Re: Smell like me!
 

Diligence would be a passable name for a fragrance for men. Certainly better than Alan Cumming.

Re: Smell like me!
 

You smell good.

Re: Smell like me!
 

I think "no further diligence" would be better.

Re: Smell like me!
 

What exactly is this perfume supposed to smell like? Her vagina?

Re: Smell like me!
 

"All Doo Flatulence"

Re: Smell like me!
 

If I still had a RealDoll I might dress it up as Mariah, spritz some of that parfums on it, put on the Seamus Haji Club Mix of "Touch my Body" and do a little horizontal rump shaking.

So, I guess I am potentially in the target market.

In an offbeat sort of way.

Re: Smell like me!
 

If it does, I may look on eBay for a used RealDoll.........

Re: Smell like me!
 

Never going to happen.

Re: Smell like me!
 

We have a winner!

Re: Smell like me!
 

This arrived a Fed Ex depot in Hutchins, TX at 2:14 am this morning. Hopefully it will arrive in Houston, TX between now and tomorrow evening, so I can give it to my boyfriend for Christmas. The boutique that we'd seen it in earlier this year sold out before I could grab a bottle.

I'm hoping he reciprocates with this one.

Librarian, meet the gardener.
 

Dead leaves and old books? The scents must be better than the (breathless) ad copy.

CDF

Actual fashion post.
 

(1) Are there any hats to be worn by a white male approaching middle age that do not make him either a costumed throwback or a failed urban hipster? I mean something that will go with a suit -- baseball caps need not apply. Images appreciated.

(2) Have I already asked this?

Re: Librarian, meet the gardener.
 

They're quite awesome. I hadn't read the copy until I was forced to actually look up the scent and order it. The library one simply makes me happy.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

(1) Yes. But in this category there is a very fine line between a hat that says "stylish white male approaching middle age" and one that says "hasidim." I have never found a hat that did not steam across this fine line at a rate of knots when placed on my head. YMMV.

(2) Dunno.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

Don't you mean "one that says "Irish guy dressed up as a 'hasidim'"?

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

I think it's the ZZ Top beard that does it, but whatever it is, it's uncanny.

These days I just wear a stars and stripes or Harley bandanna tied around my head. It's a more natural look for Irish guys.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

http://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/cor...6/CB053438.jpg

Or you can build your own jester hat: http://www.dinohaven.com/bak/index2.html

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

I think it's all in the attitude. If you're self-conscious about looking like a failed urban hipster and/or costumed throwback and/or Jack Abramoff, you won't be able to pull it off. If you throw it on your head and don't worry about it, you'll be fine. This is a good time of year to experiment, because it's not unusual for people to be in headwear in cold weather.

Find a nice classic fedora in black and see how it works for you.

Note: I hang out with a lot of men that wear hats, sometimes as costume, sometime not. I don't really notice them as all that unusual anymore. I'd say a good half of the men (most were African American, though my boyfriend is decidedly a white boy) in the bar I went to last night were wearing a of cap of this sort, in various fabrics and colors:

http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/...id-ivy_lrg.jpg

Second note: I have an extensive hat collection and wear hats frequently. I did this way before Mad Men ever became popular. I dig hats on women and men.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

http://www.greenock-town.co.uk/images/chic_murray.jpg

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

third note: the hat I'm wearing right now is a Santa Claus hat.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

Having reviewed all reponses so far, it seems the answer, at least to (1) is no.

Re: Librarian, meet the gardener.
 

I clicked before checking and was pleased that it was not (a) a butt plug (b) a solid gold vibrator. NTTATWWT, except from work.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

Several possibilities, but most say something else about the wearer.

For example:

http://www.bergdorfgoodman.com/produ...BGN077A_an.jpg

or

http://www.large-kippah.com/images/yamaka-satin.jpg

or

http://www.caymannetnews.com/Archive...ince%20398.jpg

There are a limited number of people who can pull off a cowboy hat. I probably could if I gained 50 pounds and a twang.

Re: Smell like me!
 

I'm kidding. But I did post about that Mariah Carey fragrance last week. And nobody said a fucking word.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

For starters I dont look like I am approaching middle age and I am a successful urban hipster, so I am not sure my epxerience is relevant, but, I wear one of two hats, depending on the occasion.

