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Styleforum Maker Space – a.b.k. Leather Products

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This January, at Pitti Uomo 93 in Florence, Italy, Styleforum will be hosting its inaugural Maker Space. The Styleforum Maker Space is an open space designed to exhibit the work of small brands and artisans interested in showing to both wholesale buyers and retail consumers. Click on the banner to visit the official page of the event and RSVP as a visitor.

Alya began her career by taking classes in shoemaking, eventually finding a mentor in iconic sandal designer, Barbara Shaum.

Inspired by her experience, Alya began making shoes on her own, recruiting occasional help from her sister Katya and teaching her the craft along the way. Word began to spread, orders for shoes began to increase, and the business was born.

Their work has become known for impeccable craftsmanship, ex­panding well beyond shoes to leather items of all kinds, from the functional to the purely beautiful. Each piece starts with leather that is domestically sourced and tanned without chemicals.

Katya and Alya hand-dye their own leather to achieve the exact color palette desired, then use alcohol water to saturate and stretch it before hand-stitching or stapling the pieces into place to dry.

At the Styleforum Maker Space, you’ll be able to chat with Alya and see her at work. Click here to RSVP, and visit the Styleforum Maker Space Official Thread on the forum.

Styleforum Maker Space – Belisario Camicie

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This January, at Pitti Uomo 93 in Florence, Italy, Styleforum will be hosting its inaugural Maker Space. The Styleforum Maker Space is an open space designed to exhibit the work of small brands and artisans interested in showing to both wholesale buyers and retail consumers. Click on the banner to visit the official page of the event and RSVP as a visitor.

belisario camicie su misura styleforum maker space

We are proud to introduce one of the makers that will attend the Maker Space: Belisario Camicie, a shirtmaker from Abruzzo, has been operating for over a century, specializing in handmade shirts. The concept of “su misura” is still the core value of the brand, which prides itself in working exclusively with the best Italian fabrics, many of which from the Albini group. Belisario can also service foreign customers through an online ordering system.

The options to personalize a shirt are almost endless: their online customization interface takes the customer through several steps, providing different options regarding darts, pleats, patterns, cuffs, collars, fusing, and ultimately, buttons. Additionally, Belisario has a patented horizontal buttonhole, located right below the infamous crotch button; this detail helps with the shirt staying tucked.

Each shirt is carefully made by hand, made to each customer’s measurements or to predefined patterns (if you are an easy fit). Your measurements can be uploaded using the interface on the website for a smooth and personalized shopping experience.

Belisario shirts are created by the expert hands of 22 experienced seamstresses of the Abruzzo area – which means you are getting a product 100% made in Italy, and supporting a family operated company that’s been around for three generations.

belisario camicie made to measure made in italy maker space styleforum

At the Maker Space, you’ll have the chance to touch and feel the fabrics for yourself, and get measured by Marco’s expert hands. Click here to visit Belisario’s website.

Visit the Styleforum Maker Space official thread on the forum.

Gift Ideas from the Buy&Sell forum

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If you missed the chance to snag all your Christmas gifts during the massive Black Friday & Cyber Monday sales, you are either stuck with the option of paying full price, or you can look elsewhere for great deals.

The Styleforum Buy&Sell forum is a goldmine for bargain hunters, and many users who browse it regularly swear it’s where they found the best deals in Classic Menswear.

Here is a selection of items that would make every CM guy happy. Also, since these are one-of-a-kind items, you won’t run the risk of accidentally pressing the buy it now button twice so you can keep one for yourself.

Click here to keep browsing the Buy&Sell forum and find more deals.

The Art of Tonal Layering

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You’d be forgiven if, from a distance (and primarily through Instagram), you thought that ‘layering’ in menswear meant technicolor vest worn under saturated suits. That’s certainly one angle that certain large menswear e-tailers have pushed in recent years – gotta find a way to attract eyes in a sea of online images –  and you can’t really blame consumers for wanting to lust after garments more titillating than grey and navy suits. That’s not to say it’s necessarily a bad thing – look at our friend and occasional contributor @flannels_and_tweed for some great examples of high-contrast layering – but I’ve always loved the alternative that is tonal layering. Some colors work much better than others, however. I think that matching earth tones – blue, olive, brown, camel, taupe – works out much better than than brighter colors (including, for example, burgundy), which are apt to make you look like a streetstyle hanger-on, or a movie villain.

Note: to offer a brief, insufficient definition, tonal layer is when you’re matching single colors but the tones aren’t quite the same. I’m also discounting monochrome (black and white) outfits, because that’s not what we’re talking about here.

the art of tonal layering menswear styleforumI’m a guy who wears blue a lot. Like, a lot a lot. I’m not the only one – layering blue is very simple, and you don’t have to be wearing fifteen pounds of indigo-dyed cotton (like me); it might be as easy as pairing a blue sportcoat or jacket with your denim, as seen in this fetching shot from Drake’s:

Of course, there’s a contrasting layer involved here, but add a washed-out blue knit to this ensemble and you’re good to go. You probably have a lot of blue in your closet already – navy being, as we all know well, one of menswear’s sacred pillars – so it should be easy for you to experiment.

