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Rafael Mendes

Rafael Mendes

Grooming and style

Grooming · Style and wear · Scent

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Covers what a barber's chair, a razor, and a well-cut jacket actually deliver, and what they don't. Tracks how a silhouette holds up through a real week of wear, what a fragrance does once heat and humidity take hold, and where a cut or a scent is available locally versus only in claims. No routine is described without having been sat through.

Grounded in sitting through the actual service before describing it: what a barber does with a straight razor versus what the price card promises, how a fabric wears after a month of real use, how a fragrance's opening hour compares to its drydown in heat. Checks reformulation notes and regional release differences before naming a scent, and skips any fit or grooming claim that has not been worn, not just tried on.

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Published work 16 articles since 2026

  1. The Different Company's New Tuberose Was Composed by an Outsider to Its Own Family Story

    Crazy Tubéreuse, the house's latest extrait, was composed by dsm-firmenich perfumer Alexandra Monet rather than Céline Ellena, breaking a lineage the brand has kept since 2005.

  2. The Sapphire in Chanel's New Necklace Carries More Than a Lion's Head

    Chanel's Imprimé Lion necklace centers on a rare 20.66-carat unheated Sri Lankan sapphire, and it's also the first high-jewelry collection released since creative director Patrice Leguereau's 2024 death.

  3. This is why menswear guys always leave their collars sticking out

    A shirt collar poking above a crewneck has become 2026's defining menswear tic, and getting it right is a matter of fabric, fit, and layering order, not just habit.

  4. The Nine Brands in GQ's Saudi Roundup All Answer to the Same Backers

    A GQ Middle East roundup names nine Saudi labels worth watching, but nearly every one of them threads back to the same state apparatus — Fashion Commission mentorships, PIF-linked retail stakes, and LVMH-adjacent showrooms — that the listicle never names.

  5. The GRAZIA Guide To Dubai's Best Hair Salons Leaves Out The Building's New Neighbor

    GRAZIA Middle East's tour of Dubai's 14 best salons skews toward hotel-affiliated, Western-expat names — and misses a major Bollywood celebrity stylist who just opened shop in the same tower as one of its picks.

  6. In Hawaii, the Aloha Shirt Can Be Office Wear

    The aloha shirt's professional meaning in Hawaii was deliberately built through quieter designs, trade campaigns, and local dress codes. It can be business casual there, but a failed 2023 Senate resolution shows that acceptance still stops at some formal rooms.

  7. The Fine Print Under a Made in USA Sneaker

    New Balance's 'Made in USA' retro sneakers meet a 70 percent domestic-value threshold the company set for itself, not the federal government's stricter standard, a gap that has drawn an FTC complaint and two rounds of class-action litigation since the 1990s.

  8. The Hard Part Isn't Getting a Rare Sneaker, It's Keeping One

    The polyurethane midsoles in many sought-after 1990s and 2000s sneakers begin breaking down from the moment they are made, a process collectors call shoe cancer, and the sealed, untouched storage prized by deadstock culture often speeds that decay rather than preventing it.

  9. The Upkeep Behind Nicole Kidman's 'Simple' Fall Cut

    Nicole Kidman's fall layered cut and curtain fringe are being sold as an easy, no-perm no-color change, but the look borrows directly from two older references and comes with a maintenance rhythm the coverage skips.

  10. The Tote Was Never Built to Hold Its Shape

    The word tote predates the current oversized-bag trend by centuries, and L.L. Bean's 1944 canvas Ice Carrier shows why today's big bags slouch: the construction underneath was never meant to hold a shape in the first place.

  11. The Brown Denim Trend Skips a Detail About How It Fades

    This season's push toward brown and other earth toned jeans leaves out a detail of dye chemistry: brown denim is typically dyed in a way that ages more abruptly than indigo, not more gracefully.

  12. The Assisting Year Is About Cash, Not Confidence

    The one concrete line in Ellie Block's career profile, warning new colorists against renting a salon booth too soon, describes a real financial risk, and that risk is scaling fastest in Austin itself, where a national salon suite franchise opened its hundredth U.S. location in March 2025.

  13. The Bow May Not Be Holding the Hair

    A bow can be a visible ornament mounted on a headband, barrette, or clip while the hairstyle is built separately. A still image cannot establish the hidden fastener or how the placement holds through movement and humidity.

  14. A Slim Straight Is a Name, Not a Measurement

    The two-word vocabulary now printed on jean tags, slim straight, straight taper, and the rest, descends from Levi's own internal lot-numbering system, whose origin the company says it can no longer explain, and a 2022 sizing investigation found that even the right name on a label can still leave the actual garment inches off the number stated.

  15. The Wedge Heel Solved a Materials Problem Before a Comfort One

    The modern wedge is often presented as the easier route back into heels. Its defining construction began as a response to material scarcity, while comfort still depends on height, pitch, fit, and the surface underfoot.

  16. The Bridge This Hotel Borrowed

    In October 2024, Four Seasons renamed its Grade II* London hotel after Tower Bridge, a landmark five to ten minutes' walk away, trading a specific address for a recognizable skyline while the building itself, and its documented history, stayed exactly where they were.