As I've said in previous editions of this piece, Hollywood stars command bigger paychecks and higher profiles than their Broadway counterparts. The money and visibility gives Hollywood more access to designers and well-paid (and often overpaid) stylists to help them…
While Alec Baldwin gives up on New York, I’m giving up on Hollywood. Movie stars are among the richest and most privileged people on the planet – with more money and resources at their disposal than almost anyone – and yet an alarming number of them still can’t get black tie right. Between the notch lapels, the neckties and other tragic experiments, Tinseltown’s prom night looked like a cross between a funeral, a chauffeur convention and a prom night in Hollywood, Florida.
In a few weeks, I have a work-related fundraising dinner to attend. It's "formal" but I'm about 90% certain I'll be in the company of men in suits, which is fine. I do have a tuxedo which rarely gets any…
Jake Gyllenhaal. J-Gyl went vintage 007 in a beautifully-tailored, midnight blue dinner jacket with a shawl lapel and turn-back cuffs.
AMC just released a stunning set of promotional photos for the coming sixth season of Mad Men. In the gallery below, the color set depicts the cast at a black tie affair, and the black and white images capture the…
Over the last several modern decades, men's style has established a handful of easy-to-follow standards for executing perfect black tie. Awards season red carpets invariably bring some unfortunate choices made by stars or their stylists, yielding images and footage that…
As Vesper Lynd famously said to 007 in Casino Royale: "There are dinner jackets and dinner jackets. This is the latter." While there was a whole lot of handsome at the 70th Annual Golden Globes last night, there was a…
Jon Hamm went Clooney-classic in Giorgio Armani - a midnight blue, two-button, single-breasted dinner jacket with perfectly proportioned peak lapels. Trend-proof evening wear that would look great in any decade.
Friend, client and founding member of the multi-Grammy winning group The Manhattan Transfer Tim Hauser got married this past weekend to his beautiful bride Barbara Sennet. I was regrettably unable to attend the wedding in California, but I was delighted…
Men's formalwear doesn't really change. It's all about the fit and the tailoring. Designers have tried over the years to put their stamp on old reliable, but it never really sticks. When someone deviates too far into trendyland, he looks…