_ "Men’s fashion doesn’t move as fast. Men’s is more about subtlety and the fit and women’s is more about cut and newness. I like that difference—I hope men are never moving that fast."—Scott Schuman _

_ Crispy or not, in 2011, the menswear blogosphere continues to grow and influence. But can it crash the Man Repeller’s arm party or will it settle for a few more well-dressed men? _

**Eunice Lee: **It’s gotten bigger and bigger. At the same time, I think that you can be cool all day long on blogs but you still have to be legitimized as a brand in terms of mainstream media. You can’t just do one.

**Lawrence Schlossman: **This past Fashion Week in New York, Tumblr downgraded the amount of people they took from 24 to 20, but they took more menswear bloggers. Which I think shows that we’re dealing with something that’s kind of a big deal.

J.Crew doesn’t look the same as it looked four years ago. Look at a line like Lands’ End Canvas. Would that even exist if it weren’t for blogs and their readers being super-interested in this stuff?

**Michael Williams: **The way that women buy luxury handbags and shit, there’s no parallel for that in men. What could it be? Like, watches? That’s still pretty tough.

**Scott Schuman: **Men’s fashion doesn’t move as fast. Men’s is more about subtlety and the fit and women’s is more about cut and newness. I like that difference—I hope men are never moving that fast.

**Tommy Ton: **I think the way the men’s market has been rapidly growing because of Tumbling and blogging and all that, it could be on par with women’s in a couple years. When I speak to a lot of buyers, they tell me how business has really boomed for them.

**Eunice Lee: **The thing that men’s blogs do that women’s blogs don’t is, it’s kind of nerdier. Guys actually do homework on the Internet—if they see something a couple more times, then I think they’re more comfortable with wanting to try something out. No guy wants to just go out on a limb on his own. [Laughs]

**Cory Ohlendorf: **Unlike four to five years ago, a man today is so much happier to buy a pair of beautiful, well-made shoes and know that they’re only going to get better and more comfortable and look more lived in with every year. That’s the way he wants to dress now.

We launched in late 2008 so we’re not incredibly old by any means but we feel like anybody who would be interested in Valet would’ve found Valet by now. But each month, we grow between 15 and 20%.

**Bob Clark: **These discussions aren’t about promotion, they’re not about advertising, there’s some meat on the bone. There’s conversation about how products are put together. And about not only the features but the quality of workmanship, the quality of materials, the essence of what a product is. So the generation that is moving into a state of life where they’re looking at products like ours is getting a great education in what to look for, and so we’re very happy about that.

**Jesse Thorn: **We did an interview with Alan Flusser that got blogged on Hypebeast, right? [Laughs] That would’ve been laughable seven years ago. I know because I get emails from guys who tell me that their lives have been transformed, and that we are doing that for many people. And that’s something we’re proud of.

**Michael Williams: **I think it’s going to get a lot bigger actually. I think bigger people are going to come into this now and you’re going to see, in the next 12 months, some serious people come in and make investments in the men’s style universe online. I think it’s only going to grow from there.

**Jesse Thorn: **I would like to see Andre 3000’s menswear blog. I think there are a lot of people with a lot of knowledge who are just starting to get engaged with new media. My hope is, as people get more comfortable with the medium, we’ll hear more from whoever it is. Bruce Boyer. Alan Flusser.

**Derek Guy: **There will always be someone who’s willing to hit reblog.