Levi’s are celebrating their 150th anniversary this week. Here’s how they conquered to global denim market. Bermuda shorts have a storied history and an enduring appeal — and you definitely don’t need to be a grandad to wear them. A history and manifesto written by a lifelong lover of tiny shorts. Fatigue trousers are among […]
Image credit: Casey Connell on Unsplash I have advocated for the life-changing magic of getting a new watch strap before. Which is why I recently got myself a new one. Again. This time around, it’s a Jubilee bracelet — ‘bracelet’ rather than ‘strap’ since the band in question is made of metal. The material was […]
Image credit: Acme News Photos / Public domain The Olympic Games are finally upon us. After a full year’s postponement due to COVID-19, the Tokyo games kicked off last Friday. As disruptive as the COVID delay has been, the world’s largest sporting event is no stranger to turmoil. Historic upheavals have led to cancellations and […]
Image credit: Enes Çelik on Pexels Is there a more enduring and ubiquitous item of branded wear than a pair of Levi’s jeans? The Coca-Cola of clothing, Levi’s are endlessly popular, instantly recognisable, unfailingly evocative, all but standard issue, and represent a brand that has become globally synonymous with its signature product. It all began, however, […]
Levi’s is almost certainly the first clothing brand that ever impressed itself upon my brain as a child. My father was a denim obsessive — a fanatic about clothes in general. His collection of suits, sport coats, ties, shoes, and just about every other kind of clothing (apart from knitwear, which he inexplicably shunned) so […]
Image credit: Robert Sheie / CC BY 2.0 The history of clothing is littered with stories of happy accidents and moments of inspiration. Paul Sperry finally figured out how to make his boat shoes work after seeing his dog running around in the New England winter. Kikuo Ibe similarly cracked the design for the Casio […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved Menswear, at times, can feel a little too serious. Too Stuffy. Reserved. Buttoned-up, if you will. A level of obsession over rules, tradition, and tiny details in some quarters can be stifling; all of the insider know-how and flaunting of expertise can get a little exhausting. You […]
One of the joys of the world of online menswear is its ability to connect people. This has certainly been the case with my friend Loïc, who you might know as Bienluienapris on Instagram and elsewhere. In a different life, we would have been separated by cultures, continents, careers, and countless other seemingly unbridgeable factors. […]
Image credit: Daniel Schludi on Unsplash As of the writing of this sentence, I have yet to see the new Top Gun movie. In fact, until a week or two ago I didn’t even know there was a new Top Gun movie. It was a trip to my local cinema that imparted this particular bit […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved Is there a more fun item in the classic menswear arsenal than the club blazer? Fun shirts, maybe. Or go-to-hell pants. Possibly seersucker, madras, or… actually, you know what, there’s definitely a good time to be had with trad style. But I reckon nothing packs quite the […]