After laying low for a couple of decades, the turtleneck is out of its shell and back on the streets (and runways) Stroll into a J.Crew this season and you’ll find tables splayed with turtlenecks of every sort. It’s true: This wardrobe workhorse has been reinvited into high fashion’s inner circle. Not only did Michael [...]
Nov 11, 2011 | Categories:Brainsnacks | Tags: Apple, Derek Lam, fashion trends, J. Crew, Michael Kors, Rag and Bone, Ralph Lauren, St. Croix, Steve Jobs, turtlenecks | Leave A Comment »
This is the third in a series of five. See Euro RSCG Worldwide PR’s latest white paper, “Male in U.S.A.,” for more analysis about the state of men in America today. As I continue to do some serious “CSI”-style forensics on gender roles, I’m discovering that—almost a decade after Euro RSCG Worldwide helped introduce metrosexuals [...]
Jan 27, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Trends | Tags: A Continuous Lean, American male, American men, Andy Spade, Austin, Barbour, Belgium, blog, Bloomingdale's, CBGB's, Confederacy, Context, Dany Bahar, denim, Denim Addikt, flea market, Gant, GQ, hetailing, Imogen + Willie, J. Crew, Jack Spade, John Varvatos, Keith Richards, L.L.Bean, Lands' End, London, Los Angeles, Lotus Esprit, Madison, male, men, metrosexual, Michael Williams, Moscot, Nashville, New York, online, online shopping, pop-up, retail, Rolex, shopping, Stag, style, Supre-Quintessence Co., Tellason, The New York Times, The Selvedge Yard, Tina Fey, TMA-1, Tribeca, Uncrate, vintage, website, Wis., Yale | 2 Comments »
This is the second in a series of five. See Euro RSCG Worldwide PR’s latest white paper, “Male in U.S.A.,” for more analysis about the state of men in America today. Is it back to nature for city boys these days? If you look around Manhattan or Brooklyn (the new old Manhattan), or Portland or [...]
Jan 26, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Technology, Trends | Tags: American male, American men, animal tracking, Bear Grylls, Bed-Stuy, Best Made Company, Billy Reid, Brixton, Brooklyn, Bucktown, Cuba, Deseo caravan, echo-boomer, Ernest Hemingway, Eton Raptor, Fashion, fishing, gadget, gear, hipster, Hog Mountain, ice climbing, J. Crew, L.A., Lucky Tiger, lumberjack, male, Manhattan, men, metrosexual, nature, Portland, PRPS, Ryan McGinley, SoCal, style, Technology, Timberland, Tribeca, Urban Woodsman, wildlife, woodworking, Woolrich | Leave A Comment »
We approach next year having lived through the worst economic meltdown since the crash of the 1930s and are now navigating the waves that this has sent through every aspect of life—social, political, ecological. One phenomenon will weave through all of them: social media. It will be the greatest driver of all trends worldwide next [...]
Dec 11, 2009 | Categories:Features, Insights, Politics, Social Media, Trends | Tags: 2010 trends, Balloon Boy, bonuses, brain health, brain injuries, celebrity, Cold War, community, David Letterman, DIY, economy, fundraising, higher education, hyperlocalization, hyperpolarization, insourcing, Iran, J. Crew, Jon and Kate, Media, mobmedia, North Korea, Obama, Octomom, Pakistan, parents, peace, post-traumatic stress disorder, religion, sexual misconduct, Social Media, soldiers, terrorist, the bomb, traumatic brain injuries, tuition, world economy | Leave A Comment »
