Calculatus Eliminatus: A Men's Fashion Blog

As I was looking at the menswear by Dolce and Gabbana for Fall, denim, plaid, and vintage looking jackets seem to be at the top of the list. Jeans have always been a fashion “go-to” in everyone’s closet, but today it plays a much larger part than ever before. The Dolce and Gabbana jeans for fall look like the old comfy bottoms that you would reach for day after day.

The denim colors range from lighter to the darker denim and detailed with a slightly lower waist, large patch front pockets or traditional style, and have been portrayed with the casualness of rolled pant hems. As it goes for accessorizing here, mens ties can work with this line of denim when its dark and if only the tie’s silk. Also, just as a personal preference, I’d stick to lighter colored ties with the skinny gold jeans shown above, like the ones I mentioned in “Men’s Fashion Advice: Ties for the spring.”

Also important, seems to be the plaid shirt and bomber style jackets. The plaid colors for this particular collection are a combination of muted and more vibrant buffalo plaid with the plaid size varying, but even with Dolce and Gabbana showing us several different plaid pieces mixed together, it still works well. The jackets are a little on the shorter side, which allows the layered shirt to show through.

Dolce and Gabbana’s fall menswear collection has also taken the baseball style and bomber jacket to another level with designer details. The bomber jacket comes has been seen in a combination of leather and knit, with sharp looking zippered details on the face of the jacket. As another casual piece of outerwear, the baseball- style jacket has emerged in unusual patterns, softer colors, plaid, and also can be seen with decorative zippered accents.

This particular collection manages to provide a look without geographical boundaries. You could easily imagine this man hailing a cab from Rockefeller Center, strolling out of a chic eatery on Sunset Boulevard, or hopping a ride in the back of a cherry red Ford pick-up down a country road. My overall impression for this style is, “Universally Casual”.

Their innovative ad campaigns are some of the most recognisable on the planet so unsurprisingly, Italian denim company Diesel are still leading the way in urban clothing designs for trendy young fashion lovers. In spite of recent controversy when one of their adverts was banned for causing offense; showing a women lifting up her T-shirt in front of a security camera, Diesel never failed to capture the flippant humour or diluted anarchy of fashion’s contemporary rebel youth.

Propelled by project collaborations with alternative culture mag Dazed & Confused in 2009 as well as some impressive slogan print-commercials, Diesel’s clothing collection has defined this generation as a bunch of cheeky fashionista’s without a single boring bone in their body. This season’s expanding selection of cool, customary clothes and exclusive signature denim is no different, offering a range of slick cuts and styles for an array of garments made readily available on the high street.

Diesel is no stranger to provocation or clever cultivation when it comes to business – their success not only relies on the quality and chic styling’s of their products but the number of wacky commercials launched in the 1990s and a well-oiled PR machine to push  the brand’s individuality to heights of infamy. Diesel’s logistical operations also obtain a lot of coverage as they grow and expand to new markets.

So whilst Diesel Jeans stirs up a little trouble, their website is always worth a look for the latest items in the Black Gold collection as well as an updated line of shoes, eyewear and accessories to choose from for both men and women. Most popular are their jeans, which serve purpose using a highly evolved breed of denim, engineered to give optimum wearability and comfort in a range of styles and classic dye-washes.

This season Diesel are also encouraging you to ‘Be Stupid’ as their new campaigning manifesto, urging us to be brave, daring and creative.  “The stupid aren’t afraid to fail!” say Diesel, paying homage to founder Renzo Rosso, yet pioneering a clothing company that aren’t afraid to smash boundaries in the face of adversity seems to be the smartest thing he’s ever done.

…Duong Thai Huynh! Who told us:

On the Im-Pressed stationary paper, I would write to my boss:

To _____,

Since such a fine medium should not be wasted, I would like to use this parchment as a medium to express my feeling about you, “the boss.” I admire you’re leadership around the conference table and your ability to scare me into diving head on into the depths of mutual funds, the boring monochromatic world of finance at the economically shivering building of ____ & Sons Investment.

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Different situations call for different watches. Oh, sure, maybe you don’t wear a watch at all, what with the advent of cell phones. Still, if you’re an accessory minded man, you must know that wearing a pocket watch with a swimsuit or a gold wristband with a silver suit spells sartorial disharmony. Swatch recently sent me an item from their New Gent line to review it and see what – if any – activity it best suited.

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As I was looking at the Red Carpet pictures from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, I saw that some of the celebrities had great looks in their formal wear and some definitely missed the mark. One disastrous look was the dress worn by Jane Krakowski from “30 Rock”. It reminded me of Anatomy and Physiology class and someone had already made the chest incision for dissection! The whole concept of a beaded chest plate that is surrounded by a sharply angled black dress was very distracting to say the least.

Another “miss” was Jonah Hill, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in “Moneyball”, he is a good sized guy and he looked like he had borrowed the tux that he was wearing from his younger brother. For his photo op, his tux looked tight over the chest, arms, and especially for the midsection. The basic look of the navy tux with a white button down shirt and slim tie would have been perfectly fine if he had made sure it was a good fit. No matter what size you are, if you have clothes that fit you correctly, it is a “win-win”.

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Dunhill has been an iconic luxury men’s label since 1893. The company play an important part in the heritage of the fashionable British gentleman, producing everything from bespoke tailored suits, men’s designer accessories and high quality leather products to butane cigarette lighters and cigars.

When Alfred Dunhill himself was just 21, he inherited his father’s saddlery business. Deciding to convert it into Dunhill Motorities, he began selling fine car accessories such as leather driving gloves and goggles. From his small shop on Euston Road, a brand was born.

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