Highly versatile these collarless engineer style jackets. Fantastic as layering pieces; it surprises me why I see so many struggling to shift come sale time. Perhaps for some, its ideal purpose isn’t clear; is it a jacket, a coat, or sort of a shirt? Thing… Read More
So, do I think what I actually think, or am I just being told what to think and then thinking it? One of the many casualties of the whole ‘Brexit, Trump, the whole world turning into Nazis’ thing, is belief in independent thought. At least… Read More
The hold skinny jeans still seem to have over a large percentage of the male population in this country is remarkable. From mid-90’s counter-culture statement of guitar-based rebellion, to H&M sale rail in a couple of years, and yet they’re still pegging it about the… Read More
Even as our current summer tosses and turns between sodden and warminess, the gentleman menswearman must look to the future. Next summer to be precise. This is the Engineered Garments SS17 lookbook, in its entirety, over one page (no click harvesting galleries here.) Fans familiar… Read More
I tried a sort of peasant style smock on in Present a few months back. I knew before I’d even got it over my head it was a non-starter. Too much collar. Too much gap at the top. I felt like Henry VIII’s professional fool.… Read More
New store alert. South East London just keeps getting better and Open as Usual, is the latest addition – a men’s and women’s retailer over in New Cross. As you’d perhaps assume from a shout out on this blog, Open as Usual don’t ‘buy stuff… Read More
