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.