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03/28/08 ·

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Man Hugs, Man Bags and Mendes

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Our Girl Friday: We don’t know if Eva Mendes posed for these shots before going into rehab and, frankly, we don’t care. [Maxim]

The Queen and The Princess: Carla Bruni visits England, making every first lady in history look downright homely in the process. [Telegraph UK]

San Francisco Treat: A brief and stylish tour of Fog City. [Refinery29]

Brotherly Love: We’re not sure if we believe in “bromance,” but we are sure we love ya, dude. [Men.Style]

“What’s In Your Manbag?”: Excuse me, it’s a European men’s carryall, okay? [Guardian UK]

Buying in Bulk: Shoppers snatch up Tim Hamilton shirts 20 at a time. Look for them soon on superfuture and eBay. [Racked]

05/19/08 ·

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Varvatos East and West, Cannes Style and a Cup of Ash

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Hot Ash: The best can into which to put your cigar. [Uncrate]

Berlin Boys: A look at the Spring/Summer collection from Germany’s QED. [Skeleton Legs]

Cannes Do: The history of men’s fashion at the festival by the Côte d’Azur. [Men.Style]

Deal Alert: The Underground NYC sale has John Varvatos at 70% off all week (but get there early). [NYMag]

Varvatos in San Francisco: Meanwhile, on the other coast, Johnny opens up new digs in Fog City’s Union Square. [DNRNews]

08/01/08 ·

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Kempt Man of the Hour: Cameron Silver

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Photographed by our fearless lensman, Patrick McMullan.

Here claim his third MOTH—only the second fellow to score a hat trick so far, the first being Hamish Bowles—is dandified Los Angeles vintage clothing kingpin Cameron Silver. We might have expected the irrepressible Mr. Silver to rescue us from the sartorial lapses of summer with something like the study in brown and cream he wore to the opening of the new Prada store in San Franciso.

More on Mr. Silver»

08/25/08 ·

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Bunnies, Snoop Dogg and Woody Allen’s Feverish Imagination

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Men of Summer: Playboy and Mad Men combine for the inevitable photoset. Sadly, Joan Holloway remains aloof. [Playboy]

You’re the Man Now, Dogg: Snoop Dogg expands his empire into fashion and reality television, branching out from his traditional interests in music, cameo parts, and horticulture. [TeenMusic]

The Nicest: SF’s Nice Collective politely let their Fall/Winter collection out in the world. [Selectism]

Dirty Linens: Japanese linen makes its presence felt…just in time for fall. [IHT]

Allen Wrench: Woody Allen’s production diary, complete with vividly described ménage-a-trois. Or should we say, vividly imagined. [NYT]

12/12/08 ·

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Bettie, Jenny, and the Bay Area Chill

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Sad Tidings: Ladies and gentlemen, Bettie Page has passed on. [Jezebel]

The Lens Sees All: ACL’s gratuitous pictures of Jennifer Aniston. [A Continuous Lean]

Very Heavy Tweed: Dressing for the Bay Area equivalent of arctic conditions. [A Suitable Wardrobe]

In Essence: Colette’s Milan Vukmirovic listens to Jeff Buckley at least once a month. [Men.Style]

03/10/09 ·

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Mountain Man

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The suit’s not bad, but for once we’re more interested in the model’s mug.

The label is San Francisco’s Nice Collective, which makes the beardo-love a bit more plausible, but for all the wow-factor, there are definite drawbacks to using Rubinesque models.

For one, how do you tell what kind of scarf knot he’s using?

11/18/09 ·

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Leighton Meester Has Been Practicing Her Sultry Look

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Ms. Waldorf, We Presume: Maybe it’s time to start watching Gossip Girl. [GQ]

Way Out West: ACL takes a tour of San Francisco’s UNIONMADE. What is it about places with giant flags? [A Continuous Lean]

Heavy Stuff: The well-aged charm of the medicine ball (and where to pick one up). [Valet]

Woah: The 12 trippiest drug scenes in the history of film, in order of batshit audacity. Iguana not included. [Vulture]