Plenty of people do this, and in all honesty it’s not that hard if you don’t mind looking like you’re wearing nothing but indigo – which I don’t. You can find examples all over the internet, including on the Styleforum tumblr, but if you’re looking for casual inspiration I can direct you to both 45RPM and Blue Blue Japan.

The latter is a company I’ve written about many times, best known for their incredible work with indigo dyes. The clothes boast incredible depth of color, which makes donning multiple layers of blue a bit less strange than it sounds. Of course, you just have to be comfortable wearing head-to-toe indigo – if you’re not, I understand.

Camel is also a good bet, and the same cam be said of other neutrals like taupe and oatmeal. All white tends to come off a bit priestly – or Miami Vice-y – but a little bit of grey calms things down quite a bit. I happen to be a big fan of camel (as are many men), although I maybe wouldn’t recommend wearing it head-to-toe the way you might wear navy. It’s such a classic color for outwear that slipping on a similarly-colored inner layer isn’t hard, nor are the results strange.

Finally, green layers can look very nice, both with militaristic olive tones and mossier country greens. Something like the below, featuring cotton cargo pants and a Ten C nylon and shearling liner, is a nice option, since not only do you have the subtle variation in color, but you have mixed fabrics as well. This helps you feel a bit less like you’re wearing a not-quite suit, and becomes especially fun if, like me, you have trouble distinguishing green from brown.

the art of tonal layering menswear styleforum

You may have picked up that neutral colors work pretty well for this. Think oatmeal and grey wools, textured browns, as the subtle variations in these colors create a wonderful depth when they’re combined. When you’re matching similar layers, one key is to make sure that you’re also mixing textures. Just because something is blue, or camel, or green, doesn’t mean that everything needs to be the same fabric – lest you end up looking as though you’ve draped yourself in bedsheets.

We’d love to see your own examples of tonal layering, so stop by the Classic Menswear and Streetwear and Denim what are you wearing threads to share your own inspirations.

Member Focus: Baltimoron

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Styleforum member Baltimoron is a regular sight on the SW&D subforum, where he posts regular contributions in the form of WAYWT photos and KPop gifs. Here, he talks about walking the long road from deal-chaser to designer-clothing-collector and general well-dressed dude.

I got interested in clothes because of my brother. I remember walking past his computer once while home from college one summer and asking him why he was on a site called Put This On. After he explained he was reading about clothes, I laughed and then walked immediately to my own computer to start reading Put This On, because brothers can’t help but imitate each other sometimes. In the beginning, I made all the mistakes that people that get into clothing tend to make. I chased deal sites, ordered cheap button downs from Land’s End Canvas, and read more lists about what clothing items I needed than anyone ever should.

Looking back, I was someone who was just trying to change how he looked by checking things off a list and emulating what was around me. I grew up in Northern California wearing band tees and cargo shorts, but attended college on the East Coast surrounded by boat shoes and button downs. Changing how I dressed was a way for me to try to fit into the new culture in which I had found myself, but it wasn’t something that I enjoyed beyond chasing check marks on lists. At some point I ended up on Styleforum, though the exact path has slipped from my memory (I’d hazard a guess I was trying to decide if I should put shoe trees in my boat shoes…oh man, what a painful thing to write).

When I started here, I browsed the Classic Menswear side much more frequently than Streetwear and Denim. I can think of two major factors that caused me to slowly transition to spending more time in Streetwear and Denim; a user named Parker starting the Dries Van Noten thread and a user named El Bert posting a series of links to Yahoo Japan in the “Someone should buy this” thread. The Dries thread was one of the first designer threads that I ever followed, and it left quite an impression on me. Up until that point, I’d never seen clothes with the types of prints, colors, embroideries, and elegance like I was exposed to in that thread. I remember thinking that the clothes made people look as if they were almost gliding across space in their elegance.

One of the wonderful things about the thread was that other posters like Parker, sipang, the Shah, and others had faithfully compiled a virtual lexicon comprising of videos, interviews, and pictures of past collections. It was a daunting experience at first, but having that much information forced me to move slowly, so I read and absorbed as much as I could from those posts before I ever owned my first piece of Dries. Even today, I’ll still sometimes go back to the first page of that thread just to read interviews or look at different collections again (personal favorites include FW11, FW14, and SS15).

