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The Improper Bostonian caught up with menswear designer John Varvatos following the opening of his Copley Place store and reporter Jonathan Soroff extracted some fun facts. Some of them: Varvatos wears jeans 363 days a year, fragrance is probably the most lucrative product in a lifestyle line, and likens his brand to Jimi Hendrix. [Improper Bostonian]