Chernobyl Chic

You have to love Eugene Hutz, the creative spirit behind the NYC-based Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello. Not only has Hutz' frenetic on-stage (and off-stage) style been cited as the inspiration for the January 2008 Gucci mensware show in Milan, how can you not love a man who served as a template for the lead character in, "Wristcutters, A Love Story," or headed up two other bands with the names Flying Fuck and The Fags?

With his coin-laced scarves and multiple earrings, Hutz is certainly on my best dressed list.

Vintage Gypsy coin jewelry

Eugene, in a quiet moment. Sigh.

Gogol Bordello

Friday June 20
McCarren Pool
Brooklyn, NY

Saturday June 21
Popped Festival
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday August 9
Virgin Festival
Baltimore, MD
www.gogolbordello.com

Your Inner Napoleon

Men normally don't dress like Napoleon any longer (outside of a few Bay Area hot spots), but they can plug in to a wee bit of his bombastic style with the latest male must-have, the signet ring.

The exiled monarch was known to gift his favorite commanders du jour with diamond-studded signet rings bearing--natch--the letter "N." You can view the only remaining example in the "Treasures of Napoleon" exhibit through August 3rd at the Louisiana State University Museum in New Orleans.

To Hans du Bruyre, Love, Napoleon

For those who want to write a little Napoleonic code of their own, De Beers offers the Talisman Collection of signet rings, featuring 18k gold and assorted white and fancy colored diamonds.
No need to keep hand in pocket.

From the De Beers' Talisman Collection

De Beers LV
703 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10022
800-929-0889
www.debeers.com

Collar These Cuffs

Need something a little different for the man in your life, or a light-'em-up accessory for those $500 starched white Egyptian cotton shirts? These cufflinks from New York-based Gurhan will surely do the trick, and are some of the most original we've seen in years. Looking a bit like linoleum carvings, we applaud their primitive styling and brash black colorings. They're from Gurhan, one of the best designers in high-karat gold I know.



Gurhan
New York, Los Angeles, London, Istanbul
646-230-1120
www.gurhan.com