As warmer weather threatens, a sweatshirt made of fleece with an attached waistcoat possibly isn’t top of your must haves. You may have clocked this season’s emergent pastel tones and are considering a pair of dusty lemon shorts. At the very least you’ve probably got… Read More
In a cultural landscape that increasingly celebrates alternative notions of beauty, I have to ask, is Frankenstein’s monster a step too far? Japanese imprint Mountain Research have this new season knit on offer over at NYC’s Blue in Green. It looks like a motorway pile-up… Read More
Retailer Haven calls this Mountain Research peacoat, “eccentrically styled.” I’d go slightly further and suggest it’s the kind of thing you’d find yourself wearing post-lobotomy. Looking at this, I’m not really sure Mountain Research entered the incarcerated spree-killer market on purpose or by accident. You… Read More
This is a beret. I’m not going to wear a beret. Oddly amorphous Japanese bucket hats yes, baseball caps, occasionally. Berets, never. This isn’t, I suspect, going to get in the way of brands I like making them and offering them to me, and by… Read More
After yesterday’s radioactive cotton scream, let’s take it down to a whisper. Here’s a piece that’s subdued and easy to wear, albeit still boasting the obligatory robust price tag. It’s from Japanese imprint …Research, or is it Mountain Research? I understand the brand fills in… Read More
Droopy and positively fatigued; clothing doesn’t get more laid back than this. Perfect for slow-speaking, self-important wastrels with one eye on a half-finished corporate logo and one eye on the clock.
