This is a bandana patchwork jacket from Japanese imprint Kapital. It’s available in six different colours: green, yellow, pink, navy, black and white. It’s cut in a traditional western style, short and boxy with a single breast pocket. It is, depending on your perspective, a… Read More
The Hawaiian shirt is a battleground between beauty and ugly where ugly always wins. In the UK, a sunny day brings out the ‘Hawaiian shirt ironists’. Frequently young and thin, they have short hair, moustaches, some kind of Japanese sandals or (ironic) Crocs and a… Read More
I’m currently enjoying the nylon belt. In current rotation I have a couple: a navy one by Hobo and a camel one by Meanswhile. More than the nylon itself, I’m appreciating the ‘clunk-click’ fastening; somewhere between a seatbelt and climbing equipment. The Meanswhile belt also… Read More
The most conspicuous birdwatching jacket ever? Or some bedevilled copulation between a fireman and Crocodile Dundee? Either way, this weapon from Japanese brand Digawel is noticeable for all the right reasons. Just look at the contrast between the satsuma body and those, rich brown pockets.… Read More
Action man gear for the Pumpkin Spice Latte warrior. Sure, this multi-toned quilted top from Eastlogue has a military lean, but make no mistake, this isn’t a garment for men of war. But it does offer a kind of protection. This is a garment for… Read More
There’s a great deal to decode here. And as with so much interesting menswear, the key is context. Glancing at the above and you’d be forgiven for thinking we’re in emo rock territory. Some kind of Weezer or Jimmy Eat World stage clobber; grotesquely mid-90s… Read More
