To say that Marks & Spencer’s 2013 autumn/winter clothing collections were keenly anticipated is a gross understatement. Not that it had anything to do with fashion, mind you. “Has there been a great deal of nervousness around these collections?” I asked an M&S menswear employee at the recent press preview launch at One Marylebone, on a deliciously sunny evening last week. He rolled his lip in a distinctly nonplussed fashion; … [Read more...]
• Huge archive of high-res pictures of Gianni Agnelli. (lastampa.it) • Now on #menswear: ‘My style is better than your style’. (thegazman.tumblr.com) • Sperry Top-Siders made in Maine. (acontinuouslean.com) • How to wear socks with a suit. (permanentstyle.co.uk) • Thrifting is better than mass market stores. (anaffordablewardrobe.blogspot.com) • Classic Celebrities at Cannes. (wax-wane.com) • Suits are too … [Read more...]
I am rather excited at present, and full of good feeling for my favourite season is about to begin. Though others hold their own delights, to my mind, summer possesses the grandest months in the calendar. Though much of my memory of summers is relatively distant - the weather has been appalling in Blighty for the past two - I still hold hope for the coming season being one of brilliance and glory. It is not simply that it is warmer and brighter … [Read more...]
• The surprising sartorial culture Of Congolese 'Sapeurs'. (npr.org) • Princeton Wardrobe, ca. 1936 (ivorytowerstyle.tumblr.com) • Raw silk explained. (dieworkwear.com) • The Phitwell: a jacket for the modern man. (therakeonline.com) • Anderson & Sheppard DB jacket. (permanentstyle.co.uk) • Smell like the Great Gatsby. (thetweedpig.com) • Clothing origins are starting to matter. (nytimes.com) • Gustin … [Read more...]
Mention Massimo Dutti to the man on the London street and you get blank looks: “Massi-who?” they say, their face contorted in confusion; “Oh, aren’t they like Zara?” their girlfriend says “I think I read somewhere it’s like Zara.” “Nah” the man responds “don’t know any place like that. Aren’t they Italian or something? I thought Zara was Spanish.” Unless you happen to be an intrepid metropolitan, the likelihood that … [Read more...]
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