Dappered | BR’s Stacked Sale Section, Tech Shorts for Hot Weather, & More – The Thurs. Men’s Sales Handful

[Dappered | BR’s Stacked Sale Section, Tech Shorts for Hot Weather, & More – The Thurs. Men’s Sales Handful]() --------------------------------------------------------------- - [BR’s Stacked Sale Section, Tech Shorts for Hot Weather, & More – The Thurs. Men’s Sales Handful](#1) - [Why many of us think drinking is a requirement to having style](#2) - [Quick Picks: East Dane 20% off or 25% off orders of $500+](#3) [BR’s Stacked Sale Section, Tech Shorts for Hot Weather, & More – The Thurs. Men’s Sales Handful](r/Dappered/~3/-00Yx0uG1zU/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email) Posted: 11 Apr 2019 03:00 AM PDT Heads up: Buying via our links may result in us getting a commission. [Here’s why.]( And here’s one: You know that confident feeling you get when wearing your favorite suit? Imagine feeling that way about your finances. [Personal Capital]( tracks your net worth and spending for free, so you know where your savings stand and how your investments are performing. [Get started here.]( Sales that deserve some attention heading into the weekend or a bit earlier. Might not be some massive once a year event, but still worth a look. Those are what make up these handfuls. Five of the better sales, one for each finger, are below, plus bonus sales if need be. Included are a few picks worth pointing out. [Banana Republic: Extra 40% off Sale Styles](//bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=1014757) [Banana Republic](//bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=1014757) - [Slim Italian Motion-Stretch Blazer – $149.99](//bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=382920022&cid=1125294&pcid=1014757) ($298) - [Heritage Italian Moleskin Jacket – $128.99](//bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=357431002&cid=1125294&pcid=1014757) ($248) - [Silk Cotton Cashmere Sweater Polo – $39.59](//bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=425923002&cid=1125294&pcid=1014757) ($79.50) - [Organic Cotton Sweater Blazer – $77.99](//bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=425939002&cid=1125294&pcid=1014757) ($149) - [Grant Slim-Fit Non-Iron Dress Shirt in Print – $42.59](//bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=390323012&cid=1053031&pcid=1014757) ($79.50) multiple colors - [Reversible Saffiano Leather Belt – $31.79](//bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=361862012&cid=1014863&pcid=1014757) ($69.50) - [D-Ring Keeper Leather Belt – $26.99](//bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=388976002&cid=1014863&pcid=1014757) ($59.50) BR’s sale section is stacked right now. Prices are a bit all over the place, but the extra 40% off helps a lot, and the variety of goods and the solid amount of size selection is impressive. Worth a look if you’re a Banana Republic fan. [Allen Edmonds: Anniversary Sale Is On]( [Allen Edmonds]( - [Dalton Wingtip Dress Boots – $310]( ($445) - [Cornwallis Dress Oxford – $249]( ($395) - [St. John’s Double Monk Strap – $249]( ($395) - [Cordovan Ave. Dress Belt – $185]( ($219) - [McAllister Wingtip Oxford – $249]( ($395) - [Fifth Ave. Cap Toe Oxford – $249]( ($395) Still going on, still worth a mention. One of the better sales of the season, across ALL brands. $249 for first quality, able to be returned, made in the USA dress shoes in conservative, slightly flashy, and real flashy styles no less, isn’t bad at all. [Full picks can be found here](. [Huckberry: LOTS of stuff in their clearance section]( [Huckberry]( - [Proof Field Jacket – $86.98]( ($175) [review here]( - [All colors, Made in the USA Flint and Tinder Waxed Trucker – $186.98]( ($220) [review here]( - [Made in Italy Astorflex Bitflex – $91.98]( ($185) - [Made in the USA Flint and Tinder Heavyweight Henley – $45.98]( ($62) - [Huckberry Explorer’s Mug – $7.98]( ($20) - [Made in the USA Rancourt & Co. Wolf Boot – $295.98]( ($395) - For Her: [Julia Szendrei Monile Necklace – $59.98]( ($75) | [Seven Sisters Horizon Post Earrings – $14.98]( ($30) I don’t think I can recall a more overflowing clearance section on Huckberry. Seriously. Lots of scrolling. Lots. And while a lot of it is out of season (the waxed truckers are quite warm, [see our review here](), a lot of the discounting is generous. Very generous. [Massdrop: Carmina Oxfords & Shoe Trees – $350]( FINAL ($500) [Carmina on Massdrop]( Still going on. Final sale shoes are a tough ask though. Efforting an in person review on these things to give you guys a first person fit perspective and some first person photos. One of the more popular men’s style drops on Massdrop. Made in Spain, sleek as all get out, and equipped with a Goodyear welt. Again, it’s Massdrop, so it’s final sale, but, picking up [something similar direct through Carmina is gonna run you $450]( ($500 if you include the beech wood shoe trees, which, each pair purchased through Massdrop comes with). [J. Crew: 40% off Select Styles w/ REFRESH]( [J. Crew]( - [Tech Shorts – $41.70]( ($69.50) - [Oar Stripe Shortwing Derbys – $178.80]( ($298) - [Oar Stripe Penny Loafers in Italian Suede – $148.80]( ($248) - [Wallace & Barnes Garment-dyed Chore Blazer – $90]( ($150) As first stated [over here in this steal alert](, it’s exclusion city over at J. Crew right now. The good news? Their tech shorts are back. And if you run warm/live in a HOT climate? These things are great. Tony the Tiger, Frosted Flakes, let that “R” roll, grrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEAT! Super breathable. Lightweight. Lots of stretch. Doesn’t look like running shorts. Perfect for the sweating your chestnuts off time of the year. Lots of colors to pick from. [I’m a fan of the 9″ option](. Full disclosure, I have no experience with those Oar Stripe short wings or penny loafers, but the chelsea boots were… not great. Also worth a mention: - [East Dane]( 20% off or 25% off orders over $500 w/ EVENT19 - [UNIQLO]( Ten bucks off Ultra Light Down through today (4/11) ff/Dappered?a=-00Yx0uG1zU:RyUq2IEcWGA:yIl2AUoC8zA ff/Dappered?a=-00Yx0uG1zU:RyUq2IEcWGA:qj6IDK7rITs ff/Dappered?a=-00Yx0uG1zU:RyUq2IEcWGA:gIN9vFwOqvQ [Why many of us think drinking is a requirement to having style](r/Dappered/~3/sOzp7zYRKtc/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email) Posted: 10 Apr 2019 02:00 PM PDT Heads up: Buying via our links may result in us getting a commission. [Here’s why.]( And here’s one: You know that confident feeling you get when wearing your favorite suit? Imagine feeling that way about your finances. [Personal Capital]( tracks your net worth and spending for free, so you know where your savings stand and how your investments are performing. [Get started here.]( Editor’s Note: No, Dappered is NOT gonna turn into a sobriety blog. I am not advocating for prohibition. I will not be bursting into your taphouses, axe swinging, ready to spill double IPA into the streets. (Although it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve seen someone drink beer out of a gutter. Hi Erik!) That’s kinda the point of the post below, which has been adapted from a post I originally published on [AlcoholExperiement.com]( (a 30 day experiment based on the book [This Naked Mind](). Dappered will still talk booze and bars and hosting and cocktails. Because for many, drinking “ain’t no thing.” But for some of us, it became a thing. Or at least more of a thing than we wanted it to be. If you’re in that space between “take-it-or-leave-it,” and “choking on your own vomit in a porta potty,” then maybe this’ll resonate. I know some of you are. I’ve heard from you over email after recommending [a non alcoholic IPA](. If this has no interest to you? Then hang tight. We’ve got a best bourbons for Derby Day post in the works. Sobriety (the word) Stinks Here’s a thought that’s not gonna sit well with many… “Sobriety” stinks. The