Chuck Bass Style Watch — Les Hommes Fall 2009

Let’s pre­tend that is is not embar­ras­ing that I sit through Gos­sip Girl every­week. Let’s also assume that Chuck Bass is a real per­son and not merely a char­ac­ter. Finally, let’s say that it is safe to assume that Chuck Bass would love the fall col­lec­tion from Les Hommes.

What does that say about Les Hommes? I will let you be the judge of that.

On to the sequins, leather, stud­ded blaz­ers, mohair, suede, lace, satin, etc. etc.

Yes…really. It is all in this col­lec­tion. You take a lit­tle Givenchy and Dior Homme S/​S 09

Excited?

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Staple Week: Day 1 — Tops

If you are build­ing your wardrobe or revis­it­ing your wardrobe, I sug­gest that you try to incor­po­rate one to two of each these pieces in safe com­pli­men­tary col­ors (earth tones, darks, neu­trals) before head­ing off into the col­or­ful spec­trum (red, aqua, orange, etc.).

TEES

I like to layer, so I like to keep my tees light and thin. On most guys, I do not like the v-​​neck craze that has run ram­pant, but as an alter­na­tive I do like Phillip Lim’s pocket tees (top left).  Rick Owens (top right) as well as Ann Demeule­meester offer thin tees long and short sleeve that are per­fect for lay­er­ing.  They also look great with a waist­coat.  How­ever, please please DO NOT ATTEMPT to wear a waist­coat with a reg­u­lar plain shirt.  It looks extremely sloppy and negates the point of a waistcoat.

Not every­day needs to be a day on the run­way, so a good sup­ply of graphic tees is nice whether loung­ing around the house, run­ning to the store, or going to grab a quick bite to eat.

For basic tees, I like the mate­r­ial and work­man­ship done by B.Son.  They come in a plen­ti­tude of colors.

TANKS, VESTS, & HOODIES

Tanks are another great piece for lay­er­ing or wear­ing alone if you have the bod.  I chose to show this big tank from Amer­i­can Apparel, because I like my tanks over­sized and would never spend a lot of money.  Per­son­ally, for me, tanks are throw away pieces that have no longevity, so I feel no need to spend a great amount money on them.

Now, I’m going to take a step back.  Just above, I said not to wear waist­coats with plain tees, BUT here is a way you can.  Cot­ton vests are the dressed down waist­coats that look great with tees.

I feel the same way about hood­ies as I feel about tanks.  For me, they are lazy wear and great espe­cially when it is rain­ing and/​or bad weather out and I’m on the run.

BUTTON DOWNS, SWEATERS, WAISTCOATS, & BLAZERS

This sec­tion is quite straight for­ward.  I rec­om­mend own­ing casual and dress but­ton downs.  These are the pieces I’m will­ing to spend money on, because for the most part, they are not going any­where once I pur­chase them.  Decide on your own bud­get by how often you’ll wear each piece.  I already rec­om­mended what col­ors to buy, but for this sec­tion espe­cially, since it can go back and forth between dress­ing down and dress­ing up; I highly rec­om­mend that for your sta­ple pur­chases, you stick to com­pli­men­tary dark col­ors like navy, black, gray, etc.

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