Linkroll: Berluti, Affordable Shoes, Nantucket…

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• Berluti’s Gaspard shoes and accessories collection. (therakeonline.com) • Finding affordable shoes. (putthison.com) • Interview with Luciano Barbera. (styleforum.net) • What to wear with nantucket reds. (muffyaldrich.com) • Belvest f/w ´13 @ Pitti Uomo 83. (dresslikea.com) • In praise of black knit tie. (ivy-style.com) • Considerations of wearing bow-ties. (permanentstyle.co.uk) • Animas Code slippers … [Read more...]

Rare Moment: Pigskin Shoes

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“Oh wow!” the lady exclaimed. She was looking through a rack of shoes on sale in a quiet and floral-carpeted ‘olde worlde’ shoe shop, with a mezzotint of George V next to the gilt mirror and an incongruous animal head looming over the cash register. But for the smell of new leather, a thick staleness pervaded the air, and the assistant – a man of advanced years – looked on wistfully through gold-chained spectacles as the shoppers, … [Read more...]

Linkroll: Top Ten, Sanyo, Accessorizing…

• Men’s Flair listed in top 10 menswear blogs by RMRS. Thanks Antonio. (realmenrealstyle.com) • Sanyo raincoats. (thetrad.blogspot.com) • Accessorizing won’t save a poor fit. (putthison.com) • A bicycling jacket you’d be happy to wear off a bike. (dieworkwear.com) • Umbrella maker Francesco Maglia demonstrates how to wear strong colors. (permanentstyle.co.uk) • Not so basic shoe basics. … [Read more...]

Linkroll: Ian Velardi, Pinterest, Mac…

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• Ian Velardi - the blend of Italian and American. (wax-wane.com) • Permanent Style on Pinterest. (permanentstyle.co.uk) • Getting a good mac coat. (putthison.com) • Review: Commonwealth Proper wool flannel necktie. (thesilentist.com) • Made-to-order dress boots. (dieworkwear.com) • Rollneck over a shirt with its collar popped. (easyandelegantlife.com) And Luciano Barbera’s demonstration. (putthison.com) • What's … [Read more...]

Sartorial Love/Hate: Baker Boy Hat

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For weeks now, London has been shivering in a kind of blinding Narnia state; snow and biting wind, so unusual to the city, have gripped its citizens. Fixated by the weather, people spend half the office morning talking about the difficulty of their journey in, shaking off Wellington boots and laying damp scarves over radiators. They pontificate on how long the matriarch Mother Nature will subject their world to the wintry freeze. There is no … [Read more...]