Why don’t I know anyone who talks about sustainability? The media is full of it. Why I don’t hear more about it from people I actually know? I can’t even remember a time when someone told me they’d specifically chosen a product due to its… Read More
Short-legged men I know tell me wide trousers are off limits. Their comparatively diminutive stature when paired with a giant pant, results, so they tell me, in a significant truncation to their elevation. In other words, they look short and wide, as apposed to just… Read More
Over in their (fairly) new Soho outpost, OTHER/Shop are still quietly going about the business of decking out London’s most arch in a uniform of baggy, truncated leg-wear, simple plimsolls and wallet-blitzing Lemaire shirting. While new brand, the fossil-fuel-tutting Fanmail are getting the OTHER/Shop push… Read More
You’ll be familiar with Novesta sneakers. You’ll have seen the canvas high and low tops – clean, distinctive rubber sole, made in Slovakia. Indie store MKI Miyuki-Zoku in Leeds deserve credit for first bringing these cheap and resilient kicks to the UK. Although now they’re… Read More
Embracing the apparent global swing towards anti-elitism, the rejection of experts and post-truth, I offer this formal take on traditional office wear. It’s ideal for job interviews, handling business mergers and court appearances; pretty much any any occasion that demands a mature level of staid… Read More
And Wander produce outdoorsy kit. To me, it seems targeted at both genuine wilderness botherers and coffeehouse layabouts like me. It’s got the kind of details menswearmen freak over; frequently pointless details of no practical use. Existing simply to look (you know) cool and that.… Read More
