tie bars & manhood // thrift store finds 10/22/10

when i said i like the "idea of most things" that idea also applies to liking the general idea of sports.

you can wear a rugby polo without being a fan of rugby. wear a jersey, yet ride that couch. you can also wear a pair of riding boots and still never ride a horse. you can also wear a shirt & tie to work but still live at home with your mom.  or better yet, i've got a pair of father's broken-in work boots, yet you won't find under a diesel 18 wheeler. ah, how clothing can "tell" so much about you.

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i generally prefer to look like the "idea of a gentlemen." polished. "combed" hair. button down shirt. nice car. no loans. cuffed pants. pressed clothes. opening doors. shaking hands. chivalrous. that sounds nice.
well, i never "took" a course in manhood, or opted to join boyscouts or business classes (because business classes teach you that sort of thing and boy scouts is boyhood 101 right?), much less opt to hit the links for a game on the back nine. but i'll totally wear a golf club tie bar.

golf club $4

count me out unless there is a) cooler b) cocktails c) chance to rub elbows with socialites or d) all of the above.
however, the chances of a cooler being toted around on a bourgeois golf cart seems to be slim. i'd be better off finding a cooler casting out. bring on the fishing rod tie bar for my blue collar heritage.

fishing rod $6

like they say, "dress for the job you want, not the one you have." climb the ladder, yo.

albert einstein once said...

synergy art: artists agency

found over at poolga. which, by the way, poolga has an iphone app. rad.

star wars x adidas

my artificial love for sportswear meets my half-hearted love for main-stream sci-fi legacies.

what's not to love about these?

Adidas x Star Wars Jogging Hi - Chewbacca

Adidas x Star Wars ZX800 - Boba Fett

Adidas x Star Wars ZX8000

it's really too bad that i forget what day my best friend's birthday is each year, or else i would have surely ordered him a pair. sorry, patrick. maybe for christmas. but seriously, how sick are these? /nerdrant

want some more? hoodies, shoes, t-shirts.

be here now

my friends & i, being the spoiled midwestern white kids that we are, have smart phones. we love technology. we love texting. we love internets. we love all of these fanciful things. however, we get carried away at times with our phones. (i'm sure i'm speaking to a lot of people in my generation, & some). we're constantly tweeting about where we're at, facebooking people we just meet, and generally abusing technology to the finest degree bordering lining on addiction.

what started as a joke to prompt the jerk (or the person who just caught) with their phone out while we were hanging out, we would say "be here! be present!"

windows (wait, whats that? i only know people who own macbooks) released a smart phone that might actually compete with the iphone. i haven't read any reviews on, i'm just saying that because i honestly just don't know what to say about the phone, except i like the commercial.

texting while running? guilty. i've totally texted someone while i've been running before. hell, i even texted my friends who were watching me at mile 15 during my marathon that i, and i quote, "hate my life."

which is manly?

reprints from an elementary school in 1936 (i hope the date is right, oops)

i'm not sure which one is manlier, but the guy in the red for sure has his swagger on.
i'd hang out with both of them though. maybe even be in the same gang as one of them. not the one on the right though, i don't look good in pull over crewneck sweaters. 

there was a collection of these on the table, however, the store was very overpriced on most of their items. beautiful store setup and rooms though. check it out: mission road antique mall.

wool & leather boots

whenever i saw these women's shoes in the jcrew catalogue, i thought,  "someone needs to dice the heel on these shoes & it make it happen for men." wool & leather. you know i love mixing textiles, jcrew, but help a brother out.

women's platform flannery ankle boot by jcrew

rachel comey answered my textile mixing prayers.

rachel comey burr lace up boot

how sharp are those? a spin on a 6 eye-hole lace up ankle boot. cheers to the cute couple who show up to a party with pair of matching mixed wool & leather boots. 

thrift store finds | 10/13/10

i never liked wearing ties in my youth. why? because i could never find/afford a dress shirt that was tailored or fit well enough. well, that changed once i got my hands on an american apparel oxford. slim fit, long sleeve, sharp colors.
alright? i got the oxford, now i need a tie. and what else could i use? tie bar. tie clip. whatever.
found!

i wanted something unique & dang, this is pretty sweet. +25 badass points & it only set me back 6 bucks. it was my first tie bar, so why not splurge a bit. and, hello, it's a sniper rifle*. a freaking gun. gold too (which i prefer over silver).
later, i stopped by my grandma & grandpa's house afterwards to ask my grandpa if he had any tie bars he didn't want. i was already on a roll & figured it never hurt to ask. plus, i stopping by the grandparents house is always nice.

grandpa hooked it up & gave me two sets of tie bars + cuff links. i love my grandparents, not because they give me things, but because in mid sentence they kicked me outta the house because they had a 2:00 rosary appointment via the television. hilarious.

*i'm not sure why i like the idea of having a gun. i didn't not like hunting, however, i'm been on a numerous hunting trips with my dad & brother. and by hunting trips, i mean sitting on the tailgate eating beef jerky and coloring in my coloring books.  i had responsibilities though even at a young age, i was mainly in charge of sitting on the cooler & divvying out beers to my dad's friends.

jonathan adler x seven + wallpaper

i keep on stumbling upon jonathan adler's work, specifically his collaborations, but have yet to see some of his actual home products. between adler's nook case & the new pair of jeans i picked up, his work has been making it's way into my life. now he's making his way onto my iphone.

jonathan adler iphone + blackberry wallpapers

what's also rad is these electronic wallpapers are also actual wallpapers that you can purchase & slap up on your own walls. but really? wallpaper is so dang expensive. (i've got student loans to paybeck)

my third alder goods sighting was in las vegas. i was there this past weekend for an event & the family wanted to go shopping. i immediately trounced off from the family & stopped into seven's outlet.  -30x34+ is a difficult size to find, but i went looking anyway. i went to the clearance area of the outlet store* and picked up the darkest denim i could find. & i found a pair...

jonathan adler x sevens: deluxe rhigby in chester row

great fit. super slim. great dye. + they were 60% off the already reduced price = $50 for a pair of sevens. you can't pass that up.

*the clearance rack in an outlet store is a gold mine. as if going to an outlet mall isn't a treat enough, a clearance section in the store. it's like a double rainbow. all the way. across the sky. oh yeah.

nothing to busy

BUSY 

            [...]We're skittering about like hyperactive gerbils, high not just on caffeine but on caffeine's luscious by-product, productivity. Ah, the joy of doing, accomplishing, crossing off.  

As kids, our stock answer to most every questions was nothing. What did you do at school today? Nothing. What's new? Nothing. Then, somewhere on the way to adulthood, we each took a 180-degree turn. We cashed in our nothing for busy. [...]

-Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, pg 46 

artist: glennz

if you're remotely my friend, you know that we are all mourning the loss of LOST. artist, glenn jones from new zealand understands our pain.

artist: glenn jones aka glennz.

and he also makes wallpapers for iphone. here are some of my favorites

october favorites 2010

october favorites 2010

irish setter boots by red wing $60, brady carry all tote bag $160, fall skinny tie by steven alan $60, army watch by timex $45, french bourbon vanilla  by voluspa $18, moleskine 2011 12 month weekly notebook $13,  the henley by baldwin denim $220, black chambray shirt by gitman vintage $160, patagonia x apolis jacket $148