The Friday Find: Sig Other x Symmetry Goods Flash Sale

What’s on sale RIGHT NOW.


Good friends Symmetry Goods have teamed up with menswear blog The Significant Other (also a good friend) to bring you a week long 15% off flash sale. For those unfamiliar with Symmetry (seriously, you need to fix that), the brand, as the Sig Other so eloquently puts it, is “an LA based company that offers a range of functional, entirely handcrafted accessories for men and women” (more on them here). Current stock includes several scarves (one of which converts into a tote!), pocket squares, and some pretty choice leather goods (hand-cast hoof pick belt, anyone?). Read More »

Editor’s Picks 2010, Part 2

Part 2 as promised. Since I already gave my opening schpeel in Part 1, I’ll skip any (further) introductory sentences, and just get to it. Quick side note: if you haven’t seen it yet, check out my holiday wish-list over at the always excellent N’East Style. Thanks for reading, and have a great holiday! Read More »

Label Spotlight: Symmetry


It’s not often that an item can be described as “rugged” and “unisex.” But, both words definitely do apply to the exquisitely crafted woolens from newly launched accessory brand Symmetry. Some other apt descriptors: expertly made, wholly unique, and effing gorgeous. Founded by husband and wife team Ted Byrnes and Gena Tuso, the Los Angeles based label offers an assortment of 100% wool scarves, each with its own unique toggled hardware component (sort of like a bracelet or necklace, but with a T shaped piece of metal on each end instead of a clasp). The components, which are all custom-made by hand, connect to leather-backed metal grommets that are located at key points along the scarves’ edges, allowing for each scarf to be fastened into a variety of different shapes (clever, no?).

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