The second major moment for me, however, made my interest in owning clothes from Dries more attainable. He doesn’t do it quite so often anymore, but El Bert used to post these semi-frequent lists of all the cool things for sale that he found on Yahoo Japan and Rakuten for others to see. Of course, I was most interested in Dries, but many of the listings El Bert posted were for brands that I’d never heard of before. Everytime I’d see him post a brand, I’d go searching through old threads here to read about different seasons and the pieces that other users owned. It’s how I first learned about Helmut Lang, Undercover, and many other designers. El Bert was also kind enough to answer my private messages about how proxy buying worked and to help introduce me to lesser-known brands (he’s still the best at finding cool stuff). This opened a whole new world of clothes to me. It offered a second-hand market for me to explore my interest in Dries, but beyond that, I found that hunting for cool clothes was just an enjoyable activity for me. Some of my purchases have turned out great, others have not, but all the way through I’ve been able to pursue the things that I’m interested in and control my own experience.

These days, Dries is still one of my favorite designers, but my closet has expanded to include influences from all over. I’ve found that the more time I’ve been on the forum, the more willing I am to try different things. I certainly wouldn’t have thought about wearing more voluminous trousers before seeing them on people like Parker or the Shah, but now my Issey Miyake trousers are some of my most worn (and comfortable) clothes. In this community there are always people to learn and take inspiration from. Seeing posts from people like diniro, conceptual 4est, penanceroyaltea, ghostface (whose blurred out faces I emulated when first posting), frankcowperwood and so many others continues to encourage me to think about my own personal style and how I might incorporate elements that I enjoy from others. This forum is one of my favorite places to be, and I credit the people as much as the clothes for making that so.

The Styleforum Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2017 Guide: Best Menswear Sales

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Styleforum Black Friday 2017 Guide Best Menswear Sales

Welcome to the Styleforum Black Friday 2017 guide to sales and coupon discount codes for all the men’s clothing and accessories that are fit to buy (and some more to boot). We will be updating this list throughout the weekend, so drop in often, or just keep on hitting F5.

P.S. This year, we have (and will be expanding) a women’s sales section, directly under the menswear sales listings.

7Liverpool

Cyber Monday markdowns.

 

Acrimony

Use code BLACKFRIDAY to take 35% off almost everything.

 

Adidas

Holiday Sale up to 50% off

Get 30% OFF with code CYBER17

Sign up for newsletter to get 15% off

 

A Fine Pair of Shoes

Use code blackfriday2017 and get 25% off everything!

 

Alpha Industries

Visit the site for up to 50% off

 

Allen Edmonds

Save up to $200 on factory seconds

 

American Rag

20% off at American Rag on Friday with code CYBER20

 

American Trench

15% off site-wide with code BLACKFRIDAY2017

 

Antonioli.eu

Sale on now up to 50% off.

 

Armitage McMillan

25% off denim with code DENIM25

 

Artisan Deluxe

25% OFF sitewide with the code CYBERMONDAY

 

Antic Boutik

30% off a selection

 

Atelier

GET AN EXTRA 10% OFF SITE WIDE WITH PROMO CODE : CYBER10

 

Barbanera

All shoes on sale.

 

Barney’s

40% off designer sale

 

Barney’s Warehouse

Extra 50% off sitewide.

 

Batch:

40% off at shirts with code THANKS till 28th

 

Beckett Simonon

Black Friday starts early! Shoes for 149$ and boots for 159$, no code needed!

Beige Habilleur

Up to 30% off – Free Worldwide shipping starting from 150€

 

Ben Sherman

Ben Sherman Black Friday Sale | 40% OFF sitewide with code: CYBER40

 

Benzak

20% off site wide except denim with code BF17APPAREL

 

Bespoke England

Sale on fine men’s shoes!

 

Billy Reid

20% off sitewide with the cody CYBERUP

 

Black Blue

20% off all seasonal items with code Thanksgiving2017

 

Blackhorse Lane

17% of a customer’s first purchase when joining our email newsletter, Free worldwide shipping over £200.

 

Bloomingdales

Take 25% Off & Shop Great Cyber Deals Throughout the Site + FREE SHIPPING

 

Blue and Cream

Get 25% off with code CYBER

 

Bluefly**

up to 85% off on a selection + FREE SHIPPING

 

Blue in Green Soho

20% OFF Purchases under $500
25% OFF Purchases Over $500
30% OFF Purchases Over $1000

 

Blluemade

20% off site-wide with promocode TURKEYTIME

 

Blue Cream

20% off everything with the code COLDTURKEY

 

Blue Owl Shop

20% off with code TURKEY

 

Bluffworks

30% off

 

Bodega

Save 30% site wide. Use code CYBER17. Ends at midnight!

 

Bon Homme

worldwide free shipping

 

Braun

Up to 50% off cashmere.

 

Bread & Boxers

40% off + free shipping!

 

Bridge and Burn

20% off all Bridge & Burn goods

 

Brooks Brothers**

10% off + free shipping on all orders

 

Browns

extra 20% off with code BLACKOUT

 

Caliroots

30% off everything!

