The problem with fashion and its ephemeral nature is that there are always looks and products that die before their time. Okay, I’m kidding myself: These things should die, but I can’t help but think they look cool.

Popped Collars – The domain of the privileged, popped collars are two waving pennants signifying you’re the captain [...]

It’s a fine morning here at the Dethroner HQ Secret Lair Mountain Fortress God Damn Bedroom as we hit the hump of this week’s theme, Fall Fashion. We have a slight problem, however: You are all huge pussies.
Why? Because you all loved tearing apart ol’ Jerad in our first “Dapper or Crapper?” feature, but yet [...]

Jim D. writes:
I’m about six foot eight and have almost never owned more than a few moderately cool t-shirts in my entire life. I also am a web designer / programmer and have a job where I can wear cool t-shirts every day. But I do not own cool t-shirts. Thusly my [...]

• Mad Bomber Hat – A mainstay for kooky side characters for years, these hats are ridiculously warm, as they are lined with rabbit fur. Will you look a little goofy? Maaaybe. I actually think they’re awfully sporty and may just end up buying a leather one, if I don’t end up buying one of [...]

Good golly, guys. You’ve put a serious hurt on our server, although a new caching system seems to be helping out quite a bit. I just want to take a moment to thank the fantastic people at POE Hosting who are giving us immediate, above-and-beyond service while we try to handle this surprising amount of [...]

Chris Lindland of Lindland’s Cordarounds asked us to take a look at his “Reversible Smoking Jackets,” available online for $155 plus shipping. As jackets they’re just dandy, especially when the brocade liner peaks out around the collar or tails. As a smoking jacket… I dunno. A bit of a gimmick and somewhat antithetical to the [...]

Wurkin Stiffs collar stays are metal, keeping your shirt collar pointy, but also in place when you slip the attached neodymium magnets underneath your shirt. Since the magnets appear to have a smooth underside, they don’t even look all that uncomfortable.
Twenty bucks, plus shipping. (More if none of your shirts have pockets in the collars [...]