Shit Worth Checking Out: H by Hudson Autumn 2011 campaign pics.

Another brand I must admit to just becoming aware of is H by Hudson.  Looking at their Autumn 2011 campaign pics, aside from their choice of some fucking creepy-looking models, it looks like a pretty decent offering.  Check out more from the "Home is Where my Shoes Are" look book after the jump.

Shit Worth Checking Out: Original publicity stills from Kurosawa's Throne of Blood.

The Criterion Collection has released five original publicity stills from Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood.  Obviously, they're frickin awesome.  Check them out after the jump.

Shit Worth Checking Out: Filippa K S/S 2011 campaign pics.

Filippa K is a brand I must admit not having been aware of until very recently.  They have a classic, somewhat rugged American style that I like.  For those who are as yet unaware of its existence, these pics should convince you of its deserving a place on your radar.

Arrogant Male Photograph of the Day: April 21, 2011

Arrogant Male Quote of the Day: April 21, 2011

"We have to believe in free will. We have no choice."
~ Isaac Bashevis Singer

Good to see things are slowly getting back to normal...

The Survey of Affluence and Wealth, conducted by American Express Publishing and Harrison Group, has found that spending on luxuries is set to rise by about eight percent this year, reaching $359 billion in 2011.   The survey did not include travel and vehicles, and polled only the wealthiest ten percent of American families; those who enjoy a discretionary income of six figures or more.  Those ten percent account for about fifty percent of all consumer spending in the country.  

For more details, head over to Pursuitist.

Meet Nick Wooster: The most awesome man in fashion.

Racked has a great interview with Nick Wooster, men's fashion director for Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, that you can check out after the jump.  Or, if you prefer, you could always go straight to the source...but I have pictures. 

Great article by the Wall Street Journal on the death of "dressing up".

In a recent article, Steve Garbarino over at the Wall Street Journal laments the fact that "the dress codes abided and enforced at those ceremonies of formality and occasion, at everywhere from fine-dining restaurants to evening soirées, have become mostly unspoken, unwritten or loosened like so many Hermès ties."  It's a great piece, and I think a very sad and accurate statement on the little something that is lost when casual Friday creeps into our social lives.  Garbarino ends on a hopeful note, although I do not see the silver lining he does.  There have always been men who dress a little 'better' than those around them; it is the declining quality of those around them (us?) who we need to worry about, and the establishments that are forced, through economic reality, to normalize this decline.  Check it out here.

Arrogant Male Photograph of the Day: April 15, 2011 - Laren Bacall: the shot that changed her life

The cover that got her noticed by the wife of Howard Hawkes, who then cast her in To Have and Have Not, the film that made her famous (and, of course, introduced her to Bogart).

Arrogant Male Quote of the Day - April 15, 2011

"More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies."

~ Rudyard Kipling