From billfolds to pocket secretaries, the wallet is one of the most personal items a man carries all day, every day. In addition to credit cards and cash, IDs and licenses, your wallet is often home to those personal scraps of memory and nostalgia unique to you. Unlike your bag, your shoes or even the…
Author: OTC
Off The Cuff’s 5 Easy Pieces for Fall
Fall is just around the corner, so stop by one of the best men’s lifestyle sites, BeBetterGuys.com, and check out my suggestions for “Five Easy Pieces” to get you decked out for the cooler months. These are five great ideas that work together or all by themselves to help you add some creativity to your…
Sporting Style: Lessons from Center Court & the Tee Box
For too long the terms “sport” and “fashion” have rarely shared the same sentence, at least in a positive light. Latter day professional athletes have not exactly been the best sartorial role models. Some influences, like NBA-inspired street wear, have left an entire generation of misguided youth to perpetually trip over their baggy, over sized…
While You’re Waiting for the Big Black Book
While patiently waiting for the the 2007 edition of Esquire’s Big Black Book, due to hit the stands a mere month from now, I recently checked out the mobile version of Esquire: m.Esquire.com.As we become a society even more on the move, our favorite magazines rush to keep up with us wherever we go. To…
Style Guide: The Short & Long on Shirts
I have written about shirting before, but this time I want to cover a couple of different categories. Not everyone wears a suit or even a jacket to work every day, and that’s fine. How you wear your clothes matter just as much as what clothes you happen to be wearing. So, as always, the…
Gridiron and Gabardine
San Francisco is a very sharp city. This hilly metropolis is home to Wilkes Bashford, possibly the finest menswear store in the country, and watched over by Gavin Newson – an impossibly stylish mayor pulled right out of central casting. He took over the city’s helm from Willie Brown, a politician so famously aware of…
NEWS FLASH: Off The Cuff expanding its reach
Some of you may be feeling a little déjà vu at the moment because the posting below on accessories looks familiar. Not to worry, you aren’t imagining anything. I am happy to announce that I now a have a weekly feature on the rapidly growing men’s style website MensFlair.com. As with the posting below, I…
Style Guide: Watches, Pens & Other Accessories
Details matter, it really is that simple. And some of the most important details are the personal accessories you carry around every day. The things you take with you make a big statement about who you are and what you value. They tell the world all about you without ever saying a word. Choosing them…
New Magazine Review: Antenna
I just picked up the first full production issue of Antenna, a new quarterly men’s style magazine. I think what caught my attention is that, in a vague way, it reminds of Monocle. One thing both magazines do have in common is that they are more reference guides than disposable tabloids. Both are interesting, fun…