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Chair Collector Santiago Gonzalez Can’t Sit Still

Posted 04.30.12 by Sarah Bray
Santiago Gonzalez at NM Dallas-NorthPark.

Santiago Gonzalez at NM Dallas-NorthPark

Santiago Gonzalez is a chair collector who doesn’t like to sit still.

“I am a very curious person,” Gonzalez says, standing in the handbag department at our Dallas-NorthPark store. “I can’t stay in one place too long. I get itchy.”

Gonzalez, the son and CEO of Nancy Gonzalez, has collected chairs since he was 18. His collection consists of over 600 seats.

“I was always obsessed with chairs. I don’t  know why,” he says of his collection that starts with pieces from the 1930s. ”This is a very curated collection with a conservator. They go from Jean-Michel Frank and Eileen Gray to Marc Newsom.”

A rainbow of Nancy Gonzalez crocodile clutches in Martino Gampers’s “Chair with Shelves” in the Nancy Gonzalez showroom in NY.

A rainbow of Nancy Gonzalez crocodile clutches in Martino Gampers’s “Chair with Shelves” in the Nancy Gonzalez showroom in New York.

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What’s Inside: Matthew Singer’s Dopp Kit

Posted 04.27.12 by Jean Scheidnes
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Matthew in the Dallas flagship

Matthew Singer is going places. As our men’s fashion director he not only travels the world’s fashion capitals every season, he also hosts events at our 42 stores and shuttles frequently between New York, where he resides, and our headquarters in Dallas. He can’t look bedraggled in any of these situations; therefore he has to have his dopp kit nailed down. (Dopp kit, if you’re wondering, is gentleman speak for a toiletry bag.) So what’s in there?

For starters, a whole lot of Jack Black: Eye Rescue, Texture Cream, Beard Lube, Hand Healer, Face Buff and the “life changing” Post Shave Cooling Gel.

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Jack Black dominates.

“I used to use Eye Balm but the Eye Rescue has antioxidants and peptides, and it’s less sticky,” says Matthew. “I’m brand loyal, and I like how it looks all together inside the medicine cabinet. It’s tidy.”

He’s loyal to some drugstore favorites too: Jergens, Complex 15, Crest, Secret… Wait, Secret?

“That’s the secret. It’s the best I’ve found. I only go for the Powder Fresh scent, and for some reason I always get the last one on the shelf.”

Two more essentials: an emery board and a set of Wurkin Stiffs collar stays. “One of my all-time favorite products.”

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Wurkin Stiffs Power Stays

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Santiago Gonzalez Designs For Salone del Mobile

Posted 04.18.12 by Jean Scheidnes

Santiago Gonzalez is not only a great connoisseur and collector of exquisite furniture, now he can say he designs it too. Gonzalez, son of handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez and president of the family business, was invited by Wallpaper magazine to collaborate with designer Aldo Bakker. They created a wooden stool, completely covered with a very rare alligator skin (the Gonzalez signature.) It is on display at Milan’s Salone del Mobile this week. The Wallpaper Handmade series occupies Palazzo Brioni during the design fair.

“Handmade is a testimony to great design, talent and ideas, and the determination to achieve the extraordinary,” said Wallpaper editor in chief Tony Chambers. “We are once again celebrating beautiful new friendships and beautiful new things.”

The stool celebrates the aesthetic codes of Santiago Gonzalez, which are the purity, balance and composition you see in his men’s accessories line. Wouldn’t it look wonderful in a man’s study, or a gentleman’s dressing room?

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Brera Orologi: The Gift of Time

Posted 03.22.12 by Sarah Bray

Brera Watches

Four years ago Neiman Marcus picked up Brera Orologi, a new brand that had been founded by two Milanese watch industry long-timers, husband and wife team Maurizo and Tina Pasi. The couple’s time-tested  knowledge, including Maurizo’s background in watch distribution for Bulgari, Chopard, and Rolex, and Tina’s experience as a buyer at Prada and in product development at Michele, poised the duo to launch their own wristwatch label. Behold Brera: chronographs that combine timeless Italian craftsmanship with state-of-the-art materials and innovative design.

During the Men’s Event online & in stores today through Sunday, March 25, receive a Brera Sport Watch with your select regular-priced Men’s purchase of $500 or more.

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This style is the gift with purchase during the Men's Event.

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Road Testing Men’s Style With Indy Driver E.J. Viso

Posted 03.21.12 by Jean Scheidnes

Credits: Photography by Greg Lotus. Styling by Kim Stanley for Neiman Marcus and Ron Laxamana for Utopia. Grooming by Emily Moses for Opus Beauty. Location: One Bal Harbour Resort & Spa.

