Parke & Ronen make stylish swimwear for men that range from classic preppy to classic board short. Of their four basic types of suit, bikini, 4" swim, 8" swim and snap short, respectively, our favorite is the 8" swim. It's not that we don't care for the other options that they carry, we really do, but frankly, if we tried to wear any of the other styles onto the beach we'd most likely be arrested. Or at the very least ridiculed until we wound up under the pier in the fetal position.

They are for the fit. Daniel Craig fit, not second base on the Styledash softball/drinking team fit.

We shave. You shave. We all shave for, um, the acceptance of society? We're not sure why we're forced to shave, but we know it itches if we don't. Plus we look a bit like Lon Chaney, Jr., if we ignore it too long. It's the hair gene (that's science) and it's our curse. Damn dirty apes.

Until recently there weren't a lot of options in razors. There were straight, stem, disposable, electric and laser cat. Some choices have proven more popular than others.

Enter the two-headed dragon. The Rolling Razor slips on and off fingers easier than a wedding ring in Vegas. So we've heard.

Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

It's hard to think of a company called You Can't Kill the Rooster without Alice in Chains coming to mind:

Here they come to snuff the rooster
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die

We've all heard about the wonders of duct tape, how it adheres, fixes and does anything. Some say it is the cure to all that ails us. While that might be taking it a bit far, it is something special, we agree wholeheartedly. Does it fix comma splices?

The good folks at Shalgo Industries are believers. They take it even further by suggesting that duct tape is not only a mender of things, but that it can actually be the thing itself. By that rationale it should be able to repair itself. It's like some sort of regenerating miracle. We should probably keep an eye on it.

Summertime, and the living is easy. Fish are jumping, and the waves are high. What?

Okay, maybe Porgy didn't surf and Gershwin was probably more concerned with lullabies and crap games than hanging ten, but the opening line to 'Summertime' always makes us crave the sun on our face and sand on our feet. We like to cover the parts in between with boardshorts.

Quicksilver has released their 2008 collection of boardshorts and like the lyrics above, they make us want to embrace the pending arrival of summer and the sand and the stuff.

As you might imagine, fashion bloggers spend a big portion of our lives on the interweb -- constantly getting distracted by marginally funny nerd humor. So, the last thing we want to see is a fashion designer descend into the world of geekdom. That's why we're a little turned-off by these Kenneth Cole Reaction "Don't Worry, Be Happy" cuff links that feature emoticons. Not only are we slightly annoyed at the happy/sad face icons, but why reference a song that's so great and influential that your cuff links will pale in comparison?

We're pretty sure that very few of the people who would want these actually own a French cuff shirt. What's more, if someone does go through the effort to wear cuff links, we seriously doubt that they're the type who finds emoticons to be cute. Maybe we're wrong, maybe execs at Google are buying the hell out of these things. We liked the periodic table cuff links more -- but still not very much.

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Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

Apparel you can dance to? What kind of corn are we selling here? The kind you can pop like it's hot (that's the design on the featured shirt by Stereo Bear, we couldn't resist, okay we'll drop it now).

Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

We really like Vintage Vantage, and not just because they were soaked in voting controversy (guess where it started? We're looking at you Florida) or that they are officially at war with the country of Denmark, valid reasons they both may be. No, we like them because they make great shirts.

ORIGINAL PENGUIN® by Munsingwear may have started as a the golf shirt wing of an underwear and military supply company (really), but it's grown to be so much more. Once "worn by the likes of Arnold Palmer, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Richard Nixon," three of which we love, the company was recreated in 2003 to reach the style shakers of today. Penguin is happy "to design collections for people with such great intellect, style and humor." They also design clothing for the rest of us.

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Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

It's funny that we just discovered the clothing company One People Project. It would appear that the line we stumbled upon is actually their fall collection, but our tardiness has served us well. When we look at these shirts we think spring and summer. Apparently their apparel knows no boundaries.

Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

Do you know what is missing from your prized collection of funny and clever t-shirts? "Shirts built by dog robots," that's what. Crazy Dog T-Shirts can help fill that void for you.

They believe that their shirts "are the most awesome t-shirts around. Junk Food t-shirts, funky t shirts and saved by the bell t-shirts." That's right, "Saved by the Bell" t-shirts (and other gems from the 80's).

We just got back from a run. We went an incredibly short distance in a disgustingly disproportionate amount of time. We might still be running.

Of course, it could have been that time stood still once we made the mistake of choosing our footwear as our focal point. How can we breathe and push with a beige pair of 1997 on our feet? It ain't easy.

Hence our little perusal of the Saucony website. Saucony makes running shoes. They "exist for runners." They offer a line of footwear that is as aesthetically pleasing as it is functional. Comfortable, too.

Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

We're pretty excited about the latest line of t-shirts from No Mas. The Ecstasy of Defeat collection is a series of t-shirts devoted to the world of sports and the glorious agony that is defeat. If someone fell short of exceptions you may very well find them here.

We've talked before about the importance of sunglasses in the extremely limited world of men's fashion accessories. During the summer, sunglasses become part of your everyday outfit. While we'd usually recommend investing in the coolest pair of shades you can find, we know what life is like for men's sunglasses -- and rarely do they last long enough to get your $200 worth.

Cheap sunglasses are an absolute must for summer. Bend em, break em, scratch the lenses, drop them in the lake -- who cares? They only set you back a few bucks. Even if you do want to spend the big money on a pair of designer shades, it's always good to have backups to take to the beach. Whether you're looking for aviators, wayfarers, or wrap-arounds, there are plenty of good-looking frames for under $20.

As Gillette and Schick continue to battle it out, creating razors with increasingly higher blade counts -- until one day we'll have razors that look at the hair, talk to the hair, ask the hair out for coffee, and then get to know its parents before finally hacking it off -- one of them has finally returned to inventing something useful. Kind of. The new Gillette Fusion Chrome Collection Power Razor comes with five blades, "micro-pulses" (read: it vibrates), and has a flashlight.