Barrel Tasting Weekend "Get The Look"

March in Healdsburg is idyllic spring weather, cold mornings that waken to warm, balmy and sunny afternoons.  Get this week's look for enjoying your Barrel Tasting Weekend in wine country -- 

New for Spring! Rodd and Gunn have produced a short sleeve, linen button-down in plaid.  Cool earth tones and ocean blues make this elegant and classic item look worn with ease.  The jacket is a heavy linen.  The multiple pockets, and loose, cargo-style cut give the look a rugged, masculine feel weathered by the heavy weight linen.  The jeans are made in America by Agave.  This style is their Pragmatist line -- a classic, straight leg cut, with a little stretch and give make the jean extremely practical and easy to wear.  Beautiful dark, inky-blue colors match with all earth tones -- blues, browns, blacks, and grays.  For the Spring chill, layer it all with a super soft, gray tee from Patrick Assaraf.  95% cotton and 5% spandex make this shirt very comfortable to wear and a little fitted with lots of movement.  

Overall, the look gives an air of ease and comfort while being well put together.  Multiple layers of linens make this outfit versatile for wine country's spring weather.

It's that time of year again, when Healdsburg gears up for the annual barrel tasting weekend series. A single ticket gives you access to over one hundred wineries throughout the three valleys to explore the gorgeous wine country. It's a rare opportunity to taste wines directly from the barrel, meet the winemakers, and buy wine "futures" as a discount.  The lower price point of tickets tends to draw younger and rowdier crowds. You can find information on how to get tickets here: http://www.wineroad.com/ 

SAVE THE DATE!! Pre-Valentine's Day Trunk Shows!!

 

 

Saturday, February 9, plan on visiting Outlander Men's Gear for a trunk show featuring two of our  prestigious Italian clothing lines.  Representatives from Luchiano Visconti and Missani will show their latest collections of shirts and leathers, respectively.  Pre-orders will be taken, and we'll have a drawing at the end of the day, the winner of which will receive a Luchiano Visconti shirt of his or her choosing.

Classy-Dressy & Classy-Casual

Winter’s the time for layering, offering many fashion options.

Classy-Dressy...
Here's a silk/wool blend houndstooth blazer from Paul Betenly, with a striped cotton shirt from Bugatchi, and a half-zip cashmere sweater from Raffi.  Slacks are tencel, from Tori Richard.  A silk pocket square with black background and polka dots of white and blue-fading-to-gray ties it all together.

Classy-Casual...
There's a lot of "wow" factor in this lambskin jacket from Missani.  We wrote about it below.  We've had to re-order it to keep it in stock, which is pretty unusual for a leather jacket.  The shirt is Scott Barber...a cotton plaid with a background of black and smoky blue-gray, and gold striping.  A cotton, double-zip hoodie from Thaddeus--black with golden brown sticthing--ties the shirt and jacket together.  The jeans are "triple indigo," garment dyed from Agave.  Turning them up at the bottom (not in the photo, unfortunately) reveals black inside, with contrast gold stitching, beautifully echoing the hoodie!

Reasons to Visit Healdsburg

We'd like to think that a visit to Outlander Men's Gear is reason enough to come to Healdsburg.  There are other reasons, though.  Lots of them.  If you're not convinced, Today in America did a short video, which you can watch on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nr7muzweJ4

Need we say more?  Next time you're in town, please drop in and say hi, and have a look around! ;-)

More Gifts Under $100...Eyebobs!

    Actually "eye-bobs"...billed as "reading glasses for the irreverent and slightly jaded," these rate their own post for gifts under $100.  Seemingly endless styles, some with bamboo "temples," some designed as bifocal sunglasses, with the bifocal lower part being the "cheater."  Choose your style, choose your magnification, and then choose your case.  In their inimitable eclectic style, there are various colors for a hard case, ditto a soft fabric case with a magnetic close, and then there's the ultimate--a case made of recycled bicycle tire tube.



There are so many styles, people--both men and women--collect eye-bobs, and they are frequently purchased for use as prescription- glass frames.

Gifts under $100

 Pocket squares can go casual or dressy, adding a pop of color.  Plains (aka solids, but it doesn't work with the alliteration); plains, plaids, paisley, polka dots.

A seven-piece stationery set in its own travel case offers a stapler, utility knife, scissors, locking tape measure, staple remover, magnifying glass, and a reader support.

Get Naked, and you may never want to be undressed again!  Well, an exaggeration, perhaps, but you'll love the silky smooth, stretchy--and form-fitting-- "boxer brief."  Italian fabric, fabricated in Canada.

Wurkin Stiffs...a couple of basics.  It seems one on the biggest problems men have regarding their wardrobes is losing stays.  Isn't it crazy?  You'd think they'd stay, but they just don't seem to.  So, here was have "power stays," a metal version of the oft-bent, then lost, plastic variety.  They come with little magnetic buttons which can be placed under the shirt to hold the collar points in place--sort of a hidden button-down effect.  Also from Wurkin Stiffs..."Knotz"...a small glass container with a pair of cufflinks.

Wallets--bi-fold, tri-fold, leather, with some exotics (like the stingray, shown) thrown in.  Credit card/business card holders, too.

Hats--Kakadu from Australia, Tilley from Canada (with their famous lifetime guarantee) and (not shown) Nat Nast.

Belts from Brighton that belie their price because of their quality.  Many made in the U.S.  Some reversible, some that come with interchangeable buckles.  Both casual and dressy.  Something for everyone, and every outfit.

Robert Talbott Ties

The newest addition at Outlander is a beautiful selection of exquisite Robert Talbott ties, made from the finest Italian silk.  All ties, with the exception of the bow ties, come in a Robert Talbott gift box.

Visually stunning, these ties have an amazing weight and hand.  They tie close to a perfect knot.

Adding to their appeal, they are handmade in Monterey--Talbott's home base.

We've also brought in two of Talbott's "Seven Fold" ties.  Production of each colorway of any given design is limited to 40, and they are hand-numbered.  Note the beautiful presentation box, which reads inside, in part, "...each pattern is created exclusively for Robert Talbott in collaboration with the two premier silk weaving mills in the world, located in Sudbury, Great Britain, and in Lake Como, Italy...Each tie is folded by skilled hands in seven layers of sumptuous silk using an entire yard of fabric.  The tip of the tie is hand-rolled and sewn with a generous margin void of any extraneous lining to assure unfailing stability when worn."