I do enjoy the idea of a jacket with a big pouch on the back. Indeed, I already enjoy the idea of a jacket with a big pouch on the back so much, I’ve never actually felt the need to buy a jacket with a… Read More
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Two weeks is a long time in exorbitantly priced casualwear
Just back from two weeks in the States. While I was there, I finally got the chance to hit-up some key stores (Nepenthes, Gentry, Union…) in a non-digital, strictly actual sense. As a Brit who worships these outlets from afar, it was virtually religious –… Read More
Irresponsibly theatrical
While polka dots feature in Engineered Garments’ SS16 collection (on sale now), they’ve gone jumbo for this winter’s drop – which makes for a significantly more challenging wear. Irresponsibly theatrical and self-consciousness-generative; when a dude wears this giant polka dot jacket, he fucking knows he’s… Read More
The exact price of sleeves
Were this shirt to have sleeves, they would cost £40. I know this because, back in November, 2015, I scribbled some bilge about this Snow Peak shirt’s long-sleeved brethren. It cost 260 quid, while this new elbow baring version costs a mere 220. So it… Read More
Vintage looms x modern technology = product write-up on menswear e-tailer
I showed this shirt to my missus. “Oh, no“, she said. Just that. Just, “oh no.” A statement I felt was pretty damning for clearly such an important piece of apparel. By my current reckoning I own precisely no short sleeved shirts with apples on.… Read More
The nightmares of an 18th century body snatcher
After yesterday’s patchwork denim number, the very first piece I set eyes on was this. Another patchworked-up shirt, albeit one born in the nightmares of an 18th century body snatcher.