You don’t have to have read — or even heard of — French author Michel Leiris to appreciate his sick outfits. Salomon is a heritage outdoor brand that has been around for three-quarters of a century, but somehow in the last few years it has become one of the trendiest names in fashion. The founder […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved I should confess at the outset here that for a long time, I didn’t like purple. In fact, puerile though such rankings can be, if pressed I’d likely once have cited it as my least favourite colour. Fortunately, over time preferences change and tastes evolve to the […]
Royal Stewart tartan has a centuries-old royal connection, but has long been put to entirely different ends by designers, musicians, and the general public. Barbour has pulled off the unusual and impressive coup of being an aspirational brand which has its roots in workingmen’s clothing. Long before he was crowned king of Great Britain and […]
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons / Public domain Menswear has its fair share of classics and crowd pleasers; the garments that few people take issue with and most own or have at least worn in one form or another — the T-shirts, jeans, sneakers, suits, and sweatshirts of the world. Then there are those items that […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved If you spend time looking at menswear from the 1920s, as I did recently when writing about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s clothes, it can be striking how stylish and even contemporary much of it looks one hundred years on. A booming interest in classing menswear has meant that […]
Toshiro Mifune had an onscreen persona that contrasted sharply with his legendary sense of style. Seiko is the kind of watch brand that inspires a unique type of fanaticism among watch enthusiasts. Here’s why. Japanese boro or sashiko textiles offer sound advice on how to think about and treat our clothes. A guest post on […]
Aviator-style sunglasses have been around for more than a century, but it took a certain blockbuster movie to turn them into a phenomenon. Grab your readers! It’s time for a short history of eyeglasses. Moscot, the esteemed New York-based brand, has been independent and family-owned for more than a century, making it a unicorn in […]
Throughout his career, Miles Davis’s style perfectly matched his music. He evolved from mellow to ultra-modern, but always remained a consummate dresser. America’s oldest clothing company turned a sports shirt into a national symbol and a global sensation. This is the history of the button-down. Basketball shorts have come in just about every shape and […]
Image credit: Kathleen Ballard / CC BY 4.0 The fashion world — as it is written about anyway — seems overly prone to sequestration and categorisation. Oftentimes, the various camps into which we’re all divided — prep, workwear, streetwear, tailoring, high fashion, etc. — don’t spend much time talking to one another. Ostensibly, there is […]
I may be absolutely terrible at playing cricket, but no one can stop me from wearing the sport’s signature stylish knit. After too long an absence, the raglan sleeve balmacaan coat is back in full force thanks in no small part to the pandemic. If you’re dying to don a dinner jacket, you’re not alone […]