I have been asked on occasion where I find my style inspiration. I think this is a compliment, though you never know. For me, there are lots of different sources, from people I admire to books, cars, magazines, art, buildings, even the shape of a shoe. Since we are starting a new year, I thought…
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A Thought on the Influences of Style
Over on The Sartorialist, I just posted a comment for his contest on the influences of style. I was a little surprised about what popped into my head right away, but I went ahead and posted it because it’s the truth. Since the most interesting events in life tend to be the sources of who…
Real Style is Always in the Details
In this column, I decided to forego the traditional “best gift” or “best men’s stores” schtick. Besides, you’ll be seeing that “best whatever” type of thing all over the place and while these lists can be entertaining, for the most part they just encourage you to buy more stuff you don’t need. Rather, we’re going…
Digital To Ink – Off The Cuff Gets Published
I am very happy to announce that Off The Cuff will now run as a column in three DC area community newspapers! It’s not the Washington Post, but I’ts a circulation of 6,000 readers. I’m going to cover a broad range of topics, but the general theme will be menswear and lifestyle topics from a…
Great Collection of Footwear Companies
I was looking through the Style Forum site recently and came across an excellent, and exhaustive, listing of shoe makers and links to all their sites. Take a look when you have a few minutes to spare – it’s a big list.http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=12201
Getting Started; The Basics First
I’ve had a number of people ask me about putting together some basic tips for whipping their wardrobes in shape, so here it is.To make this a more useful and dynamic resource, I’ll always try to include links whenever possible to the companies, products or terms I use throughout the posts. If I miss anything…
DC Style – Finally Getting Some Respect
(Note – This is the OTC’s first post, from October 27, 2006) As you may or may not know, Washington, D.C. has long held the unenviable reputation of being a boring, ill-fitting and shoddy kind of town when it comes to men’s fashion, however, some great changes have been taking place over the past few…