Dress for the Job You Want:
Freelance Journalist: The Tools

Good luck pretending to be a writer with non-writerish looking accessories. Get the details right with these three essentials, and whatever you do, leave the creepy digital recorders to the real professionals.

Editors’ Picks: Cold Weather Accessories

Surviving the winter means having the right accessories to stay warm and look good.  Functionality comes first, but style and a bit of fun need not be packed away until spring.  You can never go wrong with a wool ski hat like this wool Moncler Gamme Bleu by Thom Browne (1: $190), and this flappy [...]

Celebrity Style Throwback: Sean Connery

Sir Sean’s role as the original (and only, if you ask us) James Bond has earned him definitive style icon status.  From the formal wear to casual button-ups to the trim three-piece suits, Connery’s Bond was flawlessly attired with an air of simplicity and effortlessness.  We can’t all have his swagger [...]

Street Style: Cuffed Pants

If you’re wanting to show off fancy new foot wear, cuffing the pant is one way to go.  Roll them up one or two times, and your shoes are now the center of attention.  This look works particular well with nice jeans or trousers and brown lace-ups.  Keep in mind it’s all about proportions — [...]

Editors’ Picks: Plaid Winter Coats

We love us a classic navy or black pea coats for timeless protection against winter’s wrath, but occasionally it’s important to shock our style sense out of hibernation with a big wooly statement piece. With the unfortunate exception of NFL team logos, scarves and hats are typically the default focal point of color for winterwear. It’s time we let our stylish winter coats have some of the limelight instead.

Splurge: 3.1 Philip Lim Plaid Coat in Charcoal (Left: $895). Steal: Uniqlo Wool Pea Coat in Dark Green (Right: $99).

Dress for the Job You Want:
Freelance Journalist: Jacket

Jackets are handy. The pockets are useful for holding press passes, notebooks, pens, and our cigarettes. They are also good lighter weight options for keeping warm in the fall when a full-blown coat would be overkill. The medium weight brown jacket is an anywhere-anytime way to spice-up and fancy-up a pair of jeans, but without the excess of pretension that accompanies a lot of jeans/blazer pairings. And even if u cant really spell werds rite or use commas and grammar and shit correct ur jacket will make it looks like you do;

Celebrity Style: Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

For those of us who prefer putting forth minimal effort when it comes to getting dressed, we could probably stand to take a few style cues from Jake Gyllenhaal. Sticking with casual button-front shirts, jeans, and some classic eye wear, Jake always seems to look completely put-together without being all stuffy and over-complicated. Effortless, in a word. It’s important to have a decent pair of well-fitting jeans and a simple, not-too-baggy oxford shirt, but it’s the sunglasses here that really tie both of these looks together. Jake sticks with classic aviator and Wayfarer-esque shades.