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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve — that’s when the real celebration is going down in Germany and many other European countries 😉 There’s not a lot of gift giving going on in our family tonight, which, I think, is kind of a really nice thing, because that usually adds stress and pressure to a day that is all about …

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Control Christmas

What would life be without amazing, talented and simply good-willed friends such as my boy Maxwell Coombs. Besides being my roommate and one of my best friends, he’s also a menswear designer who has his own streetwear-line called Control Sector together with two friends of ours, …

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Fancy (sweat) Pants

My lovely girlfriend Lisa and I fell in love with The Kooples on our first joint trip to Paris together. Clearly, they have a couples-market in mind and we’re loving it, because they make it massively easy for us to walk around all matchy-matchy (pictures of that coming soon ;).

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Guided Shopping

The retail industry changes on a daily basis. One of the most significant trends that we’ve seen in the past few years, and that you’ve most likely played a part in, is the increase in online-shopping. It’s not like we don’t go out to stores anymore, no one can take away that feeling of trying something on, …

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#GiveAShirt

The holiday season is the time of year when we are most reminded about the importance of giving. Van Heusen asked me, and all of you, what we #GiveAShirt about. It’s a question that makes you think more fundamentally about life: what do I care about in life?

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Matchmaker | Part Three

I told you this before, but you reall should know: Eyewear is absolutely awesome. So is online shopping. But the two combined?! Meh. It’s hard to find the perfect fit and be happy with the styles you end up choosing … Well those days are over. DITTO is a digital eyewear platform that just updated their technology, and you can virtually try on any shades or specs you want. How cool is that?

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Into The Woods

Last week, I had the pleasure of getting early access to a movie I had already been super excited about: the new Disney film, Into the Woods. The movie takes a few of the classic fairy tales we all know—Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel—and combines them into a totally new story …

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Time for Family

Yesterday was a wonderful day: after almost half a year I finally got to hang out with my family again. This is the second time my parents have visited me here in NYC since I made the move now almost 3.5 years ago (of course I went home now and again in the mean-time 😉 …

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Color or No?

I teamed up with Perry Ellis this fine Christmas season to bring you the opportunity to win one of two $300 coupons to splurge on their site!! The contest is happening on Instagram, so take a loot @onedapperstreet. Above I put together two looks from the fall collection — both based off of nice dress shoes, a pair of classic chinos, and a printed shirt.

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"Express Christmas"

A clear reference to my favorite TV show Modern Family: “Express Christmas.” Happens to work out with what I want to talk to you guys about today 😉 I’m wearing yet another outfit consisting of awesome pieces from Express: this time around it’s a little more rugged …

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