Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Fashion Round Up - Noticing Those Who Dress to be Seen


The good...




Tony Kornheiser wears the hideous red PTI jacket faithfully, but this week he tries to balance the hideousness with some stunna shades. Love it! I see you, Tony.



It's my favorite time of year... The time when the female reporters break out the cold weather ensembles. It's not as easy as it looks. When you start mixing fur, leather, earmuffs, parkas and scarves, things can get ugly. However, this week, some chick named Wendi Nix covering the Carolina-Tampa Bay game gets things started off on the right note. The bright red tailored coat is a good choice for camera presence, but the Burberry cap is just the right touch of luxury and trendiness. Absolute perfection. I never heard of you before, Wendi Nix, but I'll be looking for you from now on.YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO KEEP READING. DON'T HOLD BACK. CLICK HERE.



Vince Young's reality TV show is more boring than watching paint dry and he suffered a heartbreaking loss to Baltimore on Sunday, but he looks very smart at the post game news conference with the black Kangol-style cap paired with a cream jacket and shirt. I always take notice when the men succeed at the casual look.



Another look I love on the guys is velvet. Velvet is very difficult to wear, but it looks stunning on a man with the right frame. Terrell Owens is rocking a velvet blazer with some nice jeans to promote his children's book. Nice. It's polished without trying too hard. And he gets bonus points for catching Regis.



Michael Irvin looked good on Monday Night Football. He continues to wear the wide tie knot, his theme for the season. Blue on black doesn't often work, but Michael Irvin is more capable than most. The conservative fabrics balances the potentially gimmicky wide lapels. Irvin is a constant highlight.



Revenge is best served....in a sharp gray suit. Steve McNair capped his triumphant return to Tennessee with a fashion win. This is a very nice shadow striped gray suit. He sports several gimmicks - the curved collar, squared off lapels that I've never seen before, waves over stripes and, of course, a classically folded pocket square. But it all works well together. He looks conservative and fashion forward at the same time. High level of difficulty, successful execution. McNair narrowly missed being the fashion winner of the week.

The bad..



One more thing wrong with the Monday Night Football broadcast - the sportcoat look. Ugh. This should be banned. And Tirico is doing some weird blue-green combination. Terrible.



Chad Johnson is doing a little too much here. There are no words for the ugly green jacket. And he's paired them with some gaudy yellow diamond earrings. Wow. I know you want to be seen, Chad, but you don't want to be noticed for the wrong reasons.


The winner...




Ernie Johnson of Inside the NBA is this week's fashion winner. He looks dapper in his suit. He is confidently sporting his new bald head (due to cancer treatment). And he continues to excel at the hardest job in sports, controlling Charles Barkley. Kudos.

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