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Scott Sternberg looks thrilled to pose for this picture during his presentation for S/S '09 Band of Outsiders men's wear and Boy women's wear during New York Fashion Week. Actress Kirsten Dunst modeled the women's lookbook and was at the collection's video presentation.

Band and Boy are both slimmed out takes on classic American sportswear in the vein of traditional companies like Brooks Brothers. The fabrics and rtw elements are conservative and traditional in many ways but feature cuts and fits for today. For us, Band is pretty much the pace setter for contemporary, tailored trends.

Like several of his contemporaries (like Obedient Sons, Thom Browne, Brooks Brothers and many others we can't name), master tailor Martin Greenfield produces the blazers and tailored elements. So the quality is easy to trust. In person, Sternberg says he's intersted in "clothing," rather than "fashion." That might sound funny from a guy whose ties and clothes pop up in all the leading fashion titles. But it's also a way of saying he's got long term goals. That makes us happy.

Congratulations to Scott Sternberg and Band of Outsiders on taking home an award last week for Emerging Talent in Men's Wear from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Awards are given for a full year's work, rather than a specific season or collection. Shown above, a signature look from Band of Outsiders: double breasted, heather grey tweed suit, racoon fur trapper hat, Band of Outsiders for Sperry Top-Sider loafers.

The company has been fronting the return of American tailored trends, but with slimmed out proportions. Some production and the made to measure program are even with master tailor Martin Greenfield, whose known for his work with Brooks Brothers. In fact, wouldn't Sternberg be the perfect designer to take on Black Fleece after Browne?

Right on the heels of its collaboration with Pierre Hardy, Gap is gearing up to release its new round of Design Editions white shirts this month.

This go around, Threeasfour, Band of Outsiders, Michael Bastian, and 3.1 Philip Lim have been tapped to re-work the classic buttoned-down shirt ($78-$88) -- while Philip Crangi was enlisted to create a pair of chic black and white resin cuffs ($45).


The adorable little Threeasfour dress and Lim tops have our names written all over them and will be in our closets once the complete Gap Design Editions collection rolls into stores on April 15.

Meanwhile, Gap's online store has just added two more styles of Pierre Hardy's sandals: Printed wedges and ankle-strap flats.

Happy Shopping!