Simon Crompton visits with Alan Flusser. Dressed in track pants and a suit jacket, Flusser touts a new age of Chinese manufacturing (0).

Michael Williams endorses the Nike/Cole Haan Lunargrand chukka. The designs almost compensate for previous Nike/CH models, which were  a hybrid Dr. Moreau would find grotesque.

Complex publishes a list of men’s style blogs you should be reading. I noted one oversight, at least…

WWD covers a goofball parade Beret Baguette Ride in Paris. It’s no Paris-Brest-Paris.

Barney’s presale started today, and other stores should be beginning to mark down spring/summer gear before long. Despite the fact the summer doesn’t even unofficially start until Monday.