FrenchTrotters, a Parisian store owned and operated by Clarent and Carole Dehlouz, put together this fantastic video while at Pitti Uomo.  Great imagery!  You’ll find it especially interesting if you’re a fan of Daiki Suzuki and Engineered Garments, Nigel Cabourn, Gitman Vintage, Mark McNairy and Woolrich Woolen Mills, Levi’s, Alden, Yuketen, or Want Les Essentiels [...]

From my good friends over at FREE/MAN: A Pop-Up Market is the perfect chance to invite, host and showcase some of our favorite brands, that not only represent quality and craftsmanship but also focus on telling the story behind each product. The folks who guide these brands will also be in attendance for you to [...]

Well done by Christopher, Douglas, et al. on another great collection from the Gant family! Key pieces in Gant Rugger’s Pre-Fall 2011 collection include a faded madras check check blazer, straight from the archives, the cord blazer, for that professorial look, threadbare in the right spots, and slipovers and v-necks in jacquard patterns. I especially [...]

This morning I received the fourth edition of Inventory and quickly discovered that with features on Makr Carry Goods, John Smedley, Yuki Matsuda, and WWM (Daiki Suzuki and Mark McNairy, of course), this is the best edition yet.  The editorial content and photography are just brilliant.  My only gripe is that there are only two [...]

“Last week saw the launch of the Sunspel film ‘Repton Boxing Club’, by Alasdair McLellan, a fascinating look into Britain’s most famous amateur boxing club in the East End of London. The film features Ryan Pickard, Ellis Pickard, Louis Cadman and Sam Lawson, wearing Sunspel classics, boxing, training and discussing everything from tattoos to who [...]

My good friend Christina, who works at Aerie, passed this along.  I’m glad she did…I’ve watched it at least ten times! Share

“Sartorial Sounds integrates both music and style, two elements embedded in every culture past and present. We think it’s important to remember that everyone is an artist in their own right. And it’s the life experiences we encounter that provoke what we splash on our own blank canvas. We assembled seven individuals to partake in [...]

This afternoon I swung by Industria Studios for my third collection preview with J.Crew and my very first for the women’s line.  The talented Franky Muytjens, Jenna Lyons, and Marissa Webb have put together a solid collection for this year’s Fall season.  Exactly what you’d expect, right?  J.Crew is easily one of my favorite menswear [...]

I’ve been following Leffot’s blog forever and this weekend I finally swung by the store for the very first time.  It didn’t take long for Leffot to become my new favorite shoe shop.  This shoe, recently posted by Leffot, is the Benson monk and is one of the new designs in the Alfred Sargent Handgrade [...]

Fantastic video made by our friends at Lark. In addition to some repairs, my Barbour could definitely use a rewaxing! Picking up some Thornproof Dressing as soon as it warms up a bit. Share