EDITOR’S PICKS: MRKET ACCESSORIES

by Brian Lipton

Have men become the new women when it comes to shopping? While they may be content to wear the same suit season after season, they’re stocking up on the hottest accessories, underwear, and grooming products. This year’s MRket show offered up a dazzling selection of gorgeous and innovative products in these categories, and these 10 items are now all on my personal “must-have” list.

1. Hook & Albert’s expandable tote bag with interchangeable panels. $195-$495 retail.Hook and Albert2. Beaumont and James’ colorful Walker umbrellas. $125 retail (approx.)BEAUMONT AND JAMES3. Italian overprinted silk and poly luxury Donegal weave pocket squares by Dion. $65 retail.Dion Pocket Squares

4. Leather belts with rhodium-plated buckles by Brian Toohey. $165 retail.Brian Toohey

5. Elephant skin belts by Torino. $230 retail.Torino

6. Legendary British company Truefitt & Hill’s shaving products. Various prices.TRUEFITT

7. Turms’ complete shoe-care kit in a maple and beechwood box. $1,250 retail.Turms

8. Turq’s hydrophobic microfiber non-chafing underwear. $34 retail.Turq

9. Simpson London’s crocodile day bag. $20,000 retail (approx.)Smithson

10. ZB Savoy’s “Eskayel” bowtie. $90 retail.ZB Savoy