word. Not the act. The word. As a college professor of mine once declared to an entire class: “Words have meaning.” (Profound, I know.) And while it was funny at the time for us to watch a superior academic declare the linguistic equivalent of “the sky is blue” with such flourish, he was, and is, correct. And we humans rarely spend enough time thinking about just what our words mean, and how they impact our lives. Take the word “style” for instance. Having a sense of style basically means you’re pretty good at making certain types of choices. Yet for some reason, if drinking alcohol isn’t working for you anymore, choosing not to drink is almost taboo in the style culture. Nobody would freak out if you decided to not wear a fanny pack. Okay, bad example, but you see where I’m going with this. “Would you like a fanny pack?” “No thanks. I don’t think they look good on me.” “Wait. What? Are you okay? Oh no. Did you get busted for driving while accessorizing?” The word “Sobriety” also carries with it a LOT of meaning. One could easily say it’s a loaded word. It’s super loaded. As are its miserable band of brothers “sober”, “recovery”, and “alcoholic.” I was at my kickboxing class the other night when I was discussing the [headspace meditation app]( with another student. She just had major foot surgery, and is struggling through the healing process. She’s understandably frustrated, but she’s still showing up and punching like hell. No kicks obviously, but she’s punching. There’s a section in the app on headspace dedicated to rehabbing injuries. I was singing the praises of the app, and spoke of how I’m currently doing the “cravings” pack (notice how it’s NOT called the “addiction” pack). I told her it’s really helped me get through the early stages of pausing my drinking, perhaps permanently. That’s when another student, totally well intentioned, jumped in and dropped the whole Alcoholics Anonymous playbook on my head. Turns out she’s a counselor (all respect to her, I could never do it) and leads a local AA men’s group. Her exact words before she started firing off the AA artillery was: “Oh you’re in RECOVERY?!? Lemme tell you about…” Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Hold your horses lady. Loaded labels lead to isolation. And it shouldn’t be that way. Look, I guess if it’s working for some, then by all means. I’m all for doing what works. If you’re struggling with something, bad, and… I don’t know, praying to your refrigerator seems to work? By all means, get on your knees and praise Kenmore! But I, personally, don’t want to be in “recovery” for the rest of my life. Even (especially) if I choose never to drink again. I don’t want “sober” to be the first word someone thinks of when they think of me. Not because I’m ashamed. Because it’s limiting as hell. And more dangerously, it can too quickly become a major focus and put you in a silly little box. Alcohol became too big a part of my life. Now certain communities of non-drinkers want it to STILL be a huge part of my life, only by making it a daily fight that never goes away, never lets up, and you never gain any sense of peace with it? The hell? What are we talking about here, Sisyphus rolling a keg up a hill day after day? How’s he supposed to let this troublesome boulder go, if he’s damned to always have it front of mind? Dionysus: “Yo Sisyphus! What’s shakin’ baby? (*hic*)” Sisyphus: “Oh you know, same Hades, different day. I don’t eat rocks anymore, but boy, lemme tell you, day after day of pushing this thing up this hill and I sure think about eating rocks a lot.” Mmmm. Rocks. Delicious rocks. Also, being in a constant state of “recovery” implies that I’ll never get better. I’ll forever be in some sort of mental traction, in a full cerebral-cortex-to-brain-stem cast made of shame instead of plaster, frozen with fear that if I walk by a bar I’ll duck in, “relapse” (another one of those words) into a cheap whisky binge, then wreck my car on