Gant-Rugger Fall/Winter 2010

Wow. So, work has been busy and I totally missed an opportunity to blog this while it was still breaking. Either way, here are some choice items from Gant-Rugger's Fall/Winter 2010 collection. It may seem that I tout these guys on the regular, but I really can't help it. Their pieces have been consistently good and they have an amazing grasp on preppy, yet rugged menswear.

I mean, look at this first fit. It's like someone mixed one of the more badass preppy characters from The Outsiders and a skinhead. It's fucking perfect.

And this jacket looks like something I would wear to Wes Anderson's house for dinner.

Spring Aspirations: Saturday Morning Bike Ride

Since I acquired my bike, I've been all about weekend bike-rides. With it being Bike Month in NYC, I thought it would be good to put together a biking post. In my mind, this would add up to a perfect weekend.

Gant Baseball Jacket $195

Wings & Horns SS Oxford $150

Levi's 511 Twill $54

Vans Authentics $42

Surly Cross Check $1050

Also, make sure to check out this article on the top biking cities in the US.

Current Covet: Gant Rugger Baseball Jacket

Ok, so I know that I just wrote a post about the Gant Rugger Varsity Jacket, but come one! Do you see this thing? It's perfect. Just right for an updated Bluto Blutarsky look via a recent Sartorially Inclined entry. Pair the Gant Rugger Baseball Jacket with a madras shirt, some denim or chinos, your choice of canvas shoes, and you're set.

Current Covet: Gant Rugger Varsity Jacket

With temperature still in the low-to-mid 60s during the day, and often the 40s-50s in the morning, we are caught in what I like to call in-between weather. Not quite summer and certainly not winter, in-between weather is that time when the sun is peaking through the clouds and gets things just warm enough to feel comfortable. But step into the shadows and it's another story completely.

This leads me to my current covet, the Gant Rugger Varsity Jacket. The fit is damn near perfect (at least on this model). Nice and slim, with high armholes, it would be impossible to find this during a thrifting venture. While I could never dream of spending the $400+, a guy can dream.

Michael Bastian and GANT Rugger: F/W 2010

During this winter’s F/W 2010 Fashion Week, Michael Bastian was the center of some much deserved media buzz. Creating a line of lacrosse inspired clothes for the newly revamped Gant brand, Bastian has struck a chord with many of the modern prep enthusiasts, myself included.

During high school, I played lacrosse for four years. It’s an incredibly fun game; fast paced, aggressive, and with just a tinge of elitism. The best part of the game, at least in my eyes, is that it is practically non-existent outside of the Northeastern United States. Granted other areas, such as California and the Southeast U.S., have started playing, it will never rival its popularity in the Baltimore/Washington or NY areas. Perhaps this is why lacrosse players have a certain swagger which is often translated through their clothing style.

To be honest, I hated most of the stereotypical lax style. Chino shorts, polos, and boat shoes? Yeah right. This was during my more rigidly defined days of punk aesthetics. Fortunately, I have grown out of my iconoclastic ways an embraced a variety of other styles and attitudes (See Giussepe’s post on eclecticism). Where I would never have been caught dead in critter shorts, something about Bastian’s frayed corduroy edges and lax sticks has me reminiscing of the old days. Below is a sampling of pieces from Gant’s F/W 2010 lineup that just happened to catch my eye. While a part of me still cringes at the overly prep styling, any of these items could easily be mixed and matched in a way that could transcend this irritating quality to something much more appealing.