July 17th, 2011 by Annabelle Lemberg
You know the first thing that I like to do when I come home from skiing, snowshoeing or any other tiring winter sport? Wrap myself in my warmest, most comfortable shirt and kick back with a cold beer.
Clearly the folks at Columbia enjoy the same after-sport activity . The Koozie Hoodie is a big, comfortable hooded sweatshirt that is as prepared for apres-ski beers as any garment ever sewn together. While it lacks an integrated cooler, it does have two large pockets purpose-built for storing beers–in either can or bottle form .
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July 16th, 2011 by Sophia Wardlaw
Were halfway to Labor Day, so if youve been neglecting your seersucker jacket, nows the time to start wearing it all the time — even while riding the bike you stole from the new dork in school.
After all, doesnt this model from Rugbys website remind you of someone?
Click continue to see his pop-culture predecessor. — CC
July 15th, 2011 by Sophia Wardlaw
Last week a new menswear coffee-table book was released, Icons of Mens Style by Josh Sims, a UK-based fashion writer. The icons in question are not men but clothing items, and include such trad staples as khakis, buttondown shirts, tweed jackets and sack suits.
Also included are loafers, and in fact Sims section on pennies and tassels has some interesting facts. Laurence King Publishing was kind enough to furnish us with the text:
The origins of the modern loafer are as much in accident as in intent. American shoe manufacturers were looking for a style that would be definitively their own, rather than effectively an import from the famed English shoemaking towns in Northamptonshire.
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July 15th, 2011 by Annabelle Lemberg
On your mark, get set, and get shopping with this weekend’s turbo-charged version of our Red sales, The Shopping Marathon! Just like runners spend months training for a big race, we’ve been revving up to bring you the biggest shopping event of the summer.
Shopping Marathon
First up is the Shopping Marathon, a two-day series of sales designed to keep your wardrobe—and your wallet—in shape. Featuring apparel, accessories, home goods, jewelry, and shoes from your favorite designers, this selection really goes the distance, with something for everyone at super-privileged prices. The S Read full post…
July 15th, 2011 by Annabelle Lemberg
Two years ago we asked TreeHugger readers, if, in light of revelations that Sigg aluminum water bottled had actually contained Bisphenol-A (BPA) linings, would they be returning their bottles. 200 said they would. But they were just the tip of a huge iceberg of US customer dissatisfaction for in the end 306,371 bottles were returned to Sigg for replacement with newer non-BPA bottles.
A couple of months ago Sigg’s US distributor filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection saying they’d lost millions of dollars in decreased sales.
Katy Stech writing for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones has more on the story, and you should check out some of our many posts on the saga (below) to see how it all came to this.
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