Image is my own / All rights reserved Military clothing is all over our collective wardrobes. Across every proverbial shelf and rail you will find such disparate items as trench coats, chinos, regimental ties, bucket hats, berets, NATO straps, and even class rings. The list is packed, varied, and apparently endless. You might consider it […]
Image credit: Bruno van der Kraan on Unsplash Summer clothing is typically relegated to the bottom of the menswear totem pole, with shorts, sandals, and even T-shirts regularly getting a bad rap from more classically inclined dressers. Shorts in particular seem to have committed some of the more historic fashion offences. To paraphrase St John’s […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved Nike trainers were among the first wardrobe items that registered as cool to me when I was growing up. Everyone always seemed to stop and take notice when a kid on the playground sported a new pair of Nikes. There was one guy that I remember in […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved We’re technically just a week or two away from the start of spring in the UK, and yet news headlines over the last few weeks have been filled with reports of record-breaking snowstorms around the world. Certainly, as I sit down to write this, it is as […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved If you’re one to keep an eye on brand-related headlines, it might feel like Adidas has been in the news a lot lately. Most glaringly on the negative end of the spectrum, there has been the termination of their high-profile brand partnership with Kanye West resulting in […]
Image credit: Tullio Saba / Public domain Reader, you find me at present precisely halfway through reading East of Eden. John Steinbeck is one of those authors who has always been on the periphery of my literary interests without ever serving as the main attraction. There was an old copy of The Pearl in my […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved German Army Trainers — also known as GATs, Bundeswehr Sportschuhe, or BWs for short — are the kind of shoes you likely know by sight even if not by name. Although they have been endlessly reinterpreted over the years, the originals are distinguished by a few simple […]
Image credit: Tullio Saba / Public domain Have you heard the good news? We’re in the midst of a Western revival in menswear. That’s right, the cowboy look is back, and I for one am ready to take to the rooftops and let loose a hardy ‘yeehaw!’ (Just how that will play in central Edinburgh […]
Image credit: Christoph Amberger / Public domain This site has often featured posts on pioneering menswear figures throughout the ages, stretching all the way from Beau Brummell to the likes of Miles Davis and beyond. If you were going in search of the very first Menswear Guy, however, you might cast your eye back even […]