Barrels

Jason:

[following a lengthy discussion about men’s clothing] Maybe I need to strap on a barrel.

S.:

I hear the barrel look is making a comeback for Spring 2009. You’d be well ahead of the fashion curve.

Jason:

I’ve heard that, too. According to Italian Vogue, there are two schools of thought on what cut of barrels we should expect: the flared hoops championed by traditional East Coast coopers or the tapered European staves favored by Diane von Fürstenberg and everyone who was at her Hamptons dinner party last weekend.

S.:

Everyone who’s anyone knows that DvF favors the wrap barrel. Like, duh.