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Top Fashion Designers That Just Have Wearable Collections
See my buddy Mark S was telling Ephman the other day about his issue with pants and socks. OK exactly this is how he put it “guys who wear white socks with dress pants and dress shoes....ug” said MarkS. Fair enough.
The funny thing about his comment was Ephman was having a similar conversation the other day with JeffG. Now JeffG was like “Ephman why are you wearing dark pants, and white gym socks?”. “Because it's distracting.” Ephman said. According to JeffG "the rule is that your socks should be darker then your pants, except if you're wearing sneakers." However, Ephman would never be caught dead wearing sneakers and dress pants.
Now you must be thinking that Ephman has no idea about fashion. But that is so not true. Infact he grew up in the “schamata” business. At 14 he could run an industrial circular knitting machine. Don't ask why. But he got fired from that job for playing with the fire extinguishers.
So with that said here is a list of Ephman's Top 10 Favorite Designer Brands For The Past Little Bit. Now these are in no particular order. Ephman's just too lazy for that today.
Burkman Brothers
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RARELY if ever Ephman actually buys two of the same item. But he did. Albeit in different colors. So that's ok. See those shorts there... Ephman has them twice. They have to be one of the most comfortable pieces of clothes he's ever put on. And he's got a few other items from them.
Doug and Ben are actually brothers. And you guessed it their last name is Burkman. Oh it should also be mentioned these cats are Canadian.
Aside from the comfort, there's this sense of adventure when you put their clothes on. Makes you feel like your treking through the Golden Triangle on an elephant during the 1930's. Very Humphry Bogart.
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Loomstate Organic
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Ephman's all about treating the earth nicely. So when he came across Rogan Gregory and Scott Mackinlay Hahn, Loomstate Organic Ephman thought why not? All the fabrics are certified organic cotton. No idea who does the certification, probably them. But whatever.
A regular thing in his wardrobe is a shirt. It's a black double front pocketed shirt with antiquish looking white metal buttons. But it's the detail that Ephman loves. All the buttons have their logo engraved, and nice white. Also he has a pair of black denim pants. A bit scratchy, maybe that's the organic cotton showing though. But ya know what? It's a really thick fabric, and they look great. |
Yigal Azrouel
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Alright, give it up for Yigal everybody. Here's a dude that hasn't had any formal training. Gotta love the guy for just going out and doing it. And then does it huge.
Never heard of this fellow until in like 2004 he opened one of the first stores in the Meat Packing District. And Ephman's been a fan ever since. He's bought a few things from him. One of Ephman's favorite pieces of clothes is this cashmere hoodie, with that single pocket tummy pockets. You know can put both of your hands in. There's this little spermy looking designy thing on the front. It's funny. He's also got this nice purple shirt and you can button the sleeves up. Kind of militarish but whatever, Ephman like it. Very comfy. |
Salvatore Ferragamo
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Funny right? You'd think Ephman wouldn't be into the Ferragamo. No so. Actually Ephman loves the Salvatore. Put it this way, if he's going to go for an “old school” designer that no longer really designs his own stuff (because he's dead) anymore. But dead or not Salvatore is cool.
No idea why everybody flocks to Armani, Prada, etc... Farragamo does it all. He came to the brand in Montreal on some snowy day. This store was closing and was blowing out everything. Even the shelves. So sitting on the rack was this nice looking tuxedo. Ephman tried it on, and was like WOW, this is nnnniiiiiccccceeeee. When he got back to NYC, brought it straight to Hong Kong Tailor Jack, who so masterly took up the hem. Amazing, for some reason it was as if Ferragamo had my size already done. Wearing his stuff is like wearing a custom fitting. So thumbs up! |
This might just be one of those blog posts that Ephman from time to time keeps adding to. He really does love good design, and clothes. His wife makes fun of him about it, because usually girls are crazy about this stuff. But make no mistake about Ephman ain't no metrosexual. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Oh BTW Ephman is modeling a pair of Giraudon Sport shoes, Gennaro pants, and a pair of super white gym socks ;)
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