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Chelsea Boots for All the People
Just to catch you up if you’ve been living under a rock for the last year or so, the Chelsea boot, with it’s characteristic double elastic gores, has been the footwear du jour. Without fear of jumping...
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In Memoriam: Eredi Chiarini, Florence, Italy
In 2015, the old location for Florence’s iconic Eredi Chiarini closed, and then moved to a new location a few blocks away. I’ve not been to the new one (hopefully, I’ll go next year), but the old one...
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5 Best Jeans for 2016 and Beyond
The streetwear and denim forum within Styleforum started in large part because I wrote a “10 Best Jeans” post years ago, in the days when “premium denim” was blowing up in LA and the North American...
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A few of Fok’s favorite BLACK FRIDAY sales
In our Black Friday sales guide, we have well over 200 sales listed., and counting. If I had a billion dollars, I would probably find something I wanted to buy from each of those. As luck has it, I...
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Ronald McDonald House Charity Auctions 2016
The Annual Styleforum Gives Ronald McDonald Charity Auctions – 2016 100% of proceeds Benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Of all the many traditions we all have, this is the one of which I am...
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Waiting for sales in 2016, and my sale picks.
This season, many of the the big-name retailers – the ailing J.Crew and limping Ralph Lauren foremost amongst them, but also big department stores like Barneys, Saks Fifth Avenue and the larger online...
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Top 10 Valentine’s Day Netflix Binges
Valentine’s Day sucks. Now, I’m not saying that you shouldn’t celebrate your undying love, nor even to not celebrate Valentine’s Day at all. However, the day itself sucks. It’s a money grab, and...
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My First Good Suit was a Zegna Suit
I bought my first good suit in the spring of 1999, on the way back to school from rock climbing in Joshua Tree National Park. It was a suit by Ermenegildo Zegna, a brand that, as a grad student,...
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Feeling down? Have a Deliciously Unhealthy Late Night Snack
Sometimes you have to take a break from worrying about whether your suits will fit you tomorrow. You come home late after a bad day, you go on a first date that ends badly, or you just want to pig out....
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5 Best Jeans for Men with Big Thighs
One of the most common questions that is asked on the forum – alongside “Where can I buy Common Projects on sale?” – is “How do I clothe my athletic thighs with denim?” It seems that, while malls...
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The 2017 Styleforum Charity Auctions Are Here!
We are very proud to present this year’s edition of the Styleforum Charity Auctions, this year in support of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane. Of all the many traditions we all have,...
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The best Christmas gifts for your significant other and for you
That time of year has come again: you need a gift guide to buy a present for the woman in your life. Last January, you resolved to make notes about the things that she seemed really interested in but...
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An ode and a guide to tapered jeans
The first pair of “raw” denim jeans I saw that were not my father’s Levi’s Orange tabs ($29.95 at Zellers back in 1980) were Helmut Lang’s “Narrow” and “Straight” cuts, which I stumbled across the...
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Styleforum’s “I forgot and I need something right now” Last Minute Christmas...
At this time, as Christmas approaches, I start to get antsy. There is invariably gifts I forgot to send. There is the always welcome “Send Paypal” option, but if you want to actually send something...
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Styleforum Self-Indulgence Kit #1: “It’s Sunday But I Do Have to Take Out the...
If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, fall is probably winding down now. Outside of my house, it’s in the 30s and 40s, the trees are completely bare, and there have already been a few days of...
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Styleforum Gift Guide 2020: The WFH Warrior
I read somewhere that in womenswear the cardi-coat -already a casual staple- has replaced the blazer as the WFH unofficial uniform in 2020. Men, at least from what I’ve witnessed on Zoom meetings,...
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Last-Minute Gifts You Can Still Get Delivered By Christmas
The clock is ticking: Christmas is on Friday and if you have not finished your Christmas shopping, your options are narrowing by the minute. Here are some last-minute suggestions for the loved ones...
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