Style Profile...Michael Arenella
Michael Arenella
Job?
Musician, Singer, Orchestra Leader
(www.dreamlandorchestra.com)
Best Sartorial advice from your parents?
I went to Catholic School as a young boy, and on the "Out Of Uniform Day", my mom did me up right. She was very imaginative and tasteful, and showed me that color and panache could work on boys, too, and at no sacrifice to their toughness.
Style icons
Max Linder
(French silent film actor, 1883 - 1925, known as "The Man In The Silk Hat")
Harlem musicians in the '30s
Cary Grant
Describe your personal style
Jazz Age through French Resistance
I build my daily look around?
Where I'm playing that day or evening.
Personal Style quirk
I wear sock garters
Favorite designers
I’m into old stuff.
Most cherished item
My 1925 Studebaker
I feel best wearing?
Cap, goggles, gloves and a linen duster
I never break this fashion rule.
Tuck in your shirt
Never caught wearing?
Pajamas
Most underrated item in menswear/ womenswear?
Menswear- the hat
Women - the dress
Dress to impress who?
Nobody
Shine your own shoes?
Yes
Shoetrees?
Yes
Favorite stores?
Flea Markets and EBay
Your next "must have" purchase?
3-piece cream linen bespoke suit
I only buy __________ in Europe.
Cuban cigars
I splurge on.....
Dry cleaning
Favorite item of clothing
Straw Boater with a Chartreuse band
Guilty pleasure
Afternoon drinks
Cologne, skincare?
Bay Rum cologne, any brand
When I was high school I wore?
Khakis, Oxford shirts, canvas shoes
Favorite fashion magazine?
Apparel Arts
(Apparel Artists the de facto magazine of record for men's clothing in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s)
Favorite vacation spot?
Canoeing the New York Harbor (really)
Favorite neighborhood restaurant?
Sam’s Restaurant and Pizzeria
238 Court St, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
(between Baltic and Kane Sts, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn)
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- Celebrity Fashion: Brad Pitt Collection
- On the Street...English Rose of Brooklyn, London
- On the Street....Just Off Savile Row, London
- On the Street....Espadrilles, NYC
- Surprise!! Rain in London
- Susannah Hunter - Fiori nelle borse
- Fashionistas Fiori Fashion
- rant: kingston bangle + "african" print dresses
- discuss: to pantyhose or not to pantyhose?
- Givenchy Spring 08 Couture
- Christian Lacroix Spring 2008 Couture
- Chanel Spring 2008 Couture
- New York Fashion Week 08 : HALSTON
- On the Street....Spring Flannels, NYC
- Alexander McQueen - FW 2008
- Chanel - scarpe & collant FW 2008
- le mini sac de cheville Chanel
- DIANA BRENNAN - Artiste Textile
- Baptiste Viry
- fashion-to-go: flower power?
- Japan Fashion Week - JFW TYO 2008
- Le tessere di un mosaico - Sicis
- Matthew Langille's cute designs for People Tree
- AVSH ALOM GUR
- Basso & Brooke Estate 2008
- Maria Calderara AI 2008 2009
- On the Street...West 23rd, NYC
- On the Street....The Sales Exec., NYC
- spotlight: model
- Style Profile...Sohiny Das, New Delhi
- fyi: shop tracy reese
- On the Street...Black & White Spring p2, Manhattan
- On the Street...Navy Trench, Paris
- look here: ashanti
- On the Street...Dresses That (go to) Work, part 2
- A Closer Look
- Next Week....London!
- Brazil's plastic footwear company Melissa
- LAMB collage bags
- On the Street...Fifth Ave., Manhattan
- On the Street...Horizontal Stripes for Spring
- Sandali Vintage
- Style Profile...Michael Arenella
- Meglio parlarne, per tutti
- On the Street...Dresses That (go to) Work, part 1
- Cantarelli Reversible Sportcoat
- monochrome
- On the Street...Black & White Spring, Manhattan
- From June GQ....Ivy League Style, Yale
- Bottega Veneta - Ballet flats
- 22 Faubourg by Lanvin
- Style Profile...Renata Molho, Milan
- Hermès - i colori
- On the Street...Shiny Happy Models Wearing Hats, U...
- On the Street....Yellows & Greys, Park Ave.
- Hermès bags fall 2008 09
- Yohji Yamamoto - Y-3
- Yohji Yamamoto - Cool e Chic Loves
- On the Street....Soho, NYC
- On the Street....Twins, NYC
- fashion-to-go/event: made magazine party
- fashion-to-go: spring '08 trends
- ba&sh collection pe 2008
- Style Profile...Dario Spadea Pandolfi, Milan
- Christian Dior - cruise 2009
- On the Street...Cold Spring Layering, Manhattan
- Style Profile...Julie Ragolia
- Gucci ( 8, via Condotti - Roma )
- On the Street.... Headbands, West Village
- New Store....Leffot, Manhattan
- fyi: net-a-porter magazine
- Paul Smith Shirt
- Paul Smith Rose
- spring summer 08 composit shirt
- look here: funmi iyanda/I O furniture opening
- look here: tracee ellis ross
- Cool e Chic LOVES
- Romanticismo hand made
- On the Street...Cuffed Shorts, South of France
- If You Are In Indianapolis Tonight...
- How Very "To Catch A Thief"
- On the Street.... White Base for Color, Soho
- On the Street.... The Italian Tie Knot, Hyeres
- On the Street.... The Painter (as in Stage Sets), NYC
- On the Street.... W. 16th, NYC
- Shoes collection fall-winter 2008 2009
- Mrs Victoria Beckham-Giambattista Valli
- Giambattista Valli - Parigi
- Louis Vuitton - bijoux
- Il Festival di Hyères
- Last Note from Hyeres 2008...Vintage Beach, South ...
- Agyness Deyn
- fyi: clutches + ranting + news + ugly betty
- Louis Vuitton denuncia Simple Living
- Gattinoni - Guillermo Mariotto
- Vintage Vanitas
- Tanto di cappello
- At Hyeres 2008......On the Steps, South of France
- At Hyeres 2008......Mixed Prints, South of France
- At Hyeres 2008......Long Black, South of France
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