the way home. That’s not how I got here. And I honestly don’t think that’s where I’m going. And even if it IS how you got here, don’t you deserve better? Wouldn’t it be to your advantage to assume the future is brighter? No wonder people, especially in the world of style, think alcohol and dressing well/living intentionally must go hand in hand. Because they assume that if you’ve decided not to drink, you’ve been doomed to forever be on the precipice. That somehow this proves you can’t make sound, smart decisions. Your “type” has been cast. They think there are two distinct types: You’re either champagne and fashion week, or bum wine and skid row. But that’s not the case. At all. There’s no scientific evidence proving some of us are born with a broken booze gene. Whether it’s fair or not, Sobriety, Recovery, Alcoholic, they’re all loaded. And I don’t like them. My friend and fellow student who had to have foot surgery didn’t do anything wrong. She’s going through a process that can be challenging, but she’s getting there. And she’s not going to be in that goddamned walking boot for the rest of her life. She will, at some point, get better. So will I. So society can take their perpetual-misery labels and shove em’. This post was written back in January on [AlcoholExperiement.com](, and I can honestly say it’s one of the best and most straightforward things I’ve ever done for myself. I kinda look at booze now like I look at cigars. Maybe fun/cool in the moment, but that moment is pretty fleeting, and good grief that taste in your mouth and the stink on your clothes the next day? Not worth it to me. Maybe one day I’ll try moderating again, but I’m plenty happy not drinking, and I can still make you a mean Manhattan. If you’ve questioned your alcohol intake and are interested in exploring your relationship with booze, I’d highly recommend [giving the experiment a shot](, as well as reading [This Naked Mind by Annie Grace](. Full disclosure, I have no official relationship with the Alcohol Experiment or This Naked Mind. ff/Dappered?a=sOzp7zYRKtc:wBnu_VmfZ5E:yIl2AUoC8zA ff/Dappered?a=sOzp7zYRKtc:wBnu_VmfZ5E:qj6IDK7rITs ff/Dappered?a=sOzp7zYRKtc:wBnu_VmfZ5E:gIN9vFwOqvQ [Quick Picks: East Dane 20% off or 25% off orders of $500+](r/Dappered/~3/LLiVbJmVxGk/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email) Posted: 10 Apr 2019 08:00 AM PDT Heads up: Buying via our links may result in us getting a commission. [Here’s why.]( And here’s one: You know that confident feeling you get when wearing your favorite suit? Imagine feeling that way about your finances. [Personal Capital]( tracks your net worth and spending for free, so you know where your savings stand and how your investments are performing. [Get started here.]( [EVENT19 = 20% off, or, 25% off $500+]( East Dane just doesn’t run sales that often. They’re kinda like an Amazon fulfilled junior varsity Mr. Porter. So they do carry some higher end stuff (some of which is wayyyy outside our wheelhouse, either by price or by… weirdness), as well as a few brands that are tough to get on sale. And thus we have here some quick picks. Items ship fast and free if you have a Prime account, since East Dane and Amazon have a bit of a thing going on. Or an agreement. Or a partnership. Or whatever, let’s not get stuck on labels, okay? [Filson Original Briefcase – $260]( ($325) [Filson ]( THAT GRAY SHADE. Prices have gone up on Filson’s Original Brief in recent times, but at least this 20% off discount gets you some sort of savings. All four colors available. And the fast, free shipping and free returns is nice here. [Billy Reid Wool Peak Lapel Pea Coat – $521.25]( ($695) [Billy Reid Wool Peak Lapel Pea Coat]( 25% off on a timeless piece of outerwear. It’s timeless, yet it’s out of season. Not sure how that works. Anyway, the peacoat Bond wore in Skyfall. Made in Italy, 80% wool / 20% nylon, mostly unlined, and those peak lapels. Yes, it’s spendy. But it’s an investment