Here’s a knitted, hoody, sweatshirt type thing. I don’t want to go down the whole Paddington Bear route, but, you know… those of a certain age will be thinking it. It’s by Engineered Garments, it’s chunky, bold and vaguely childlike. Whether a fully-grown man should… Read More
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So shiny. So luxe
Over at End Clothing, the Walmart of international menswear, they’re currently pushing Italian “sport suit” imprint DIMA LEU. Apparently the brand is “marking the point where sportswear meets suiting”. At first glance it is unclear what this actually means. Take a second glance though, and… Read More
A really long vacation
There’s something of the 70s upholstery about this shirt. The print would make a nice set of curtains. It’d set off of the B&O Beocenter, the bubbling fondue and the awkward exchange of wives perfectly. But here it is as a shirt from Japanese reformists… Read More
The working man
He waits for the pub to open. Just like decades of working men before him. Seeking respite from exertion, from worry, from responsibility. He has a thirst on him. It’s early, but the toil of the morning is already weighing heavily. He aches. He wonders… Read More
How To Make An American Quilt through a Black Mirror lens
Yaaaaaasss boss. Now this is living. Are you man enough to leave the house in something that’s fundamentally homewear? I think I might be, although I suspect I’d be so corrupted by anxiety as to render the entire activity emotionally ruinous. What will people think?… Read More
Little more than farce
On retailer Union’s site I read recently (in between the “FUcking DoPe!“s and “FucK yEAh!“s) that it would be the last season of Ganryu. Not, the implication being, the last season the store was carrying the label, but rather the last season of Ganryu period.… Read More