What Are the Men in Your Life Wearing These Days?

By Susan Cernek, Glamour magazine

This weekend the (new!) husband and I spent some QT in the recently opened J.Crew men's store on Manhattan's Madison Avenue, where I cozied into a comfy leather chair and did some Tim Gunn-like consulting as he tried on a slew of fall styles. I had to giggle a little because every time he left the dressing room, he was wearing a slightly different version of the same everyday uniform I see on him and all of our guy friends: a checked button-down shirt, dark blue jeans and hipster sneakers. That's why I was a little surprised when a store clerk told me that nearly every gent who comes in the store walks out with a full-on suit!

He told me that J.Crew's hip Ludlow suits--along with all the bells and whistles like pocket squares and tie-clips--were flying off the shelves! (Or in the uptown store's case, the cedar-lined, vintage book-accessorized, library-like racks.) I was a little shocked to hear that there were so many dapper dudes out there since outside of my Mad Men marathons, random appointments near the GQ offices and the occasional Wall Street drive-by, I rarely see guys wearing uber-dressy and well-accessorized two-piece suits. Most dudes I know wear khakis and button-downs or something flannel/plaid/old-school-looking with jeans. (Side note: my husband is a graphic designer and so doesn't have a strict office dress code--neither do most of our friends.) And don't get me wrong: the low-key outfits look great (especially my Mr.), but I wouldn't be mad if the guys in our circle pulled out a Don Draper-worthy suit now and again. (Apparently they haven't caught onto the fact that slipping on a suit can make them look like a million bucks in 5 seconds or less!)

What about you lovely ladies? What are the dudes your in life--boyfriends, guy friends, co-workers, crushes--wearing these days? Are they mostly...