that’s gonna last and last and last. [Tumi Alpha Bravo Mountain 3 Way Briefcase – $412.50]( ($550) It’s a backpack! It’s a briefcase! It’s really bloody expensive! For $400 on sale, you bet I expect a three-way. Hey-ooooooooooo. WAIT. Tumi is excluded. DAMMIT. But the joke worked! I mean, it didn’t work well, but it worked. [Superga Cotu Classic in Canvas – $52]( ($65) [Superga Cotu Classic in Canvas]( Italy’s version of Chucks. Kinda. They aren’t made in Italy, but the brand is Italian. No rubber cap toe here, but I’ve found Supergas to be more durable (and more comfortable) than Cons. Also available in navy and a grey sage. [Filson Small Pullman Duffel Bag – $360]( ($450) [Filson Small Pullman Duffel Bag]( Summer travel season is fast approaching. Whereas the original was designed to fit under the seat in a Pullman rail car, this slightly sized down version is made to meet Airline carry on requirements. Made in the USA. [Baracuta G9 Original Jacket in Navy]( [Red]( or [Orange – $312]( ($390) [Baracuta G9 Original Jacket]( Made in the UK. Hard to get more timeless than this. Get your James Dean on. Lots of sizes available at post time. [Baracuta G9 Modern Classic Jacket – $312]( ($390) [Baracuta G9 Modern Classic Jacket]( Now the modern, slimmer take on a Baracuta classic. 50% cotton / 50% poly shell. Made in the UK. Six different colors to pick from. [Allen Edmonds Strand – $315]( ($395) [AE Strands]( Have Strands gone for less? Sure. But as of right now, this East Dane sale beats the price that Allen Edmonds has their strands on sale for during the Anniversary Sale (currently at $335 direct through AE). Which is kinda… well that’s something, isn’t it? [More picks from the Allen Edmonds anniversary sale can be found here](. [Filson Medium Duffel Bag – $316]( ($395) [Filson]( Like the briefcases, also available in gray. Super versatile and built to last. 12.5 x 20 x 11.5 = 2875 cubic inches of space. That’s plenty for most. Leather accents. Made in the USA. [Wolverine 1000 mile Evans Boot – $320]( ($400) [Wolverine 1000 mile Evans Boot ]( Why are these four bills while [most other Wolverine 1ks]( are around the mid $300s? I think it’s the leather. Horween here. Top notch stuff. Fancy. [Filson 24 Hour Briefcase – $316]( ($395) [Filson 24 Hour Briefcase]( Yes, more Filson. I like Filson stuff. [And turtles](. [Cole Haan Grand Horizon II Oxfords in Bourbon]( or [Gray – $96]( ($120) [Cole Haan]( Hybrids that work in soft suede uppers with springy Nike produced soles. You either like this kinda thing or you really really don’t. [Filson Medium Duffel Bag in Leather – $746.25]( ($995) [Filson]( Good grief that’s a lot of beef. Same dimensions and design as the canvas options above, but… in leather. And extremely expensive. Still made in the USA. [Coach New York C101 Low Top Sneakers – $156]( ($195) [Coach]( I’ll stick with Stan Smiths myself, but, I’m not as hip as you are. It’s the soles, right? The stay-puft soles? [Nice thinkin’ Ray]( [RM Williams Chelsea Boots – $420.75]( ($495) [RM Williams Chelsea Boots]( Good lord that’s a lot of money. But, they come highly recommended by our shoe correspondent. These are close enough to the second threshold (25% off at $500) that it’d probably be worth it to find something cheap to add to your shopping bag, and thus, trip the extra 5% off. Like, I dunno, [some shoe trees](. You’ll need those. There. Ta-Da. The EVENT19 code at East Dane runs through Saturday, 4/13/19. Exclusions are Arc’Teryx Veilance, Arc’Teryx, Oakley, Canada Goose, Ray Ban, Tumi and Birkenstock. ff/Dappered?a=LLiVbJmVxGk:lPX_HdP0c7Y:yIl2AUoC8zA ff/Dappered?a=LLiVbJmVxGk:lPX_HdP0c7Y:qj6IDK7rITs ff/Dappered?a=LLiVbJmVxGk:lPX_HdP0c7Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ You are subscribed to email updates from [Dappered Style Mail](). To stop receiving these emails, you may [unsubscribe now](. Email delivery powered by Google Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States