As a child my parents presented me with an ice cream cake for my 10th birthday. My underdeveloped intellect was unable to comprehend the magnitude of what I saw as they lifted the lid off the box.
P. Johnson Campaign 2015 – Menswear
Poor Man’s Velvet
Though often mistaken for velvet, corduroy is hardly luxurious.
Summer Lovin’
I’m definitely more of a winter guy, a characteristic my wardrobe tends to reflect. So when it comes to dressing for the heat I battle, but over the summer I’ve begun to try and work on it. What better opportunity then on Sunday, when I’m heading to work and it’s 33°.
Ties in the corporate world
The first day at work I didn’t wear a tie. It didn’t occur to me at the time that I took a risk and could have made a bad first impression but, no one else wore one either.
Pitti Uomo 87 – Style, Sartorialism and Surgery
It was extremely good timing for me that Pitti Uomo 87 was on while I was recovering from sinus surgery as being bedridden with nothing but my Mac and Instagram feed to keep me entertained, meant that I could follow the show like a fat kid watching a cake bake.
The complexity of bow ties
Bow ties are extremely difficult to wear properly,
The Hollywood Tailor: Art Lewin & Co. Bespoke Clothiers
In Dressing The Man, a book that is deemed by countless as important to the literature of men’s fashion – and certainly to me – Alan Flusser reported on the Taylor cut as, “British-inspired, with narrow shoulders, shaped torso, slant pockets, and deep vents”.