As an object that does just one thing, you’ve got to wonder how long watches will be around. With access to smart phones, laptops, tablets and talking speakers, why does anyone need to wear a lump on their wrist that only tells the time? Born… Read More
Where do shorts end and trousers begin? I wouldn’t say it’s a question that keeps me up at night. And were it not for these classification botherers from Kapital I dare say I wouldn’t even be considering it. A glance at the style press would have… Read More
Look at the dog. Look at the dog. Look at my dog. Dogs. Fucking dogs. I’d like to make this absolutely clear. I would rather write a dissertation about the surface of a dry concrete slab than look at your dog. I have no interest… Read More
A bit of this, a bit of that, stitch it all together and wallop. Streetwear’s addiction to generating new garments from bits of old garments remains at full strength. Countless brands are at it: compounding clobber from the mismatched, the misshapen and the misunderstood. For… Read More
This is the era of the ‘oversized’. A time when the right size is the wrong size and bigger is apparently beautifuler. I’ve often thought making an oversized garment must be fairly straightforward. Surely it’s just a case of making a medium sized garment and… Read More
I dislike generalisations. Yet I make them all the time. “Of course, it’s wrong to generalise…”, I say, before doing just that. Does inserting such a caveat insulate the speaker from idiocy, or simply magnify it? I’ve lost count of the times I’ve railed against… Read More
