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Style stagnation or just nostalgia?
Harry Sheff: Has men’s style really changed much in the last 20 years? Even as technology rockets forward, we still dress like we always have.
Read MoreMovin’ on up: By Robert James
Editors, bloggers and fashion-insiders found shelter from the torrential rain storm in NYC Wednesday night at the By Robert James store opening party.
Read MoreThe Alliance for Main Street Fairness
The Alliance for Main Street Fairness is dedicated to closing the infamous internet sales tax loopholes that allow many American consumers to get tax-free merchandise by purchasing online, rather than in local shops.
Read MoreBanking on bow ties
Elise Diamantini talks to a group of guys who started wearing bow ties as a way to thumb their noses at a new dress code, and then found themselves office trendsetters.
Read MoreCustom kicks
Elise Diamantini: Last night, New Balance previewed their made in the USA collection at New York’s Mulberry Project.
Read MoreFurnishings: Change is good
Harry Sheff: Shirts and ties have been evolving fast to meet the needs of a younger market.
Read MoreFrancie Nguyen: Direct to consumer
Retailer of the Year coverage: Francie Nguyen, SVP of CMRG direct business: “There will always be a need for the catalog—it’s our number one marketing tool—but we’re a multi-channel business and everything we do from print to e-mail to in-store helps drive the total business.”
Read MoreSyms Corp., Filene’s Basement LLC file chapter 11
Syms Corp., the operator of the Syms and Filene’s Basement off-price stores, has filed chapter 11.
Read MoreNorthern Grade, a Minneapolis menswear event
Northern Grade, a menswear pop-up market in Minneapolis, had a successful second annual event in September. Harry Sheff spoke to Katherine McMillan of the neckwear brand Pierrepont Hicks about how she and another Minnesota brand, J.W. Hulme Co., organized it.
Read MoreAn editor in China
Elise Diamantini:The Natsun Group (who owns and produces the Paul Betenly brand for the States) invited me to celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary in China.
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