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The Cami Secret Will Hide My Cleavage and Save the World

Thank God. Every day I pray that someone would create something like this so that I can hide my shameful cleavage that is exposed when I wear my low cut tops. I love how it comes in a variety of colors — because everyone could use a SPLASH of color to an outfit. Now we...

Who in the hell is going to buy these?

I wasn’t going to blog about those new Rodarte sweaters for men, but after being really irritated by their $2,760 price tag and the fact that I need some blog filler, I reconsidered. Nice neck tattoo. Why couldn’t they release a version for their cheaper Target line? If you must get your hands on these...

Tommy John makes the perfect undershirt

Today, whilst wearing my 3.1 Philip Lim button down (label drop #1) and a pair of blue A.P.C. corduroys (label drop #2) I felt something that didn’t make me feel so dapper. It wasn’t gas. It wasn’t a wedgie. It wasn’t the effects of too much Activia. It was my undershirt. My white V-neck tee...

A ‘Man’ shops for Anthropologie?

It seems that the peeps at the Sundance Channel are lovin’ these fashion documentaries. First, they found success with the Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton doc and now they have created a whole series called Man Shops Globe, which follows Keith Johnson, the buyer-at-large for Anthropologie while he shops around the world trying to find...

Being seduced by Jeremys

Out of the hundreds of times I have been to San Francisco’s luxury discount store, Jeremys, I have bought a total of 12 things; half of which I have donated to Goodwill – with justifiable reason of course. I decided to go to the wood-grained retail outlet on Saturday, envisioning some sort of Margiela product...

Barneys Warehouse Sale Chronicles Part III

One more day and I get paid. I plan on blowing that pay at the Barneys Warehouse Sale. That is a very good goal to have. Plus, the summer semester is over and after grading a bunch of essays and handling the the soul-sucking experience of an accelerated session, I deserve a thing or two…or...

Barneys Warehouse Sale Chronicles Part II

My two-year-old nephew Jacob decided to play a game while we were waiting around for my sister to decide which Louboutins she wanted. He would go to the shelves of luxe shoes in disarray, pick two shoes and he would come running to me with two shoes and say, “Uncle Digno, do these match?” For...

Barneys Warehouse Sale Chronicles Part I

The Barneys Warehouse Sale kicked off last Thursday and I wasn’t necessarily excited for it. I was more obsessed – no – I was haunted by it. I was counting down the days and in a way, I was dreading it. I was wondering if I would find anything. I was wondering if there would...

Chatting with Sarah Jessica Parker…in Pleasanton

Yes, you heard that right. Last week, the Notorious S.J.P. made it hot at Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton to meet and greet her fans (and sign bottles of her fragrances) at Macy’s and to promote her fragrances, Lovely, Covet and Covet Pure Bloom I’m gonna work a little backwards here. First I am gonna show...

Varvatos and me

The new John Varvatos store opened in SF recently and I was privileged enough to go to the grand opening party – and to meet Mr. Varvatos himself. As one of my favorite menswear designers, I was totally excited to chat with him. I was hoping that he would say, “Hey Dino, you want a...

A Sonicare SCAM!

Ok, it’s not really a “scam,” but I just bought a replacement head for my Sonicare toothbrush and it was $26.89 at Target! What the hell is up with that? Why are they so damn expensive? And apparently, you have to change the head every three months! Those Sonicare marketing gurus are pretty sneaky. And...

Supporting marijuana…

I am tired right now. I had a slew of duties to tend to at Wondercon – and by duties, I mean interviews with celebrities. I didn’t come out and say that because I didn’t want to sound braggy, pompous and most of all, I didn’t want to sound like one of those people who...