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I got a pair of those a few seasons ago Osca. Good cop. I may re-up this fall. You get a good deal on them? Think they were like $80 when I got them.
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decided to go with these Clark Desert Boot beeswax...
changing my boots from the Polo to these
Absolute classic
decided to go with these Clark Desert Boot beeswax...
changing my boots from the Polo to these
damn we got very similiar taste
i been rocking these regilously from polo:
Think these are the fall jointshttp://www.redwingheritage.com/USD/product/footwear/6-inch-boots/6-beckman-cigar-9016-09016
Think these are the fall jointshttp://www.redwingheritage.com/USD/product/footwear/6-inch-boots/6-beckman-cigar-9016-09016
good find...
Finally picked up the bourbon Allen Edmonds Dalton boots.
http://shoebank.com/
I've gotten 3 pair from there and the trick is to ask for a pic of the shoes before you buy. On all 3 I couldn't even tell there was an issue. I got the bourbon dalton, walnut strand and the green neumoks.
http://shoebank.com/
I've gotten 3 pair from there and the trick is to ask for a pic of the shoes before you buy. On all 3 I couldn't even tell there was an issue. I got the bourbon dalton, walnut strand and the green neumoks.
decided to go with these Clark Desert Boot beeswax...
changing my boots from the Polo to these
Nice
More like WINTER recommendations
I wanna get this BARBOUR JACKET
Obviously the boots could be Timbs
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9 Classic Hat Styles For The Modern Man – Buying Guide To Men’s Hats Classics
Ignore, for a moment, the changing winds of fashion.
Classic hats — the kinds of hats our grandfathers used to wear — have had their ups and downs in popular culture. Sometimes they’re in, sometimes they’re out; sometimes they’re co-opted by a particular entertainer or subculture.
None of that matters much. If you want to wear a hat, wear a hat. They’re comfortable, practical, and a good way to add a touch of personal style to your outfit. A high-quality hat is a fantastic addition to any man’s wardrobe.
That said — if you’re going to wear a hat, wear one well.
Defining a “Classic” Hat
Remember, for most of the history of men’s style, hats were functional articles of clothing. They needed to look good, but they also needed to keep off sun, rain, and wind.
From those practical necessities, we get the classic style of men’s hat. Don’t get too hung up on details here, but broadly speaking a “classic” men’s hat refers to the stiff-sided, structured styles popular in the middle 20th century. Most share the same basic elements, in different angles and proportions:
- felt material (typically wool)
- a stiff crown
- a circular brim
- a band or ribbon around the base of the crown
Different styles of hats are usually nothing more than variations in the sizes and shapes of the brim and crown. There are a few outliers (soft flat caps, for example), but most classic hat styles fall into the stiff-sided felt family.
Down into the nitty gritty.
Do you know your homburgs from your porkpies?
If not, don’t sweat it. We’ve got all the specifics here.
1. Fedora
This is what most people think about when they think of classic men’s hats. It’s such an iconic style that low-grade manufacturers will call just about anything with a brim and a fixed crown a “fedora,” regardless of accuracy.
For the purist, though, a fedora is a felt hat with pinched sides and a lengthwise crease down the crown. That gives the front a roughly wedge-like shape, though it can be molded to the wearer’s taste.
One of the big advantages of a fedora — and one of the reasons for the style’s widespread popularity — is the wide, flexible brim. Fedora brims are flat, with no constructed edge or curl, and can be bent up or down as the wearer pleases.
The flexible brim gives the fedora a little more versatility than a stiffer style. It can be tilted down over the eyes for a hidden, mysterious look, or angled slightly upward for a more open profile.
A trilby is little more than a shortened, angular fedora (and is sometimes called a “crumpled fedora,” although the term is old-fashioned these days).
It has the same crown shape as a fedora, but the back is shorter than the front, creating an angle.
Trilbys are typically worn with the brim snapped downward in front and upward in back, adding to the impression of a narrowing angle at the back of the hat. The brim is smaller than on a fedora, usually only an inch or so wide.
The style dates back to the turn of the 20th century, but in the 21st century it saw a revival as a youth style, particularly in music culture.
The fedora’s dressier cousin, the homburg is your best bet for a formal business look. It has the same creased crown, but without the pinches at the sides, and the brim is stiffer and has a slightly upturned lip all the way around.
This is still the go-to dress hat of businessmen, politicians, and other well-to-do gentlemen in the western world.
A shorter style (and therefore a good one for men who are already tall), a porkpie has a flattened top without a crease down the center.
It is pinched at the sides like a fedora, creating a slightly triangular or wedge-shaped front. The brim is usually small, and turned up around the edge.
The two names mean the same thing: a stiff, rounded dome of a crown with no creasing or pinching, and a short brim curled up at the sides.
Pop culture has made the bowler hat into a stuffy British icon, but its origins are working-class, and it is considered less formal than styles like the homburg and the fedora.
Broadly speaking, Western hats are high-crowned, wide-brimmed hats. The most common style have a “double crown,” where the felt is stiffened with a crease down the center and a dimple on either side of the crown, but other shapes are possible as well.
The origins of the style are practical, but these days fine felt cowboy hats (with the Stetson brand leading the way) are just as much a fashion piece as anything else. They are somewhat more “macho” and less formal than other styles.
Confusingly, Panama hats come from Ecuador (they were shipped to Panama to be sold to sailors and workers on the Panama Canal in the early 20th century, and the name stuck). The weaving is an art form, and true Panama hats cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars — and they’re well worth the price for men in hot, humid climates.
