Winston Chesterfield is an amateur composer, fashion blogger, trained lawyer and style aficionado. He lives in Westminster, London and blogs at venividivrai.blogspot.com.
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...]
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...]
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...]
“What the hell are those?!” my friend exclaimed in great animation. His arm was thrust out, his finger extended - like a great explorer pointing to distant lands - towards the feet of a stylishly dressed man who was leaning against the wall, mumbling into an iPhone. Long-haired, wearing a bright blue blazer with rolled-up cuffs, tagliatelle of leather bracelets, a patterned linen scarf and white jeans - on his feet he was wearing monogrammed … [Read more...]
Gant isn’t a great brand for people who aren’t preppy. It’s also not a great brand for people who are preppy, but think they’re not. You know the type, the sort of people who moan about Starbucks position on tax - whilst they’re sitting in a Starbucks, drinking Starbucks coffee. Principled in words but not in actions. There’s a word for them. I’m pretty sure it begins with a big, furry, preppy H. They don’t like the Ivy League … [Read more...]
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