Competing for Esquire’s Best Dressed Regular Guy

In my decade as a newspaper fashion editor, scores of aspiring style writers contacted me to pick my modest brain. One of them, Kamau Hosten, was so serious about my advice that he flew himself to New York for fashion week several seasons ago. I was glad to orient him to the scene, and he continued to write good men’s fashion stories - and dress to kill - when he returned to Ocala, Fla. Now Kamau is among 25 semifinalists in Esquire magazine’s 2009 Best Dressed Real Man Contest. I hope you’ll go to Esquire’s Web site and vote for him to appear in the September issue as the publicly selected “fan favorite” - who will join four other finalists selected by Esquire editors. All five will appear on a segment of the Today show, where the grand prize winner will be announced. You can view and vote at http://www.esquirebdrm.com/ up to 30 times a day through May 31.