Saturday through Wednesday, find up to 80% off Cole Haan shoes, bags and outerwear at private sale space Soiffer Haskin. Online, you can still find far less remarkable markdowns. **Update:  “Men’s selection is pretty weak unless you’re in the market for sneaker shoes,” one helpful reader reports from the sale. “There was a small spattering of… Read more »

In store and online, Paul Smith has finally gotten with the program and taken a full 50% off much of its F/W stock. The above wool peacoat is down from $830 to $415. The below ankle boots, meanwhile, are down from $435 to $220. Can we look forward to a sample sale in February? Corporate has yet to decide,… Read more »

In a column of compliments, NY Times writer Mike Albo condemns Brooklyn boutique Smith + Butler for stumbling on the critical issue of fit. If you subscribe to the popular notion that clothing should fit your body — rather than billow, bunch, and swell — then the rugged work-wear that Smith + Butler carries just doesn’t… Read more »

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