[email protected] - "your style wingman"

Dewey · Aug 25, 2009

Insert in a new J.Crew catalog: an invitation to send email to [email protected] for "style advice, tips, and questions you don't want to ask your friends." Because "[email protected]" is "your style wingman." I must be in a surly mood, because I can barely resist trolling Jack with dumbass questions.

robin · Aug 25, 2009

http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/Mens...kknowsbest.jsp

dfagdfsh · Aug 25, 2009

What a good service. I promptly emailed:

Hello Jack!

I have a quick style question! I'm looking to add some Sprezzatura to my every day looks, and I was wondering what was the best way. Leaving one strap on my monk straps undone? Wearing a watch over my shirt sleeve? Using a a bandana as a belt?

Thanks,

Concerned Customer

dfagdfsh · Aug 26, 2009

I got a response:

Your ideas seem interesting except perhaps the watch on top of the shirt sleeve—I just do not see that being very functional. The one thing to keep in mind is to make sure that you don’t seem overt in your attempt to have a bit of sprezzatura in your look/style. It needs to feel natural and not posed. How about your shirt just halfway untucked; your pant cuff not very crisp or precise; your belt a bit loose. Just do what you like.

Jack

AntiHero84 · Aug 26, 2009

I wonder what he would say about using a sock as a pocket square.

edmorel · Aug 26, 2009

Originally Posted by Teger

I got a response:

that's actually not a bad response at all, especially considering that "Jack" is probably 5-10 people in some Mumbai call center.

dfagdfsh · Aug 26, 2009

Let's find out:

Dear Jack,

Thank you for your prompt reply! I did have one more question: I know someone (I wouldn't call them a friend, merely an acquaintance), who dresses with a very distinctive flair. He is known to enjoy pairing heavy tweed coats and ties with breezy summer shorts and is fond of using a sock instead of a traditional linen pocketsquare. Are these the signs of the distinctively dressed, or the painfully confused?

As my good friend V would say,

- B

StephenHero · Aug 26, 2009

I wish Kenneth Cole offered this service.

"I'm making it rain in Club Three Digit Number this weekend. What model of square toed shoe will get me laid?"

dfagdfsh · Aug 26, 2009

Originally Posted by StephenHero

I wish Kenneth Cole offered this service.

"I'm making it rain in Club Three Digit Number this weekend. What model of square toed shoe will get me laid?"

Dear Jack,

I apologize, but I do have one last question! I will be visiting a gentleman's club this evening, and was wondering the bast manner in which to transport a large amount of single denomination bank notes (we are expecting some precipitation tonight, if you catch my drift)! Would a briefcase work best, or a valise?

As always,

- B

whiteslashasian · Aug 26, 2009

This thread is full of win.

I like how the questions to Jack are drifting further away from clothing advice related.

Carry on gentlemen.

CunningSmeagol · Aug 26, 2009

I hate the term "wingman." I thought it would die in early 2001.

dv3 · Aug 26, 2009

I always wonder when I will start finding pranks like this to be too immature to be funny. It is immature, but I still had a nice chuckle.

ramuman · Aug 26, 2009

Originally Posted by CunningSmeagol

I hate the term "wingman." I thought it would die in early 2001.

Top Gun made it pretty clear. You can be my wingman anytime. We're stuck with it as long as we have Val and Tom.

dfagdfsh · Aug 26, 2009

Originally Posted by ramuman

Top Gun made it pretty clear. You can be my wingman anytime. We're stuck with it as long as we have Val and Tom.
You can ride my tail, any time.

MetroStyles · Aug 26, 2009

I actually don't like the idea of pranking this guy(s) - he seems to be genuinely helpful and it's not a service I want to see shut down because of over-spamming.

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