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  • Ask the MB: What is the Ex-Toolbag in the Header Wearing?

    Ask the MB: What is the Ex-Toolbag in the Header Wearing?

    Q: Oh oracle of basterdom, could you give us a rundown on what the ex-toolbag in the header is wearing?
    — T

    A: The toolbag has transformed from camo cargo shorts, a waffle-knit Florida State long-sleeve T, a royal blue windbreaker, and running shoes (see a picture of the poor guy) into:

    Shirt: Levis. $100.
    Tie: Mountain and Sackett. $59.
    Jacket: Belstaff 'The Racer'. $450.
    Pants: J. Crew vintage slim (wheat). $98.
    Shoes: Allen-Edmonds McAllister. $325.
    Watch: Timex Vintage Field Army. $150.
    Belt: Stylist's own

    Which reminds us, the header promotion sponsored by LKc Style — three hours of personalized online style consulting, including a free shirt from Read's Clothing Project for $150 — ends when we turn Miss August into recycling and say hello to Miss September.

    Read just received a new shipment of nice-looking shirts (we've already ordered the Jake Madras), and at a $98 retail you're getting the style consulting for 52 bucks. If we didn't already strongly resemble the "After" shot — yes, we raided our own wardrobe for the shoot — we'd seriously consider this deal.

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    8.22.11

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  • Ask the MB: Belstaff

    Ask the MB: Belstaff

    Q: Real Simple - How do you feel about Belstaff products? Especially the bags and leather jackets.
    --Gonzo

    A: It's hard to knock Belstaff given their Anglophilic pedigree. Hollywood certainly loves 'em, and has had success in wildly varying degrees:

    Clockwise From Top:

    * Older Brad Pitt in the "Button" jacket in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

    * Will Smith in "Trialmaster" jacket in I Am Legend

    * Tim Allen and others in various Belstaff jackets in Wild Hogs

    * Shia LaBeouf in "Mutt" jacket in Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    In fact, part of the reason we can't fully endorse them is they're almost a little too Hollywood. At a certain age the women start getting Botox, the men start wearing leather Belstaff jackets.

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    3.9.09

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