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December 2006

New York Jack: Freemans Sporting Club

by The Budget Fashionista on December 24, 2006

 New York Jack: Freemans Sporting Club

Not quite over the cancellation of HBO’s Deadwood?

Get your weekly fix of all things rustic at the unique men’s store, Freemans Sporting Club. Owners Taavo Somer and William Tigerrt, have filled the store with Somer’s collection of suit’s made from vintage deadstock wool, an assortment of moccasins and boots, and even a saloon-style barbershop in the back co-owned by Sam Buffa, an extremely amiable gentleman who might as well have come with the “time machine”.

The barbershop not only offers what Buffa describes as “the perfect blend of a salon and barbershop haircut” (aka, more reasonable prices for great cuts), it offers shaves and a collection of great products by Dr. Harris and Co., imported from London.

Not looking to give grooming products for the holidays? Well, there’s always the more creative gift- utilitarian artifacts and tools from the eighteenth century. Jewelry not being something the men of the store wear or “understand”, as Buffa explained, they thought it more appropriate to fill the store with something they took interest in.

Freemans

And no one can deny that this store is interesting.

Freemans Sporting Club

8 Rivington Street

New York, NY

212 673 3209

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Straight Jack: American Apparel at a Low Price

by The Budget Fashionista on December 23, 2006

 Straight Jack: American Apparel at a Low Price

Style enforcers have probably been giving you the hard sell on American Apparel shirts. Problem is, the shirts run high for a simple piece of fabric. Granted, there’s the ethics of buying shirts made in America by well paid workers. But if you’re buying your shirts less to “make a social statement” and more to “cover your torso”, these t-shirts cost too much.

That is unless you find a way past the marketing campaign and high gloss storefronts.

Well, you can. American Apparel started out as a wholesaler of raw materials, not refined chic. So get great deals on your t-shirts by purchasing the tees from other stories.  Yeah, there’s limits on color and selection, but if you’re looking for a basic brown, black, white tee, you can save $5 to $10 on t-shirts and even more on track jackets and other AA deals. You’ll still be doing the right thing, but for the first time you’ll be paying the right price.

Get It

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Style Jack: Marc Ecko

by The Budget Fashionista on December 22, 2006

 Style Jack: Marc Ecko

Man of Style: Marc Ecko

Marc Ecko has been shaping hip-hop and urban style since his first line of t-shirts hit the streets in the mid 1980s. As CEO of Marc Ecko enterprises, *ecko unltd’s world famous rhino logo can be seen on the backs of skater and corporate boys alike. Ecko himself continues to be a style jack, with a personal style that mixes b-boys with a business causal edge

Style Lesson: Always keep a sense of eternal boyishness in your wardrobe. prep school blazers in camouflage prints; mature sweaters with badass skull and crossbones screen printed on; suits paired with baseball caps – cocked to the side, brim unbent of course.

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Straight Jack: The Reverse Converse

by The Budget Fashionista on December 21, 2006

 Straight Jack: The Reverse Converse

Go to any neighborhood and you’ll be able to spot the local hipster by looking at the Converses on their feet. It’s like law– if you’re hip, you must own a pair, it’s like the brand of non-conformists everywhere.

Except….

anyone who knows corporate hierarchies can tell you that Converse is owned by Nike, those scions of sweatshop work. There’s nothing hip about child labor.

The Answer:  No Sweat Apparel. Their chocolate brown shoe looks like Converse but isn’t marred by the label or labor. And let’s face it- the real reason all those artsy types chose Converse was to look different. Now you can actually be different.. by being hip and socially conscious.

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