Easter weekend. A time for familial niceties, stuffing your yak-hole with bargain eggs and hiding impulse purchases from your partner. The latter of course is a year-long pursuit. It just so happens that in the course of writing this execrable round-up of want-want-wants, I took… Read More
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£115 or £278? Why SSENSE makes no sense
Seems like no time at all. You close Slack and force-quit the ‘to-dos’ from your tumbling mind. The tree goes up, the first lager and lime goes down. Then before you know it, it’s over. It’s January 2nd and there’s a back-to-school tension in your tummy.… Read More
Tres Bien Atelje: I tried being happy, didn’t like it
Fashion sometimes seems curiously out of step with, well… fashion. TikTok is chock-a-block with gurns, grins and giggles. TV is beaming with gardeners, hipsters renovating old tables and chefs whipping up lobster tortellini. On Saturday night celebs learn to tango between guffaws, an army of… Read More
Maximal or minimal: two schools of thought, only one wardrobe
You can’t argue with the eco credentials here. This is the Ardmore Jacket. They’re one-of-a-kinds, made from vintage blankets by LA makers Carleen. Simple shape: check. Clashing tones: check. Then you’ve got that pleasing sense that these disparate, pre-loved pieces of cloth have come together… Read More
RANDT: One big detail
If there’s one clear failing with modern shirting it is that it does the job of covering the torso too well. No ambiguity, just comprehensive and complete concealment. Was it once decided by a global cabal of shirt makers that shirts must run uninterrupted from… Read More
Beta Post: Now where have we seen this before?
“Inspired by the thoughts of street sleepers.” That’s the claim by obscuro Japanese brand Beta Post. Destitute as muse. Now where have we seen that before? Mugatu’s Derelicte collection in Zoolander! Ouch. I’m always surprised when I see artists of any kind revisit themes that… Read More