the National Post:
He’s not a full-on designer yet, but Ben Mulroney is going to develop a line of, wait for it, pocket squares! He’s partnering with Canadian tie-makers Braemore Neckwear to do it, but why? Well, according to the press release, Mulroney says “most men don’t take advantage of the best way to distinguish themselves: a breast pocket square.” And he seems to mean it—we looked through photos of the eTalk host over the years (see our slide show of Ben’s 10 Best Pocket Square Moments) and could only find two instances of him in a suit sans pocket square, and that was back in 2003 and 2006. But then, we also found a photo of him wearing this. In Toronto, the line will be carried at Holt Renfrew, Gotstyle and Ted’s Style Shoppe.
Read more on HANK:
➜ Ben Mulroney Enters Fashion World (National Post)
➜ Ben Mulroney’s no square; just take a look at his pockets (Daily Gleaner)
➜ Ben Mulroney: Fashion Designer? (Toronto Life)
➜ Ben Mulroney Tackles Design Students Ready for Montreal Runway (Winnipeg Free Press)
Easy Gift Ideas: SAXX Underwear
by reggie in New Arrivals on December 24th, 2010 Discussion
Underwear is always an easy gift. New in-store this week is underwear from SAXX, an underwear line that uses advanced meshing and innovation for maximum comfort and breathing.
Designed with a thin breathable mesh, Saxx Comfort Side Panels are a design innovation in men’s underwear – providing men with contact free comfort, support and a great feel.
The (2) parallel side panels are made of a breathable Nylon/Spandex mesh which contours to the natural shape of men and is entirely flexible. Never restrictive or tight, they offer support when needed and keep men cool and dry.
The Saxx Comfort Side Panels create an unduplicated environment of comfort.
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