Italy Rules, Black Monks and Great Luggage

• Italian style now dominates retail in the US. English style has been eked out, apparently.

• Broguing on black monk straps? I’d go for a floating medallion if I were you.

• Oh, and if you need a great clothes resource, you can now download Andy’s clothes encyclopaedia.

• All shoe bags should be made of bamboo. If you haven’t already, you should check out the Gentleman’s Corner at Lodger (that’s the corner normally sliced off the inside edge of a man’s shoe, by the way.

• And here’s that white tennis shoe. English shoe of the month for April.

• A great resource for doing your own sewing.

• My, Thomas Mahon has some great luggage. And check out that photo of Howard Hughes.