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A Year of Designer Musical Chairs

It’s been a hell of a year for designer switch-ups.

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James Marsden is a Sight for Sore Eyes

Wearing Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. Photographed by Christopher Ferguson. Styled by David Bonney. Sometimes it’s better to be a household face than a household name. If you’re recognized for your face, you’re recognized for your work, perhaps one of the greater honors that can be bestowed upon a performer. James Marsden—an actor whose filmography […]

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A Brief Guide to the Latest Fashion Shake Ups

Every day there’s a new surprise as menswear designers get appointed to new labels and other designers are challenging the traditional fashion week schedule by changing locations and times when they show. Here we’ve compiled the latest shake ups to hit the industry this past season: Image: Louis Vuitton. Changes to Menswear Design Back in […]

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2017 Holiday Gift Guide for Everyone Else

  Tis the season! Remind your loved ones that they’re loved with the ESSENTIAL HOMME 2017 Holiday Gift Guide for everyone else. Here’s a gift for every family member, friend, lover, stranger, and more, sure to make you the most popular guest at the holiday party. After you’ve picked out some treats for all those […]

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“Former rules don’t apply”: Prince’s Late 80’s Gender-Bending Style

Image: Retna. The most shocking thing about Prince’s 1991 VMA performance wasn’t the gyrating half-naked dancers or the sexually explicit lyrics of his single “Gett Off.” Two minutes into the six minute long performance, Prince turned around, and every household tuned to MTV got a view of Prince’s ass. His skin tight yellow jumpsuit stopped […]

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Blessed: The Unexpected Origins of Fear of God

Image: Vuat Mohindra. The fashion designer Jerry Lorenzo does not know how to draw. He doesn’t sketch at all actually, nor did he receive a formal education in garment construction. Instead of heeding the typical processes to source fabrics that frequent the trade, Lorenzo mines through racks of vintage tees and resale pieces with a […]

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2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Yourself

The crisp flick of a black card is a sinful, self-indulgent holiday treat when they’re your bags to take home. Here to help you partake in a smarter form of vice, we present the 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Yourself. Of course, any selfish grab can be balanced by a few humble purchases for the other important people […]

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Guillaume Meilland Takes Control of Salvatore Ferragamo Menswear

Image: Salvatore Ferragamo. As part of a massive creative shakeup at Italian luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo, former Lanvin Senior Designer Guillaume Meilland takes the tanned leather reigns of the company’s burgeoning menswear department, an integral part of freshly instilled CEO Eraldo Poletto’s aggressive new market strategy. Joining fellow inductees Paul Andrew and Fulvio Rigoni, assuming […]