Morgan Grays Handsome Style(TM) Magazine to Announce ``California's Best Men's Retailers''; Co-Founders To Travel The State In Search Of Industry's Best For Fall Issue Announcement.

LOS ANGELES -- In a departure from the norm, the co-founders of the high-end men's accessories and leather line Morgan Grays, Morgan Molthrop and Stewart Grays, announced today from their Los Angeles headquarters a unique journey the pair will undertake throughout the State of California to determine the top men's retailers with the "best of the best" to be named in the Fall issue of their distinctive publication Morgan Grays Handsome Style. In addition to personally visiting men's fashion and accessory retailers in at least 20 major California cities, the team will be will be sure to turn heads during their travels as they tour the State in a pristine, 1952 red GMC pick-up truck.

Recognizing a lack of publications devoted to men's accessories, Molthrop and Grays created Handsome Style as an adjunct to their successful line to inform consumers of the latest trends as well as providing a wide-range of lifestyle features. "You hear a lot about women's fashion, but the men's market is where the real growth exists," says CEO Morgan Molthrop adding, "Men are finally waking up to the fact that the knapsack they've carried around since college is no longer acceptable. Our business is to know the retail market for men and what better way than to personally visit the great unsung men's stores throughout the State." Morgan Grays' President Stewart Grays goes on to say, "We hope that by sharing our findings, men will realize that there is a wide variety of retail outlets available to them that have been created specifically for a man's clothing and accessory needs."

The Fall issue of Handsome Style will publish the winners of the team's mission and will include categories such as "Best Men's Store in Southern and Northern California," "Best Men's Boutique Los Angeles," "Best Men's Division in a Department Store" and "Best Men's Store in a California Resort." The "Morgan Grays California Road Trip" of boutiques and department stores that carry higher-end men's clothing begins with the 1951 classic GMC pick-up truck rolling into Laguna Beach, CA on March 20th and after traveling north to San Francisco and Sonoma. The pair will conclude their trek in early April in Palm Springs, CA.

Morgan Grays is a men's lifestyle company that manufactures high-end leather goods such as messenger satchels, duffels, luggage and assorted accessories including belts and iPod(TM) holders. The distinctive items range from reproductions of historical items, designs that have been strongly influenced by traditional British culture with refreshed yet classic pieces.

The Los Angeles-based company is headed by Morgan Molthrop who brings a long list of accomplishments to the organization including media supervisor for the 1984 World's Fair, a professor at New York University, Vice President of Investor Relations for British Telecom's Infonet Services and as the author of "China through Blue Eyes" and the photo book "A Wandering Eye." The design arm of Morgan Grays is led by company President, English born Stewart Gray who has designed for some of the top retail chains in the world such as Tommy Hilfiger, Bloomingdale's Marshal Fields and the famed Harrods of London. Coming from a long line of tailors to the British aristocracy, Grays was awarded the "Charles Renee MacIntosh Award for Design" from the Glasgow School of Art.

The Morgan Grays line is carried in numerous Southern California retail locations as well as through their unique website, which also presents the world's first weekly comedy series created specifically for video iPods(TM) and stars Comedy Central's funnyman Dennis Fowler.

Morgan Molthrop and Stewart Gray are currently available for interview and will be accessible during their upcoming travels throughout California. Media inquiries may be addressed to C Smith or Todd Fraser of Studio C Marketing and Communications by calling 310-452-3900 or writing to [e-mail] or [e-mail].