 

CAMO

30% everything

Code: CAMOBLACKFRIDAY

 

Carmina

FREE matching belt and a cream with every order, plus an extra 20% discount on outlets with the code: BLACKFRIDAY2017

 

Century 21

25% off one item + free shipping

 

Christian Kimber

ONE DAY ONLY: 20% off with code BLKFDY

 

Cloggs

Up to 40% off selected styles + 10% off with the code BFXTEN

 

Club Monaco

Black Friday code: SHOPFRIDAY

25% off $150+
30% off $250+
35% off $400+

 

Coach

50% off select styles

 

Cobbler Union

20% off boots with the code BOOT20.

 

Coggles

30% off with the code CG30

1 HOUR ONLY: 40% OFF SELECTED LINES WITH CODE CG40

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Corridor

20% off site-wide with code BLACKFRIDAY2017

 

Cruvoir**

Additional 20% off select sale items

 

Cultizm

20% off with code BF20

 

Daad-Dantone

30% OFF with the code BLK3017

 

Da Luca Straps

25% OFF with the code cyberweek

 

Daniel Wellington

free strap with any watch

 

Dapper Classics

30% off socks with code WEB17

 

Deveaux

Sale is on!

 

eHaberdasher

Up to 80% off a selection.

10% off across the site with code ‘SFBLKFRI‘ for SF members only.

 

East Dane

Extra 35% off sale items with code WOW35

 

END.

20% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY

 

Envoy of Belfast

Our weekend promotion starts now, enjoy 20% off select styles with discount code BLACK20

 

Epaulet

Take 30% off sales items on Cyber Monday only with code FINALSALE30

 

Equus Leather

SF members enjoy 20% off everything with the code NOIR2017

 

Everything Hip Hop

25% off everything

Code: BFW25

 

Fairends

30% off site-wide with code FAIRENDSGIVING17

 

Farfetch

Up to 50% off, plus 10% off with code X1017

 

Feature Sneaker Boutique

50% of with code FINALSALE

 

Frances May*

25% off with code BOOKSMART

 

Frank + Oak*

35% off everything with code CYBERMONDAY35

 

Frank Clegg

Spend a minimum of $500 and receive a complimentary gift at checkout.

 

Freenote Cloth

25% off sitewide & free shipping over $500

 

From Japan

10% off Rakuten sale!

 

fwrd*

BLACK FRIDAY SALE: Up to 65% off.

Code: PLUSH, BLUE or CANDY for extra 10% off most brands.

 

Gamine Workwear

10% site wide free shipping with code bluejeanbaby

 

Gentlemen’s Footwear

Final sales on a selection of items.

Styleforum members can use code ‘extra15‘ for additional 15% off on already marked down sale products (sale items only).

 

Gilt

20% off with code CITYCYBER20

 

GIIN

Free International Shipping with the code THANKS

 

Golden Fox

Up to 50%, no code necessary.

 

Graduate

GRADUATE STORE​
BLACK FRIDAY GOES STRONGER ! ​
ROUND 2 !
40% OFF ON NEW SELECTED ITEMS

 

Grant Stone

30% off all boots and selected bluchers.

 

Gravity Pope

20% off sale items with code EXTRA20

 

The Hanger Project

Cyber Monday Sale | Up to 20% OFF Sitewide

 

Hoteveli

Take an additional 10% off * when using code “CyberMonday17” at checkout, MONDAY only.

 

House of Fraser

40% off for Cyber Monday

 

Helmut Lang*

Up to 40% off

 

Hunting Ensemble

30% OFF All New Collections (Norse Projects, A.P.C, Our Legacy, Nanamica, New Balance, Han Kjobenhavn and more) w/ code: Cybermonday30

 

Hussars Madrid

50% off Black Friday sale

 

Ibex

30% off select styles

 

Idol Brooklyn

Additional markdowns!

Use the code CYBERWEEKEND to get 15% off sitewide. Valid from Black Friday – Cyber Monday.

 

Independence

20% Off Sitewide, no exclusions.

 

Isaora

YOU ARE IN – 30% Off Entire Site – CYBER30

 

J. Crew

40% off everything, plus extra 10% off your purchase with code SHOPFAST

 

J. Crew Factory

50% everything, price as marked

 

J. Fitzpatrick

20% off all core products.

 

Jeeves

All products 15% off or more through Monday, 11/27!

Vass RTW 15% off

 

John Elliot + Co*

20% off code JEFW20

 

Jos A. Bank

20% off entire order with code CYBER

 

Julevu

20% off all bracelets until Sunday.

 

Julian Fashion*

Friday is black at Julian up to 40% off on selected items

 

Jungmaven

20% off site-wide

 

Kiriko

20% off site-wide with code KINYOUBI + all purchases on Friday receive free gift

 

KNYEW*

30% OFF everything

 

Kurt Geiger

20% off selected styles including Crockett & Jones

 

Krammer & Stoudt

60% off past collection with code BLACKFRIDAY

 

Lalonde

All Allen Edmonds at 30% OFF with code CMAE30. Free shipping from Canada, no duties in North America.

