While in Belfast a few weeks back I visited The Bureau, my favourite menswear store. But also probably the best womenswear store I’ve ever seen, Envoy of Belfast. The two stores originally grew out of the same location at 4 Wellington Street, but while The Bureau… Read More
This is one for the power players. This is the Visvim Ruunpe Coat in pinstripe. You’ll need £1470 to join this party. It’s probably not for you little man. Move along, move along…
I recently visited The Vulgar exhibition at The Barbican – an examination of taste within fashion through the ages. Personally I found certain obvious periods like the 1970s curiously underrepresented, while the chosen designers throughout seemed a little repetitive, with many exhibits drawn from very… Read More
‘Wilful ignorance’ seems a popular media phrase right now. It’s being served up every which way, usually to describe Trumpists, Pro-Brexiters, US gun-worshipers… The idea of deliberately choosing to ignore facts (based on a blinkered ideology) feels pretty alien to me. At least, I think… Read More
I dropped on some brogues this week. Not these VISVIM ones. I went to Trickers on Jermyn Street and ordered a pair based on my specifications. It wasn’t a full bespoke service – that would cost thousands – but rather a made-for-you type approach, where… Read More
To give it its official title, this is the ‘Green Sanjuro Kimono Down Jacket’ by Visvim. Military influenced, apparently. Which makes sense, because I can see a dude busting this with a long bamboo sword and one of those helmets like a toast rack. And… Read More
