I am excited to announce that Off The Cuff is now a regular feature on the new Nivea For Men website. OTC, along with Nick Sullivan, Esquire’s fashion director and the staff of Men’s Health magazine, will be giving more than 100,000 monthly readers all sorts of fashion and grooming advice. The Groom Room is…
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Repurposing: A Follow-Up
Just a quick note to point out that Off The Cuff made it to the big leagues, sort of. We were quoted in today’s Express newspaper’s Blog Log (page 36). For non-locals, Express is the very popular DC commuter newspaper published by the Washington Post. So in my own little world, I like to think…
Time To Go Suit Shopping – You May Need One
This past Thursday, The Wall Street Journal published a great article highlighting the growing trend of once again throwing on a coat and tie before heading off to the office. The article, penned by Style columnist Christina Binkley, profiles Bickel & Brewer, a high powered law firm with offices in New York and Dallas. Perhaps…
Off The Cuff’s D.C. City Guide Goes Live
I am very happy to announce that Off the Cuff’s Modern Gentleman’s Guide to D.C. has gone live over at On The Fly.com. It took a while to pull this great list together and involved polling friends, family and coworkers. I think you will find this handy go-to list both entertaining and genuinely helpful. Whether…
Site Update – Blue Is Beautiful
I just want to leave you a quick note to say that I’ll be keeping OTC’s original blue background. Thanks to everyone for their comments and suggestions! The problem is that the color coding for the sidebar links has been altered in the template and is showing up as that dark blue that is difficult…
Variations in Seasonal Marketing
As retailers pull out all the stops to get a share of our dwindling holiday funds, I have come across a variety of interesting marketing approaches. One of the more notable vehicles is the social action campaign at Rugby. Their goal is to tap into the community service idealism of the Rugby target demographic and…
DNR Folds. At Least On Paper
Today is a red letter day in the menswear world. DNR, the bible of the menswear business, published its last stand-alone issue. Moving forward, DNR and Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) will be merging their publications and WWD will begin covering menswear at least on a weekly basis. Fairchild, the parent company of both publications made…
Yes, He Did.
This evening at 11:00 p.m., ET, Barack Obama was elected the first black president of the United States of America. My son will never know a world without a black president – to him, it will be just another unremarkable fact. And that’s a wonderful thing. In addition to it’s historic role, this coming transition…
BREAKING NEWS: Men’s Vogue To Shut Doors
Sad News: It was announced today that Men’s Vogue is closing shop as a stand-alone title, and will instead become a seasonal supplement to Vogue. The title will be published in the spring and fall of 2009, according to Charles H. Townsend, president and CEO of Condé Nast Publications. The December/January issue will be the…
DNR Announces Top 100 Power Players
DNR just announced it’s Top 100 Power Players in menswear and, no surprise, Ralph Lauren holds onto the number one slot yet again. While this may not seem particularly noteworthy, Ralph Lauren has never been known as one to rest on his bespoke laurels. Constantly driving his vision and company forward, Lauren, 68, is as…