In my uber-urban hipster mode I go with the cashmere Gucci hat, it looks something like this, only no symbol indicating brand and its chocolate brown, to bring out my eyes.

http://images.gucci.com/images/categ..._1478_full.jpg

The other one is a IronMan Hawaii finishers cap (baseball lid). I wear that to the gym and on warmer weekend days when I am in the drop top, with the top dropped, running errands or going to wine tastings or putting the smack down on the h8ers and non-believers.

ymmv (merde! stp!)

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

True story, I met a lady in the big easy last spring, at a health care conference. She wore a red bandana (or was it blue?) and took me for a ride on her harley. Good times!

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

What do you think about men in top hats? That may be my next purchase......

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

Obviously, hats aren't trendy, but I've seen guys pull off these hats:

cotton, wool, or cashmere borsalino/capas/newsboy (biz casual),
wool houndstooth or herringbone walking hat (biz casual, but more style-y)
wool/fur trooper (cold weather)
cotton fisherman or train conductor (casual)

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

I am hatless, and commando, in the corner office, with a crystal goblet filled with a 98 Chateau St. Michelle Cold Creek vinyard Cab and some truffles pondering potential career suicide in 2009. In a good way. Maybe.

Cheers!

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

I wear a hat not unlike that when I"ll be around dozens of nasty shitting penguins.

exactly. I typically where my "Pennypacker '84" cap.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

Zero need for cold weather hats. I'm not a farmer, as Flinty is wont to say.

Absolutamente no! to a cotton fisherman, train conductor, or newsboy, as these are the very definition of costume hats.

The problem with the wool houndstooth walkers are (a.) I'm not Bing Crosby, though I think we should all aspire to be; and (b.) hats here are only necessary on pretty hot days or when it's raining. Let's put the rain scenario to one side because if you're wearing a trenchcoat you can get away with a cotton bucket hat and not look any more like a tool than many others on the street -- this ain't Carrie Bradshaw's Manhattan, at least not when it rains.

So it basically comes down to a linen or twill ivy (flat) cap -- single panel, as I said none of that newsboy look for me -- or a straw Panama. So which would look less dorky with a navy or dark gray suit? (I assume that either style would be marginally easier to pair with a summer weight suit.)

ETA that villagehatshop.com site has a stunning Panama porkpie called the Capetti that I would seriously consider wearing but it's $714. WTF?

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

How about these spring/summer styles from Hats.com, probably with silk or seersucker:

http://images.sysiq.com/hi/fpx/16747...ity=90&cnt=2.0

http://images.sysiq.com/hi/fpx/16656...ity=90&cnt=2.0

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

I am reminded of Hanibelle Lector.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

You've been to my office, yes?

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

I think a bbal cap or a borsalino/capas/newsboy beats what you are suggesting. However, given your preferences, I'd go with a pleated linen or ribbed cotton Islamic hat, like these.

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c..._2029_26980422
http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c...r_2033_1076331

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

There's a church in our diocese where the clerical attire includes a kente trimmed kufi. These guys are whiter than me -- shit, man, they were born Episcopalian, and even I'm more ethnic than that -- but these brothers are bad-ass in their robes and kufis. The ability to wear a kente kufi made me briefly reconsider my vocation for the first time since well before puberty. It goes to show that what unites the Anglican Communion is neither dogma nor ritual -- it's good taste.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

this should go over. Bonus, it really is a working man's hat- not pretentious:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA280_.jpg

An open letter to Packers fans
 

4 or 5 years ago the Tigers can within 1 game of tying for the worst record ever in baseball.

Now, the lions have tied worst. what remains to be seen is if they can exceed the tie. Green Bay holds the fate. NCS/MM, would it really hurt to cheer for a lions' win? It's not like you've never lost before.

We need some relief up here.

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

Easy:

http://images.sysiq.com/hi/fpx/40233...ity=90&cnt=2.0

Re: Actual fashion post.
 

piece of advice? when you go to your "dump her" meeting with the ex, wear that hat. it'll go smoother. trust me.