DIESEL® ‘Larkee’ Straight Leg Jeans are slightly faded and whiskered Italian-crafted jeans designed with a understated yet striking design on the back pockets. They’re a button fly, five pocket design thats’s made from a very thick cotton and boasts the signature DIESEL tag on the coin pocket. It’s nearly impossible to go wrong with a pair of DIESEL Jeans plus, I’ve never met a woman that would disagree.
GTO London, a subsidiary of GTO Engineering, handcrafts men’s accessories inspired by classic Ferraris. GTO Engineering is well respected makers and suppliers of refurbished and reconstructed Ferrari parts and components.
The collection includes cufflinks, keychains, wallets, pins, money clips and bespoke items. They are made from gold, silver, and some items from metal taken from classic Ferraris. They are expensive but, if you’re an owner or connoisseur of classic Ferraris, you’re used to pricy tastes indeed.
Finding a pair of removable lens sunglasses like the pair James Dean wore back in the 1950′s can cost you upwards of $450 for an exact replica. But, if you’re a big fan of cheap sunglasses (who isn’t?), then you should seriously consider the Spitfire Removable Lens Sunglasses.
Basically, they’re a retro inspired pair of actual glasses that are fitted with a clip-on metal wire framed tinted lens. It’s the perfect look because Jimmy didn’t actually wear sunglasses. He wore prescription glasses with clip on shades (but only on set because he didn’t think they were cool). Jimmy – everything you did was cool.
This year’s Fall Look is base on the post WWII era 1950′s esq men’s style. Men returned from WWII with experience performing maintenance and repairs on the likes of fighter planes, tanks, and bomber and after returning home, used these skills to tweak, modify and add power the engines on their cars. We call them hotrods. Their look was influenced by the uniforms worn while serving in the military (namely the chino) as well as the jackets and sweaters popular amongst the young men of the 1950′s.
Schott N.Y.C. “Speed 2″ Sweater ($145). Dockers K-1 Khaki ($68). J. Crew Classic Leather Penny Loafers ($150). Coach Weston Dress Belt ($78). Benjamin Eyewear “Douglas” Sunglasses ($475)
Vibram FiveFingers are revered by hardcore runners who enjoy a barefoot running experience without picking up all the shards of glass and rocks along the way. Basically, Vibram has built a shoe that does not come with gel, air, puffy padding, arch support, or any other junk between your feet and the pavement. It’s just your feet and a slice of hard rubber that gets you down the road.
The idea is that the muscles in your feet need stimulation and should work alongside the rest of your body in the natural stride we were meant to deliver. We’ve tested out a few pairs of Bikilas running 15-20 miles weekly for the last two months. Our verdict: Never go back to traditional running shoes as long as Vibram is making FiveFingers. To the point: Stronger feet, higher arches, better stride, more powerful runs.
“It’s the closest you’ll get to driving completely barefoot, a practice many serious drivers adhere to.”
But enough about running, lets talk driving. We decided that if a shoe could work so well under running conditions, wouldn’t it be interesting to put them to a different kind of test and introduce them to a set of automotive pedals. The outcome is probably obvious at this point. Driving with a shoe that’s void of all that extra padding gives you a better feel for the clutch and accelerator (just as they give runners that raw barefoot feel). It’s a raw driving experience.
Driving completely barefoot is a practice many serious drivers adhere to. FiveFingers are the next best thing, only you have the ability to get out and stand on parking lot while pumping gas.
The Persol 714 sunglasses were made famous by none other than Steve McQueen in the 1968 classic: The Thomas Crown Affair and a single pair of McQueen’s 714s were sold at the auction block for over $70K back in 2006. This October, Persol will be releasing a limited number (10,000 pair) of McQueen 714′s that are to be true to the original design plus a few improvements. The collection will entail tortoiseshell a folding system that breaks at the middle of the nose/brow piece, the Persol “Supreme Arrow” that connects the temple arm to the front of the frame and the “Double Arrow” hinge that break in front of the ear – a total of four hinges. Most importantly, they’ll include the ultra light iconic blue crystal lenses with an antireflective layer.
The “Speed 3″ by Schott N.Y.C. is the type of garment that makes you look damn good in that, it doesn’t draw all the attention to itself but rather to the man inside. It’s made from a lambswool and nylon blend so you know it’s going to keep you warm. Hence the reason they call it a sweater “jacket”. The Speed 3 features a zipper front, zipper pockets, and zipper sleeves because no Schott jacket would be complete without zippers. (Incase you didn’t know, Schott was the first to put a zipper on a jacket way back in the mid 1920′s.) It’s 27″ in length and has a cafe racer jacket style fit. At only $155, this purchase shouldn’t require much consideration.
“Incase you didn’t know, Schott was the first to put a zipper on a jacket way back in the mid 1920′s.”