VintageGent’s Menswear Daily

Sample Some Great Oils (For Your SKIN)

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Bottega Verde. All opinions are 100% mine.

My great-uncle used to slop olive oil on his elbows when they were cracked. It was definitely a step up from motor oil, which moisturized in a more manly, albeit more dangerous way. Sophia Loren also claims that she never had to have plastic surgery because of the amount of olive oil that she uses on her face. If all we had to do to stay young and slippery was in our kitchen cabinets, why do we even bother with all of these $150 “miracle in a tube”s, especially now that men are being encouraged to buy black loofahs and scented body washes with racing stripes on them. I mean, with all the petroleum products in creams today, maybe Uncle Al was doing the same thing, just in a purer form.

For taking care of one’s self, Bottega Verde is betting that you are more of a Sophia Loren than an Uncle Al, not in gender but at least in safety. They have offered products containing olive oil, almonds and rose mosqueta oil in Italy for years, and now are offering them stateside.  What surprised me most is the price.  The bulk of products are available under $10 and $20, making it easy to be a guy who closet-ly doesn’t like chapped skin but wants to make people think he moisturizes with the drippings of a rat rod tailpipe or a gal that wants to try them all.

Right now, you can get a sampler of their most popular products if you pay $4.99 for shipping. It includes face cream, foot cream and body wash in convenient sample sizes. Try it out and let me know what you think. You can even spray paint them black if you want to hide your little secret.

Golf Like a Big Shot in Your Plaid Pants

An aunt of mine learned to play golf, and ironically, her sales numbers increased. She found that most deals are actually made after tee times, not in the board room or after coffee. So, she got her game on. 48 Sometimes when she was away on business, she really couldn’t be smooth and invite clients to play golf because she didn’t know any of the courses and required less than 48 hour tee times versus having the luxury of scheduling a week in advance.

There are plenty of sites offering last minute travel deals. Once you get there, it might be disappointing because all of the things you wanted to do have long lines, or you find out that you would have had to book them weeks in advance. Sitting in a hotel is not what its cracked up to be.  The aptly named www.48hourteetimes.com helps anyone feel like a big shot when you pull a team time for tomorrow or the next day out of your hat at some fancy Myrtle Beach resort golf course.

Just don’t wear your plaid Sansabelt pants.  Actually, it might be a lot of fun to hit the links as retro 70s golfers with big earth toned pants.  I mean–not big pants size-wise but large-scale plaids.  Where is the pastel plaid? That’s so 80s.

A “Let’s Not Think About The Holidays Yet” Sale at Liz Claiborne

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Liz Claiborne New York Outlets. All opinions are 100% mine.

(At left, a young Liz Claiborne in 1949)

Before her name was seen at TJ Maxx, Liz Claiborne was quite the high-end gal. According to the Vintage Fashion Guild label resource, she started her career sketching for Tina Leser, and later, behind Anne Fogarty, she was the most well-known designers to have designed under the Youth Guild label. She designed classic, but youthful, clothing in the 60s and 70s before ascending to fashion fame with her own design house in 1976. Now, not only is the name associated with runway fashions, but it has been lent to countless ready to wear and department store lines. While Ms. Claiborne passed away in 2007, her name and conglomerate live on.

Recently, I was surprised that Mexx (“metropolitan” clothing for gals and guys) and Kate Spade were a part of this empire. One learns something new every day.

There is in fact, a chain of outlet stores, Liz Claiborne New York Outlets, that carries items from the, of course, Liz Claiborne New York label. Shoppers right now can pick up fall fashions at 40% off and “differently seasoned” items at up to 70% off. From the looks of the website, the bread and butter of the line and the sore features classic basics, such as buttoned-down oxfords, foundations, flat-front slacks and suits for women. No word on whether the occasional men’s item pops in.   This is a prime opportunity to pick up a gift with tried and true style for a birthday or for Christmas.  The gals in your life will thank you.

I will not tell you how many days there are until Christmas, because I don’t want to get a quick swat of a cane or slap of a gauntlet.