VFILES – Essential Homme Magazine

Streetwear: Coming to a Suburb (Nordstrom) Near You

Joshua Glass — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:47:40 +0000

Video: Nordstrom. The somewhat ironic reappropriation of ‘street clothes’ by department stores might be the best and worst thing to happen to high-income, McMansion-toting suburban neighborhoods since Alpha Dog. Actually, maybe even Justin Timberlake in totallity. I’m looking at you, SoCal Bros. But I mean, hey if you can go to Macy’s for pair of low-sagging, white-stitched True’s with

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ASSK Brings Menswear to This Year’s Vfiles Made Fashion

Joshua Glass — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:11:18 +0000

Image: ASSK. Need more cyber-fashion in your life? What about bursts of neon and contrasting black and white prints over sportswear details? All set to an urban, witch-house mix of your favorite BEYONCÉ track? Well ask—or rather, ASSK—and you shall receive. This week Vfiles returns to Eyebeam with a heart-pumping, coin-purse-rattling, IRL fashion show with a

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Hood By Air Goes Online (for Real this Time)

Joshua Glass — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:00:31 +0000

You’re a trendy guy. You’re up on the latest Raf campaign, big on Twitter, hey—you probably even have the new TRUST CD (yeah, that’s right, before it’s even out). We’re pretty impressed. So like Drake, you probably wear a lot of Hood By Air. The New York-based banjee-inspired steetwear brand launched in 2006, but in

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Bond Hardware is Too Hip to be Square, But Still Trying

Joshua Glass — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:29:27 +0000

Image: Bond Hardware. “The world was supposed to end in 2012. But it didn’t. We’re all still here still, and we’re all still kind of laughing about it,” says Dana Hurwitz, a somberly polite girl in all black and cascading steel arm cuffs. She does indeed emit a small chuckle. “Now, or so the saying goes, in

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For the Guy: Feeling Hot Hot Hot

Joshua Glass — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:25:46 +0000

Jet-setting to a tropical getaway this time of year? Or just warm-weather-wishing at home? Either way, these hot beachside gift ideas will certainly add some heat to your love ones’ holiday season. To alleviate some of the stress of holiday shopping—or even just to help kill time at work, For The Guy is a new weekly column

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For the Guy: Young and Restless

Joshua Glass — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 17:53:07 +0000

Attention fashion fuccbois and trend enthusiasts: it’s almost gift giving time IRL, so we’ve compiled a list of #hot ticket items we know you and the homies will love. Read the list below and then get off your computers, throw on a pair of Pyrex, grab a Ginger Bread Latte at SBux (it is the

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