 

Lanieri

Up to 30% off a selection

 

Lanvin

50% off Winter collection

 

Lazzari

BF10 -10% for orders under 500€

BF15 -15% for orders from 500€ to 1500€

BF20 -20% for order over 1500€

 

Levi’s

40% off with everything with code CYBER40

 

Le Rayon Frais

40% off a selection

 

Lexdray

25% off sitewide with code BLACKCYBER

 

L’inde Le Palais

Get ready for BLACK FRIDAY! Start your shopping today with our up to -40% with code BLACKF40

 

Linjer

Every day from Wed Nov 22 to Mon Nov 27 inclusive, one lucky customer shops for free.

 

LN-CC

30% off: Use code EXCLUSIVE30 at checkout | Up to 30% off a selection

 

LOIT

20% off everything with the code LOITCM

 

Lost and Found

Free shipping over $200

 

Luisa via Roma

20% off with the code BF20

 

Luxeswap

New listings on eBay

 

Maison Margiela

40% off F/W 2017.

 

Malford of London

75% off, up To 90% Off Kilgour, Hardy Amies, Gieves & Hawkes, Hackett & Richard James. Code “BLACK75“. New Items Added!

 

Man of the World

50% off everything

 

Maple

20% off entire site, Free shipping on orders over $200, promo code: CYBER

 

Matches Fashion

Up to 50% off!

 

Miloh Shop

Black Friday sale is live now!

15% off all Raw Denim with promocode “RAWFRIDAY”
25% off everything else with promocode “BFMILOH” (excludes Viberg and Private White V.C.)

 

MISMO

20% off with code BF17

 

Mission Workshop

Receive 20% off your purchase, a $20 gift card for future use, and a free bag of Bicycle Coffee with the code MISSION20

 

Mohawk General Store 

Black Friday Sale starts 12am PST Thursday
20% Off Fall Apparel & Shoes
Use code BLACKFRI17 at checkout

 

Monitaly

15% off sitewide with orders > $100 with code THANKS15

 

Mott & Bow*

10% OFF $150+

15% OFF $300+

Coupon: CYBERMONDAY2017

 

Mr Porter

30% off until November 27. Select items only. Applies at checkout

 

Namu shop

We’re having our Thanksgiving sale run from now until Monday (11:59 PM Central). Please enjoy 30% off sitewide with the code “TURKEY“.

 

NAQP

20% off select seasonal items found in the ‘Black Friday Sale’ page with code BFSALE17

 

Neighbour

NEIGHBOUR BLACK FRIDAY CONTINUES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. ENJOY 15% OFF FW17 COLLECTIONS + FREE SHIPPING OVER $500.
SALE ENDS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH AT MIDNIGHT.

 

Ne.Sense

Cyber Monday 30% of with code CYBER30

 

Need Supply

Cyber Monday 20% Off with code SHOP20

 

Neiman Marcus

clearance up to 70% off and up to $750 gift card with code GC4YOU

 

Neiman Marcus LAST CALL

Extra 40%–80% off everything + FREE SHIPPING with code CYBER

 

ne-sense

Cyber Monday 30% of with code CYBER30

 

New Balance*
25% off & Free shipping

 

Nifty-do

20% off with code CM17

 

Nike

TAKE AN EXTRA 25% OFF SALE STYLES

 

Noble Denim

25% off site-wide with discount code BFCM25

 

No Man Walks Alone

Up to 30% off hundreds of styles!

 

Nordstrom

Black Friday Sale: save on pretty much everything an extra 20% off sale items.

 

The North Face

up to 25% off select styles for a limited time, online and in-store.

 

Notre Shop*

Save 30% off your order.

Code: BF30

 

Nowells Clothiers

20% off

Code: CYBER

 

OAK NYC

50% off everything

 

Oki-ni

black friday 25% off use code: CYBER25

 

Oliver Wicks

$150 off custom suits, shirts, and ready-to-wear suits

Code: BLACK

 

Orvis

Up to 50% off + free shipping with code SHIPFREE

 

OSB

20% off sitewide

 

Other-shop

25% off with code: WINTER25

 

Pierpont Leather

15% – 60% off a selection.

Styleforum members get an additional 25% off the already discounted prices with the code SFHOLIDAYDISCOUNT.

 

Post Imperial

40% off

 

Quality-Shop

10% off all orders above €100 Code: black10

20% off all orders above €200 Code: black20

 

Rag & Bone

30% off with the code TAKE30

 

Raleigh Denim

15% sitewide excluding Original Raw jeans

 

Ralph Lauren

30% OFF when you spend $125+ CHEER

 

Ravis

Styleforum members can purchase Four Custom made mens Shirts and 2 Neckties from the classic collections for $260 instead of $330 with FREE Shipping.

 

Red Wing Shoes

20% off all models in store only. must sign up email for coupon code.

