Image credit: Julian Myles on Unsplash My store of T-shirts gets a lot of use at this time of year. The last gasp of summer is when I am most eager to eke out the last bit of use from all my warm-weather garments while the climate still allows, and T-shirts tend to top this […]
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons / Public domain If the advent of modern menswear can be attributed to just one person, it would undoubtedly be George ‘Beau’ Brummell. Nearly 250 years after his birth, Brummell’s impact on the style and philosophy of what we wear is still keenly felt and vigorously debated today. The number of […]
Image credit: Robbie Noble on Unsplash When you make the decision to get a baseball cap for the first time, that choice almost certainly comes from a desire to emulate an idol. I’m not thinking here of the assorted summertime promotional caps your mom might force on you along with your bodyweight in sunscreen, or […]
Image credit: Ryutaro Tsukata from Pexels As I write this, on a typically rainy August day in Edinburgh, I’m aware that we’re beginning to reach the crest of summer and will soon tumble headlong down the leafy hillside of autumn. And while I find myself checking the weather constantly in search of what might be […]
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 credit: Johnson Watch / Public domain With timepieces that sell for five- or six-figure prices as a matter of course, Breguet (pronounced ‘breh-gay’) is a name generally spoken only by those who have well and truly passed through the rabbit-hole that is watch obsession. But while the revered luxury watchmaker might not be a […]
Image credit: Austrian National Library on Unsplash Earlier this week I wrote about walking the West Highland Way and how I couldn’t stop thinking en route about outdoor clothing generally being so…well, not to put too fine a point on it, but…ugly. I also listed some of the things I wore along this roughly hundred-mile […]
Circular Vamp Oxford shoes (or CVOs for short) are among the most stylish and versatile shoes you can get your hands on — or your feet in, for that matter. From a 400-square foot shop in Anaheim all the way to the White House, this is how Vans took the world by storm.
Image credit: Lucas D. on Unsplash A while back I featured a guest post offering a brief look at the history of Seiko, but for a while now I’ve wanted to write something about the brand myself. It’s not so much that I was looking to do an in-depth brand history, nor to provide an […]
Jesse Owens’ historic 1936 Olympic performance is widely celebrated. The story of his shoes is less well-known. 35 years ago Spike Lee created an icon. His name is Mars Blackmon and he’s the original sneakerhead. I have been wearing jean shorts for my whole adult life and only just realised they are utterly ridiculous. This […]