Hey OTC readers, as most of you already know, we here at Of the Cuff are big fans of Bonobos – both the company and clothing. Well, for the sports-minded among you, the Bonobos “Pro-Am Bracket Challenge” is giving fans a once in a lifetime opportunity to team up with a sports legend to create their…
Category: Events
Stella Cidre Throws a Party
One of the hallmarks of having personal style is knowing how to have a good time like a grown-up. So, when global brewing brand Stella Artois invited OTC, along with writers from around the country, to Chicago to help celebrate the recent launch of its new premium apple cider, Cidre, I gladly accepted. The event…
OTC & Indochino Team Up in DC: Free Suit
Indochino, the web-based purveyor of custom suits and shirts, literally revolutionized the online marketplace for custom clothing. When the company launched its first website in 2007, Indochino quite literally created a new menswear retail segment from whole cloth. Read on to learn how you can win your own custom Indochino suit! Indochino has since grown…
GQ’s Glenn O’Brien: Setting Your Own Style Agenda
Recently, OTC had the chance to spend an evening with Glenn O’Brien, best known as GQ’s legendary Style Guy. He was in town to celebrate the launch of the fall/winter GQ Style issue at DC’s elegant new nightspot, The Huxley. Earlier in the day, we sat down with O’Brien at his suite in the Ritz…
Tennis Turns To Fashion Week
OTC’s trip to New York City, with the plan of covering back stage access to the US Open Women’s Final hit its first bump before the plane even left. We sat on the runway for more than two and a half hours because of “weather issues” at LaGuardia. Typically, these assertions can mean anything –…
Alpha Khakis and the US Open
We are actually combining two things here: a product review and collaboration announcement. It’s all about Docker’s Alpha Khakis and US Open tennis. OTC is excited to announce that we will be covering the women’s final match of the US Open this coming Saturday. OTC is partnering with American Express to give our readers a…
“Streets” is Not Your Dad’s Old Suit
What comes to mind when you hear, “Hart Schaffner Marx?” Perhaps you think of your dad’s two-button lawyerly-looking gray suit? You know, the one with the center-vent jacket, pleated trousers and conservative, boxy profile. Well made, yes; but certainly not anything to which you aspired. The same often holds true for memories of that other…
OTC’s Chris Hogan is Brooks Brothers’ “Dandiest”
We here at OTC wish to offer up a big, sincere “Thank You,” to everyone who voted and supported our nomination! OTC’s founder and editor-in-chief, Chris Hogan, made it to the winner’s circle and was crowned “Dandiest at the Derby” by Brooks Brothers’ fans! Thanks are also due to our photographer par excellence, Mr. Steven…
To Do: Confirmed Stock Pop-Up Menswear Event / 4.28.12
Mark your menswear calendar for this Saturday, April 28. Confirmed Stock is hosting it’s debut pop-up retail event at the 2640 Space in Baltimore, Maryland’s Charles Village neighborhood. OTC is proud to support and promote this outstanding event, conceived, created, and brought to life by Charm City locals. Chock full of creative and innovative menswear…
Sette Neckwear’s DC Trunk Show: April 21, 2012
Every now and then OTC is contacted about a brand that is so well executed it effectively redefines its product’s category. Sette, maker of incomparable seven-fold neckties, is such a brand. You are invited to visit with Sette’s founder and peruse their beautiful neckties tomorrow, Saturday, April 21. Read on for the event’s particulars. Founded…