These are the essential grooming products that start your day on the right path to being tidy. The packaging alone says “Take Care of Me.”

The next steps are the perfect balance of sartorial etiquette and a classic wardrobe with a street base. Stay tuned for Volume 01 of “The foundation.”

Paul Smith | G.E.O. F. Trumpers | Claus Porto | Marvis | Caswell & Massey | Wool Fat Shaving Soap | L’Occitane | Truefitt & Hill | Mollé | J.R. Liggett | Aqua Di Parma

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This post was inspired after watching Tom Ford’s A Single Man, set in 1962. In the film, George, an English professor at a small college—played by Colin Firth recieves a pencil sharpener from his student Kenny— played by Nicholas Hoult. George picks yellow, Kenny red, which George says represents rage and passion. Gotta love products from the 60′s, that’s perfection and passion for you.

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Looking back at 2009, one of the most inspirational elements for us has been the New York architecture. We want to pay homage to nyc-architecture.com for their great historic photo archive. From the successful Mason Fisk Building to the photo above we recently captured for client Qjames Bespoke, we say thank you New York. Stay tuned for our new upcoming project, 174 Jackson Street with Meshberg Group. Photo by Christopher Cortez | Copyright © 2009 Cortez Groupe, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Holiday Window Vignettes

Bergdorf Goodman always puts together very entertaining and dymanic holiday windows, this season their vignettes show traces of inspiration from M.C Escher and Lewis Carroll. The windows tell a rhythmic story, allowing you to take a look at each chapter from birdseye view. The details are incredible…

Pulse Miami ’09

PULSE Contemporary Art Fair is the leading US art fair dedicated solely to contemporary art. Held annually in New York and Miami, PULSE bridges the gap between main and alternative fairs and provides participating galleries with a platform to present new works to a strong and growing audience of collectors, art professionals and art lovers. Read more

Photos by Christopher Cortez | Copyright © 2009 Cortez Groupe, Inc. All Rights Reserved.