Florals, like so many elements of menswear, are easily mishandled. A blossomy Engineered Garments parka worn beneath a navy field vest looks superb. An equally florid shirt teamed with thin trousers and driving shoes makes you look like you’ve been dressed by your wife. Quality,… Read More
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Dries Van Noten bringing the sexy Charles Manson look
I dunno what’s happening to me at the moment. I’m fully aware of the kind of stuff that suits me, I know the kind of clothes I’ll get most wear from. I know that dark blues, olives and greys are my friends. Yet I’m increasingly… Read More
In SE15 you can’t move for youths in multi-pattern bongo pants
“Relax on an evening out in this luxury pure silk lounge set.” That’s the pitch for this matching Haversack shirt and trousers over at retailer Mohawk General Store. And I like that pitch. “Luxury”, “pure silk”, “relax”; that’s some top-drawer vibing. We’re talking neon, potted… Read More
If menswear is a broad church, then tight shorts belong in the Book of Revelation
At this time of year, like many of you, I start scoping out the shorts landscape. What’s out there? What’s going on? What are this year’s options in a truncated trouser? How can a man who finds no dignity in the wearing of shorts, expose… Read More
Off to a Bruno Mars concert
So apparently this is blue. It says so on Mohawk General Store, the site selling it. It’s not though. It’s grey. Maybe with a bit of blue, but it’s not blue. Not in the strictest sense of what words in the English language mean. I… Read More
Arranged into sentences to provide more context
I would assume these are the most trousery trousers you’ll see today. What I mean is, if you’ll pardon the absence of a pun, pretty much nothing whatsoever. Perhaps its simply enough that we all recognise these are a pair trousers. I do. I hope… Read More





