The Dive Watch Roundup

Few accessories combine elegance with sporty cool as masterfully as the dive watch. The prices may not be supremely recession-friendly, but we’re talking about a future heirloom here. Invest in one this summer, and wear it often – even if you’re spending more time in flip-flops than flippers. We present … Read More

Everyday Style: Sunglasses for Gentlemen

With sunglasses, it’s important to keep the sporty and the gentlemanly looks separate. The sporty blade shades are strictly for the bicycle race or the slopes. They just don’t belong with your everyday attire. Most metal framed or lightweight sports frames are a dead ‘style impaired’ giveaway – even on … Read More

Boutique Showdown: Attik vs. Marlboro Classics

What’s your true nature? Are you (a) a rugged, laid-back chap or (b) a hard-partying night owl? Embark on a quest for self-knowledge by heading to Cours Mont Royal, where two new clothing stores have recently opened: Montreal’s own Attik, and Marlboro Classics, a Canadian outpost of the European fashion … Read More

Sydney’s Upstairs Boutique

Sydney Mamane is showing me a lamp. “Someone said it was steampunk,” says Mamane, the owner of Sydney’s, one of Toronto’s toniest menswear stores. “I didn’t know what steampunk was.” The lamp is an antique; its provenance, medical. In the 1930s, it loomed over patients in a hospital room or … Read More

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