 

Revolve

Sale now up to 65% off. 20% extra off final sale with code CYBER20

 

Roden Gray
use code CYBER-10 for an extra 10% off

 

Rogue Territory

30% off SELECT STYLES with code RGTBLKFRI2017

 

Rone*

20% off with BLACKFRIDAY2017

 

Rooney

25% off FW collections with the code blackfriday

 

Saks Fifth Avenue*

40% off designer sale + earna gift card up to $750 with code CYBER17

 

Saks Off 5th

Shop top deals! Use code CYBERMON at checkout for up to 60% off cold season styles.

 

Sara Barner

25% off with the code SWEETPOTATO

 

Sartoriale

On Friday, 25% OFF out non-discounted items with the code “BF25”,

On Saturday, 20% OFF out non-discounted items with the code “BF20”

On Sunday, 15% OFF out non-discounted items with the code “BF15”

Styleforum members will enjoy 10% OFF from all our Clearance and SALE items with the coupon code BF2017

 

Self Edge

Coupon Code for 16% off along with free shipping worldwide: BlackFriday2017

 

Shoebuy

30% off Code: CYBERMONDAY

$40 off $99 + Free shipping

Code: EMLTHANKFUL

 

Shoes.com

Black Friday sale, up to 75% off

Extra 30% off with code CYBERMONDAY at checkout

 

Shockoe Atelier

15% off site-wide with code BLACKFRIDAY2017

 

Shop the Finest

International: use the code $1000BLACKCYBER2017 for free shipping on entire order, minimum purchase of $1,000.00, Nov 23 to Nov 27

Domestic: use the code $500BLACKCYBER2017 for free shipping on entire order, minimum purchase of $500.00, Nov 23 to Nov 27

 

Skoaktiebolaget

Get 10% off everything with code CYBER17.

 

SlamJam

Use BLACK40 to get 40% off full-price items.

Use BLACK20 to get 20% off sale items

 

Spence

25% off sitewide

 

Spier & Mackay

20% Off Sitewide, includes bundle pricing (excludes MTM Suiting) with the code: CM2017

 

Spring

10% Spring credit with your purchase on Cyber monday

 

Spruce Shop

Up to 50% off

70% off sale from 8-10pm Central. FLASH70 is the code.

 

Ssense

Up to 50% off. SSENSE sale is live. Add item to cart for sale price

 

Standard & Strange

20% off select brands and items and Free International Shipping with code COMRADE

 

Stock Mfg. Co.

Up to 40% off, extra 20% off with code TURKEY20

 

Superdenim

10% off sitewide

 

Superdry

30% off sitewide, no code needed

 

Supply & Advice

Extra 20% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY

 

Taylor Stitch

30% off with $30 credit to any second purchase through Jan-9-2018

 

Tanner Goods

20% site wide minus Mazama, Danner, Rancourt and Alden

 

Ted Baker

50% off selected items

 

Tellason

20% off with code BFCM17

 

The Arrivals
$50 off $200

$100 off $400

$200 off $800

$300 off $1100

 

The Hill Side

30% OFF Site-wide (including already discounted items) with code BLACKFRIDAY

 

Theory

Up to 30% off with the code THANKS

 

TheRealReal

20% off with code REAL

 

The Next Door

up to 50% off

 

Timberland

Extra 30% off!

 

Todd Shelton

30% off everthing

 

Tom Clothes & Goods

20% site-wide with discount code EATDRINKANDGIVETHANKS

 

Tommy Hilfiger

30% off with code STAYWARM

 

Totokaelo

Up to 50% off a selection of items.

 

Très Bien

Up to 25% off all items

 

Uncle Otis

20% off with the code BLKFRDY

 

Understudy*

Understudy’s Black Friday Saale starts Thursday night. 20% Off with discount code: BFCM20

 

UniformLA

25% Off UNI/FORM with code BLACKFRIDAY17

 

Unionmade

Additional 25% off Sale Items with code Extra25.

Spend more save more! 15%-30% off

 

Uniqlo

CYBER MONDAY DEALS!

 

Unmarked

30% off site wide with code BLK30

 

Vathir

Up to 50% off

 

Velasca

15% off on everything with code 15BLACK till 28th.

 

Venque

15% off with code CYBERMONDAY or free shipping with code FREE SHIPPING

 

Vestis

20% off with code SBS2017

 

Voo Berlin

Up To 50% OFF

 

VRNTS

40% off a selection

Code: BF40 

 

Welcome Stranger

25% OFF SITEWIDE – CODE: 25FORALL

 

Will Leather Goods

Up to 25% off until Nov 28

 

Wilson & Wily’s

20% off site-wide with code SMALLBIZ

 

Wings + Horns

30% off the Fall/Winter 2017 collection until Monday, November 27th, with free shipping anywhere in North America.

