Yesterday, my friend, Kent, introduced me to Ben Sherman. Well, helloooow, Ben...it's very nice to meet you ;) I am especially drawn to the shoes..........

Here's Kent sporting his army green knit sweater. Love the leather buttons and collar.

Elegant throwback

Everything about my friend, Andrew, shouts style! Here, at his home during Christmas, I got a shot of him relaxing on his leather Le Corbusier chair, sporting his look. I especially love the black slippers. His grey wool slacks have a straight front, reminiscent of the 1940's.

I love my Paul Smith stripes

I was in the Paul Smith store today and instead of the signature colored-stripes shopping bag, I get this: (insert bla xmas bag-ugh). I ask the sales assoc why and he says they want to move away from the signature stripes. Why, Paul, why?? I love them. They ARE the Paul Smith identity. If this means anything to you, share it. Re-post it. Whatever. And tell Paul himself, to keep the stripes alive! I did.

Not your grandmother's get-up

Hey, who said I was only going to post guys on this blog??? "Drool" doesn't follow any "rools" ;)

I love this older woman's combination of colors and textures. Eggplant leather driving gloves. Amber leather watch peeking out of stone green and maroon plaid coat. There goes that paisley pashmina again. The brick red gives a nice splash of color to the earthy tones. And she tops it off (no pun intended) with a crown-style knit beret. I made up the "crown-style"part. I don't knit and have no idea what the stitches are called, but it sounds good, doesn't it?

Anyone who knows what this particular beret is called, please comment!

Oh yeah, and her bespeckled frames are transparent yellow!

Rockin it old-school.

An oldie but goodie

The "professor" look is always in style...

Can't go wrong with a pea coat, sailor!

Can't go wrong with this timeless look.
I like the mohair two-tone scarf as well.

You've got me in (red) stitches

The coolest shoes I've seen are these campers owned by my colleague, David Miller. I'll be posting more product-shootish shots, but here's a sneak peek. Just LOOK at the red stitching. The zig-zag along the front, the little leather tag on the side.

David says since these are one-of-a-kind, he takes them to the cobbler periodically for some TLC and patching up. "Because once they go," he says, "they're gone forever."