Ernesto Jose Viso Lossada, known in racing circles as E.J. Viso, is at age 27 one of the most exciting young talents in the Izod IndyCar Series. He found his calling at age 5, racing Go Karts in his native Venezuela, and progressed in his teens through Formula 1 racing. Since 2008 he has competed in IndyCar, scoring four top-10 finishes last year. This season he’s behind the wheel of the #5 CITGO | PDVSA – KV Racing Technology Chevrolet/Firestone machine, and he expects it to be his breakout year.

NMdaily conversed with E.J. in Miami, where he currently resides, and tapped top fashion photographer Greg Lotus to shoot a “road test” of Spring’s colorful men’s wear and Orefici watches at the One Bal Harbour Resort & Spa.

NMdaily: Tell us, E.J., what defines your sport? 

E.J. Viso: It is the fastest race in the world, with the fastest drivers in the world.

What makes IndyCar distinct from other racing leagues?

NASCAR has an “all-American” connection, while Formula 1 maintains the European link, but the Izod IndyCar series is a truly global sport. We have drivers from all over the world, and as the league’s only Hispanic and Latino driver, I am proud to represent that segment.

What makes this racing season feel different or special to you, compared to past seasons? 

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SXSW 2012 Style Themes

Posted 03.19.12 by Jean Scheidnes

When influencers from the worlds of technology, film, music and indie fashion converge upon the SXSW festival in Austin, the diverse expression of casual yet creative personal style can be dizzying. However, some clear themes emerged: bold color, denim/chambray shirts, florals and tribal prints. Booties, hats, statement handbags (including clutches for day) and loads of bracelets were the most popular accessories. We found much inspiration for spring/summer wardrobes and we can’t wait for next year! Photos by Kristen Spaulding and Jean Scheidnes.

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Louis Vuitton & Marc Jacobs on Exhibit in Paris

Posted by Kate Betts

It might be a stretch to compare a 21st century American designer to a 19thcentury French trunk maker, but that’s the ambitious conceit of the new “Louis Vuitton – Marc Jacobs” exhibit that just opened at Paris’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs and runs through September 16th. Visitors who climb the stairs to the first floor of the multi-media exhibit are immediately confronted with formal portraits of the two men: Louis Vuitton drawn in 1892 by Studio Reutlinger and Marc Jacobs peering out of a highly stylized Rankin photograph. The show, dreamed up by curator Pamela Golbin, compares the work of these two innovators in the context of the seismic cultural and industrial shifts of their times. In broad strokes, it’s an analysis of the fashion industry during two decisive periods of enormous change—19th century industrialization and 21st century globalization. That’s really where the similarities between Mr. Vuitton and Mr. Jacobs end. After all, what do 19th century steamer trunks have in common with $3,000 Murakami bags?

You would be surprised.

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Bowtie Guy Edward Armah Comes Full Circle

Posted 02.20.12 by Sarah Bray

A fashion fairytale — from Neiman Marcus sales associate to designer, stocked by Neiman Marcus.

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Edward Armah

“It was me, my bow tie and my pocket handkerchief,” Edward Armah says reminiscing the days he worked on the floor at NM Short Hills, in New Jersey.

It was a decade ago and the sartorially savvy Ghana native had just moved from London to the United States. With dreams of breaking into the fashion industry, Armah landed a gig at NM selling shirts, ties and accessories.

“I was getting into a department with big sharks, guys that had worked there for 15 to 20 years,” Armah says of his days at the store. “Stepping into the department, I needed to distinguish myself from every other person.”

His colorful handmade bowties and pocket squares became his trademark.

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New York Fashion Week – Men’s Style by Mister Mort

Posted 02.11.12 by Mordechai Rubinstein

At New York Fashion Week I’ve seen double-breasted silhouettes in both blazers and overcoats, and peacoats are  increasingly popular. Blazers pass as outerwear in mixed weather, or layer under down coats when it’s colder. I’m also seeing some great color—in overcoats, chinos, corduroys—always a reminder that Spring isn’t far away, even on some frigid days. There are lots of bracelets around, and usually more than one.

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Street Style: Paris Men’s Fashion Week F/W 2012

Posted 01.23.12 by Mordechai Rubinstein

Paris was rainy and gray as the men’s Fall/Winter 2012 collections paraded through, and the editors and buyers seemed to take a more casual approach to dressing—wrapping themselves in stripes, plaids and camouflage. They mixed great outwear and workwear with chinos and cardigans, keeping it all classic.

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