On airplane trips, briefs are more comfortable than boxers, as contents may shift during takeoff and landing. There are no bargains. A man who uses the word chic had better be kidding around. Ed Bradley doesn't look as good with that earring as he thinks he does. Jack Nicholson can wear two-tone spectator shoes only because he is Jack Nicholson.
Cheap cashmere is less soft and more fragile than expensive wool.
A T-shirt that shows through a dress shirt is the male equivalent of visible panty lines. Do not unbutton double-breasted suits, Letterman notwithstanding. The only thing worse than wearing socks that don't cover one's calves is wearing patterned socks that don't cover one's calves. Keep a lint roller in your office. And in your car.