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SnowGRADE

Friday, November 4th, 2011

The organizers of super cool, super successful American-made menswear pop up NorthernGrade are ready for winter. Their fans want another market, and they’ll get it–February 18. SnowGRADE, like its summertime brother, will take place at Architectural Antiques, organized by the folks from Pierrepont Hicks and J.W. Hulme, who certainly know how to throw a shopping party. Think: firepit, hot toddies and a small, well curated assortment of heritage brands. And if we have to snowshoe to get there, it will only add to the mystique.

Men who shop

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Baldwin Denim

Men can roll their skinny jeans, show some hairy ankle above shiny loafers, wear a tie on a Saturday without being told to and still look macho. I witnessed it over the weekend at the first ever NorthernGRADE Men’s Market at Architectural Antiques in Northeast Minneapolis. The event showcased American-made brands both modern and classic including Baldwin Denim and Taylor Stitch shirts and Duluth Pack and Fox River Socks.  It was like entering an alternative universe where the men were the best dressed and the primary shoppers. And lots of them were straight!

Walker Lamond, author and hopeless prep

Walker Lamond was there. The author of “Rules for My Unborn Son” wore cropped khakis, a navy blazer, blue button down, plaid tie and horn rimmed glasses. The husband and new dad copped to dressing that way even when not signing books. “I’ve been preppy since college,” he said. “Now it’s cool!”


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