Most Panama hats are shaped like fedoras or triblys, but they are made from woven palm leaves or straw instead of felt. The flexible weave can be crumpled or rolled up and still retain its shape, and unlike most straw hats it can endure many soakings and dryings without distorting in shape.
Panama hats are slightly more relaxed than their felt counterparts, but that makes them ideally suited to the lightweight styles and loosened formality of tropical climates.
8. Boater
Flat-topped straw hats with a wide brim, boaters are mostly novelty items these days, but are still considered appropriate (and desirable) attire for rowing and regatta events. Many barbershop quartets wear them, as well.
While you won’t usually see them outside those settings, they are technically still a perfectly acceptable summer alternative to a fedora or a homburg. If you want to wear one with a summer suit, more power to you.
9. Top Hats
The only modern use for a top hat (outside of costuming) is as the accompaniment to morning dress or white tie. Morning dress, the daytime formal standard, calls for a light-colored hat (usually dove gray), while white tie, worn at night, calls for a black hat.
Unless you happen to attend a lot of formal events, or you need a top hat professionally (as with some coach drivers), it’s probably not worth investing in one.
http://www.realmenrealstyle.com/9-classic-hat-styles/
More like WINTER recommendations
I wanna get this BARBOUR JACKET
Obviously the boots could be Timbs
Please don't get timbs, unless you're a teenager lol. So many better options for boots for men.
thanks for this...
#bgolstyle
want to get some hats for the winter
#bgolstyle
want to get some hats for the winter
And since when did timbs become only for teenagers???
The Art of Shaving
Does anyone use their products.......and are there cheaper alternatives with the same quality?
Does anyone use their products.......and are there cheaper alternatives with the same quality?
I feel you but there is nothing like a fresh pair of construction tims in the winter. They are great with casual mid length coat like that or a belmont style. Shit is timeless and doesnt remotely look young or thugged out if done right.
The Art of Shaving
Does anyone use their products.......and are there cheaper alternatives with the same quality?
Search for the BEVEL threads. Similar to AOS but geared towards our problems.
I don't knock it but there's really nothing stylish or grown man about timbs. If you want boots, look at Wolverine, Chippewa, or Chukka's. Timbs are, nah. Think about it like this. Out of all the pics below, which one clearly doesn't fit?
I'm not saying anything is wrong with timbs man but c'mon, much better options available lol
I'm not saying anything is wrong with timbs man but c'mon, much better options available lol
decided to go with these Clark Desert Boot beeswax...
changing my boots from the Polo to these
This is also another good boot option, these or the bushacre 2's. I don't think you can find these with the original crepe soles anymore though. At least I couldn't find any.
You can basically fill your entire wardrobe boot wise with:
1# Wolverine 1000 Mile/Chippewa Heritage - Rust/Black
2# Allen Edmonds Dalton - Walnut/Black
3# Clarks Chukka - Beeswax
After that you shouldn't even need anything else.
You get those and you really won't need anything else.
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The worn hipster ankle boots and sueded light tan dirty buck boots. But thats me. I wouldnt be caught dead in either. But i will rock a fresh pair of construction tims with wool button down, dark denim, and hunters jacket or belmont coat on a cool winter nite tho.
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The Art of Shaving
Does anyone use their products.......and are there cheaper alternatives with the same quality?
All you need is a good lathering soap, a badger brush, and a decent double edge razor (I use an Edwin Jagger DE89 w/ Astra blades).
I started off a few years back using AOS but get better results with a good lather and proper technique. IMO you don't need the peppermint oil for pre-shave. And those multi-blade razors are too aggressive for black skin.
Got my razor and blades on Amazon ($10 for 100 blades). I ordered a 10 sample shave cream pack from Maggards Razor for $24. I like the coconut and avacado the best but pretty much any of the Taylor of Old Bond Street and Geo Thumper stuff is good. You only need a very small amount of cream. I have been using the samples since Jan and still have 3 unused ones and I'm only out of the coconut so far.
Start here for shaving
http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/Getting_started_wetshaving
and since when did timbs become only for teenagers???
c/s!
I don't knock it but there's really nothing stylish or grown man about timbs. If you want boots, look at Wolverine, Chippewa, or Chukka's. Timbs are, nah. Think about it like this. Out of all the pics below, which one clearly doesn't fit?
I'm not saying anything is wrong with timbs man but c'mon, much better options available lol
I wouldn't wear none of them ugly shits. Timbs for me.
I'm starting to grow a full beard...
I get razor bumps easy
any tips for keeping it neat clean and soft?
I got an Andes clipper and Norelco trimmer so I think I'm straight on that but I want the beard to be low thick soft and full...
and the grey hairs are coming in...
I get razor bumps easy
any tips for keeping it neat clean and soft?
I got an Andes clipper and Norelco trimmer so I think I'm straight on that but I want the beard to be low thick soft and full...
and the grey hairs are coming in...
I've had a bread off and on throughout the year.
Just let it grow out, line it up yourself, or go to the barber to go it lined, and between visits, just maintain the line he created.
You cannot stop the greys sadly
Growing the beard will reduce the razor bumps because once it grows to a certain length, the bumps will not happen, maybe one or two here and there.
Which andis clippers do you have? If they have guards, figure out the length you like the beard, and every week trim it to that length.
Having a beard is great, low maintenance and shit.
I only cut mine because even though people told me it looked good, and made me look "distinguished," I felt like it aged me due to the ton of grey hair, and one patch of the beard was sandy white grey....And I'm only 38.
Just make sure you scrub it often, and if you have shea butter, rub that into the beard too once in a while.
Sorry for the Colin post
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