This is a mental hoody; on the one hand it’s geeky as hell but on the other it’s quite funny.

The beauty is that the front will protect your face from a cold winter’s breeze plus there’s eye holes so you can actually wear the hood up and closed without falling over, you just might get a few funny looks.

The Marc Ecko Star Wars Stormtrooper Hoody is £60 and the shipping is FREE!

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Yukka retailer of designer urban hip hop clothing by Akademiks, ECKO, Ed Hardy, G-Unit, LRG, Phat Farm and more.

Gola have teamed up with designers eBoy to bring you these wicked trainers with the Berlin skyline decorated throughout.

This maybe the completion of a 180 degree flip for Gola from embarassing council kid trainers in the 80’s to ultra cool urban fashion in the n00ghties.

Available in sizes from 7 to 12.

This pair of Gola Eboy Hi Top trainers are £69 and UK shipping is £3.

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Schuh - has a wide range of shoes from many brands including Puma, Camper, Peter Werth, Paul Smith, Diesel, Ben Sherman, Boxfresh, Converse and more.

I like simple v-neck sweaters with a boldly coloured trim. This jumper by Bench is a nice combo of dark grey and turquoisy/sea green trim.

Looks better than I just described it.

Available in Medium and Large only as the other sizes have sold out in the sale.

This Bench Post V-Neck Knit Jumper is £24, reduced from £40 and shipping is free.

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Bench the official site with some exclusive items not found anywhere else. Worth a butchers my son.

Matt emailed in and asked this question;

Where can i find rolled sleeve smart white shirt with black tie?

Good question Matt, the SmartGeezer slave elves were sent out on a mission to find such items and came back with a load at Burton. They’ve got a range of white, grey and black shirts with matching white, grey or black ties. A bunch of them are in the sale at only £10 or £12.

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The one featured in the photo is £28 as it’s the only one that matched your brief of being white, having rolled sleeves and a black tie. Hope you like it.

I really like peacoats and this is one the better ones. I like them because I want one and a white roll neck sweater so I can be a submarine commander, but anyway, enough of my childish fantasies…

This is a good length, nice buttons, some pockets and a removable hood. I’m not sure about the chain thing on the shoulder, it’s a bit too ‘What-the-hell-are-Coldplay -wearing-at-the-moment’ for my liking but I’m sure it’s removable with a wire cutter.

This Volcom Winward Peacoat Jackets in Black is £100 and shipping is FREE.

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Surfdome - an online surf/skate/snowboard store with tshirts, shorts, shoes, flip-flops, equipment and more.

Let’s get 2009 started shall we!?

Location Clothing are giving away a jacket to one lucky winner. The prize is any jacket of your choosing from the www.locationclothing.com website up to the value of £90. That’s basically 90% of their jackets.

So what madcapped shananigans do you have to perform to win this treat?

Simply answer this outrageously simple question and email the answer to mail@smartgeezer.co.uk.

What UK city are Location Clothing from?

Email entries only count. Posting the answer in the blog comments will get deleted, feel free to say something nice instead though

The deadline is midnight Friday 9th January 2009, so get your answer in quick before the draw is made.

Until then, check out our gracious sponsors online at www.locationclothing.com to see their full range of jackets and outdoor clothing. Take this discount code with you - 89921 - and get 10% off.

Location Clothing sent me this Storm Trooper jacket with visor a few days ago and I’ll tell you something…I’m glad the weather’s cold and my car’s knackered, because I can wear this thing everywhere.

First off, the basics. This is a top notch ski/snow/outdoor jacket, whatever you want to call it. Light, breathable, fasteners to keep out the wind, holes to let your body breathe, you can see more of the technical stuff here - Location Clothing. It also has the regular 2 side pockets, 2 inside pockets, an arm pocket and an inside pocket near the waist where you could store the goggles/visor.

OK, enough with the basics, what makes this thing better than all the other good winter jackets?
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The western world’s financial system is in turmoil, banks nationalised, businesses on their knees whilst hard working citizens watch their bills go up and directors of the aforementioned banks still rake in a bonus that would make even Ashley Cole blush.

The solution? Go clothes shopping my stamped upon proletariat friend. If you can’t look good whilst the Capitalist mammoth crushes your skull with it’s limited edition McQueen Dr. Martins, then when can you?

These are Darwinian economics, vote with your credit limit. Those stores left to die can join Woolworths in the great High Street in the sky…and good ridance to them. The loyal consumer is dead, long live the frugal consumer!
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So this is it, today is basically the last chance you have getting any shopping done for Christmas. You could wait for tomorrow and go for next day post, but you’d be a braver man than me.

There’s also some early sales starting already so you can take advantage of the recession ravaged retail sector…that’s if you’ve still got a job yourself. Here’s a taster;

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That’s me done for Christmas, I’m giving myself the rest of the week off as I’m still in shock that my car died and I need to buy a new friggin engine for it. Happy bloody Christmas everybody!

Remember, you also got a chance to win a couple of Amplified Clothing tshirts, just enter the competition.

O’yeah, I also set up a Twitter account which will inform you of new blog posts and any other stuff, so follow it - http://twitter.com/smartgeezer

No messing here, back to the serious matters in hand.

A simple grey polo shirt which should be located in every smart geezers wardrobe. This has the added brand recognition of a little Calvin Klein motif at the bottom.

Also available in navy blue, another staple.

This Calvin Klein Grey Polo Shirt is £33.

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Dress For Less is a great place to go when you’ve got money to burn and just want to browse through a wide selection of stuff. Everything is discounted and shipping is FREE if you spend over £40.