 

Winter Session

20% off sitewide with the code THANKYOUSALE

 

World Jeans Shop

20% Off Holiday Sale
Select items only: 11.23-11.27
Find our “Holiday Sale” category
under each page and
use code HOLIDAY2017 at checkout

 

Wrong Weather

30% off a selection

 

Yoox

30% OFF everything on app & mobile

 

Yuketen

25% off site-wide

 

Zadig & Voltaire

40% off selected styles

 

ZFactorie*

Up to 50% off

Styleforum EXCLUSIVE: 50% Off everything (excluding leather and some outerwear) for the next 24 hours with the code: SFORUM50*Final70 Code is reactivated for all Final Sale items including SS17 Womenswear items that have been added to Final Sale

*Free Shipping on all US based Orders for the weekend

As a part of our Black Friday into Cyber Monday promotions, we have created a category on Zfactorie specifically for Black Friday promotions
It can be viewed here: 
All items in the section can be bought at an additional 15% Off

 

WOMEN’S BLACK FRIDAY SALES

Though many of the above sell both men’s and women’s clothing, the below are strictly retailers of women’s clothing, footwear, and accessories.

 

Ann Taylor

Extra 40% off sale styles

 

GAP

50% everything with code BLKFRIDAY

 

Kate Spade

30% off everything with code GIVEJOY

 

La Garçonne

Up to 40% off, plus new markdowns

 

LOFT

40% off everything

Code: GIFTITUP

 

Lululemon

Up to 75% off

 

Madewell

ENJOY 25% OFF YOUR PURCHASE.
USE CODE DONTSTRESS.

 

Michael Kors

25% off

 

www.net-a-porter.com*

Up to 50% off

 

New York & Company

50% off sitewide

 

Nine West

20% off heels

 

Parker

30% off everything

Code: CHIC30

 

Quality Shop

10% off all orders above €100 Code: black10
20% off all orders above €200 Code: black20

 

Rebecca Minkoff

25% off orders $100+

 

Shopbop

UP TO 75% OFF SALE, 30% OFF FULL-PRICE

20% OFF 200+
25% OFF 500+
30% OFF 800+
Code: MORE17

 

Tory Burch

30% off $250+

Code: THANKS

 

Totokaelo

SALE up to 40% off. You can also stack ‘welcometototo‘ for 10% off.

 

Vestiaire Collective

VARIOUS DEALS

Introducing the Styleforum Maker Space in Florence, Italy

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What is the Styleforum Maker Space?

This January, at Pitti Uomo 93 in Florence, Italy, Styleforum will be hosting its inaugural Maker Space. The Styleforum Maker Space is an open space designed to showcase the work of small brands and artisans interested in showing to both wholesale buyers and retail consumers. It is a combination pop-up shop and wholesale space, geared towards exhibiting fantastic small brands and makers to Pitti’s influential and knowledgable visitors.

Many vendors, buyers, and visitors to Pitti Uomo are interested not just in wholesaling their wares or purchasing for stores, but also in taking the opportunity to shop for themselves. Our space offers small brands and makers a location in which to demonstrate their craft, showroom to wholesale customers, and sell immediately to attendees should they choose to do so.

If you are attending Pitti Uomo, we invite you to visit the Styleforum Maker Space!

styleforum maker space 2018 pitti uomo 93

Where to find the Maker Space:

We will be housed in a very large (260m2) apartment with a substantial space for greeting and showing to clients and influencers. The location in the heart of Florence offers both a central location and a comfortable counterpoint to the crowds of Pitti Uomo.

When we’ll be there:

January 9-11 2018, during Pitti Uomo 93.

Who’s invited:

Any attendee invited by a vendor or carrying a Pitti Uomo badge will be welcome inside the Maker Space.

What we offer:

For vendors, we offer a beautiful space in which to showcase your craft and goods for wholesale buyers and retail consumers alike.

Coffee, aperitivo, and wine will be served.

Vendor Contact:

If you are an interested vendor, please contact Styleforum at [email protected] with the subject line: Styleforum Maker Space 2018

How to Style an Overshirt, with Erik Mannby

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Overshirts, or ‘shackets’ – as our friend Kyle refers to them –  are often the province of casual-wear. Leave it to Erik Mannby, friend of Styleforum and editor of Plaza Uomo, to make the garment shine in a semi-tailored context. In this case, the added length of the overshirt helps balance out the proportions of the outfit. You might call it cheating, and if we’re being honest it’s about the same length as a short jacket, but as far as I’m aware there’s no universally agreed-upon length for an overshirt, so in my mind it’s fair game. Beneath that, the outfit is a well-considered blend of autumn textures, noticeable largely because of the light colors. Many of us – myself included – gravitate towards darker tones once the days begin to grow shorter, but I like the use of the cream cardigan in particular. Also worth noting is the brown tie which, as the sole point of saturation outside the overshirt, stands out in a good way and looks very nice against the striped shirt. I find it difficult to wear shawl-collar cardigans as a mid-layer, but again, I like the way it’s done here. Erik has really mastered the slim-but-comfortable silhouette, and it’s nice to see layering that doesn’t get bulky.

We haven’t addressed the best accessory, which is of course the puppy. Experts have long known that dogs make an excellent counterpart to a good outfit, and Mr. Mannby has perhaps found the ideal complement to his autumn tones in a dark-haired companion. The sheen of the fur goes well with the overshirt, and the tiny, adorable nose adds some welcome gloss to an otherwise matte ensemble.

 

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Get Ready for Black Friday on Styleforum!

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It’s time to get ready for Black Friday! Make your spreadsheets, track your garments, and most importantly, sign up for Styleforum’s weekly newsletter to receive first notice of our massive Black Friday menswear sales guide.

Every year, we put together the internet’s largest list of Black Friday menswear sales, with coupon codes and discounts for over 200 stores and brands. It’s the single largest list of its kind, and it’s only available on Styleforum. You’ll know as soon as the list goes live, so that you can score the best menswear deals on the internet before they disappear.

Until then, make sure you’re subscribed to the Sales Alert Thread to stay up-to-date on the best menswear sales.

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What’s so Great About Tweed?

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This article originally appeared on Styleforum in 2015.

Words and pictures by Ian Anderson

I have mixed feelings about tweed. This standard-bearer for autumnal fabrics does not fill me with excitement, like it does for so many on Styleforum; rather, I can’t help but feel a bit put off by the sight of it. I could pretend that this ambivalence stems from the fabric’s rough texture, loud patterns, or stuffy Ivy-style connotations, but that would be a lie. My struggles with tweed comes from the fact that I simply can’t wear it – the weather in San Francisco is just too mild to require something so warm, and that alone fills my sunny autumns with deep pangs of jealousy.

Since I rarely enjoy tweed the traditional way – by wearing it – I find myself getting my fix in any way I can. I pore over vintage photographs, run my hands over the old tweeds in thrift stores, and watch documentaries on the history of the textile. These substitutes may not replace the real thing, but they are less sweaty than wearing tweed in the sun. Moreover, they’ve given me a lot of time to think about how I would wear tweed if I had the opportunity.

As many members of this forum will know, tweed is a woolen textile known for its hearty texture, earthen color palate, and British heritage. The fabric’s warmth, texture, and rich patterns and colors make it ideal for the cooler months. Tweed can be found in many forms – suits, hats, luggage, and more – but the quintessential item is the sportcoat. From fox hunting in Ireland to the Fall semester curriculum at Ivy League institutions, this item has become the go-to garment for tweed novices and experts alike.

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Tweed jackets can come in a variety of forms, but I feel that the best ones are those that stay true to their classic iteration. Flap pockets, soft shoulders, center vents, leather buttons, and so forth are all design details that suit the fabric well. As for colors and patterns, the options are extremely vast. There are classics like herringbones, twills, and donegal tweeds, as well as checks, plaids, and tartans. All of these can generally be found in an assortment of dusty browns, mossy greens, and other earthen colors. Tweed can be as bold or as muted as you’d like, so take the time to find a fabric that suits you.

Wearing a tweed jacket is not difficult – assuming the weather is cooperating – as long as it is paired with other pieces that play well alongside its heft. The safest bet is to wear tweed with other hearty or textured fabrics. For instance, a tweed sportcoat will pair wonderfully with flannel, moleskin, and even denim (although purists may disagree). With regards to footwear, the same thoughts apply – leave the chiseled oxfords in the closet, and instead reach for suede bluchers, wingtip boots, cordovan longwings, or even a Norwegian split toe if you’re feeling adventurous.

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Tweed and leather: a perfect cool-weather combination

When looking for an off-the rack tweed jacket, the best options are typically from the trad-leaning retailers – stores like J. Press, Brooks Brothers, Southwick, O’Connell’s, Polo Ralph Lauren, and even J. Crew typically have a few pieces to choose from every Fall season. Even so, the incredible durability of tweed and the steadfast nature of its style makes it a fantastic candidate for thrift shopping. Any solid secondhand store will likely have a hearty selection of vintage tweeds worth looking at.

If you have interest in going the custom or bespoke route, there are many British mills that produce exceptional tweeds in cut lengths. Harris Tweed from the Outer Hebrides may be the gold standard, but there are many more options available. For instance, Molloy & Sons is a small two-man operation out of Donegal, Ireland that specializes in the tweed named after the region. Other British mills like Holland & Sherry, Moon Mills, and more will always carry a robust selection. Lastly, cloth merchants like Harrison’s (which owns W. Bill, Porter & Harding, and more) will have a variety of tweeds available.

Looking ahead, I anticipate that this autumn will be as bleak as the ones before it – full of sunshine and temperatures in the low seventies. For those of you preparing to enter a season of crisp morning air and crunchy fallen leaves, don’t waste a moment of it. Hold your tweeds close and use them often. Wear them with frayed oxford cloth shirts, flannel and denim, and your favorite pair of country boots. Whether you’re planning on hunting red grouse, teaching an undergraduate course on Shakespeare, or just keeping the fall chill at bay, your tweed jacket will be an ideal companion.