Men's Flair

Lone Nuts, Suits, and Assassinations: Should Seeing Be Believing?

Dean Balsamo — Sun, 27 May 2012 16:27:04 +0000

This is guest post by Dean Balsamo. Media masters, public servants, teachers and other official shapers of public attitudes tell us it’s taboo. Officially it doesn’t exist. Never applied. No matter. It acts like the persistence of memory with a serial life force. Biological? Genetic? A survival strategy we can’t shake? Profiling is big again. [...]

Linkroll: Moccasins, Movies…

staff — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:47:27 +0000

• Zonkey Boot S/S 2012. (forthediscerningfew.com) • I feel this one will be joy to watch. (youtube.com) • This one too. (youtube.com) • Not sure about this one. Looks blockbustery. (youtube.com) • Masculine interest in dressing. (asuitablewardrobe.dynend.com) • For Trad fans: Cable Car Clothiers. (heavytweed.blogspot.com) • Revisiting Cary Grant: an interview with Richard Torregrossa. (sleevehead.blogspot.com) [...]

The ‘Man Bag’ That is Not

Winston Chesterfield — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:54:00 +0000

“What do you carry in there?” a friend asked as I placed my blue leather music bag on the table. “Some work things” I responded “documents, headphones, business cards and the like.” “Oh” he replied, “why don’t you get a briefcase?” It seems, in London at least, that there is a somewhat black and white [...]

Linkroll: Madras, Chic, Charvet…

staff — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:11:49 +0000

• Madras will be known as ‘Bill Murray fabric’ from now on. (buzzfeed.com) • Great definition of ‘chic’ from 1910 article. (dandyism.net) • In praise of Charvet. (gq-magazine.co.uk) • The Ray-Ban Wayfarer. (gq.com) • The cream waistcoat. (asuitablewardrobe.dynend.com) • Combining small patterns. (inner-city-style.blogspot.com) • Warm days, light greys. (easyandelegantlife.com) • Alan Flusser. (permanentstyle.co.uk) • Top [...]

Short on Price, Long on Value

Winston Chesterfield — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:21:03 +0000

I think most will agree that I have a bit of a thing for bargains, although there is considerable dispute about what a bargain actually is. For instance, there are those who consider a pair of bespoke shoes from Cleverley to be stupendously expensive, and those who consider them ‘excellent value.’ Worth is generally subjective, [...]

Zuckerberg and the ‘Disrespectful’ Hoodie

Winston Chesterfield — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:20:03 +0000

Facebook’s upcoming IPO looks set to be the listing event of the year. In the tech world, it is easily the most anticipated public offering since Google back in 2004, when Facebook was but a tiny, Harvard-only online network. Analysts are divided over the $96bn valuation, with some suggesting this is an extravagant price in [...]

Brand Review: Rimowa

Winston Chesterfield — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:36:11 +0000

“Look at that” I exclaimed “what beautiful luggage!” I was walking with a friend past Claridge’s hotel, where a few smart black cars had just regurgitated, with the help of liveried doormen, a mountain of bags, suitcases and suit carriers onto the pavement at the entrance. The luggage was a mixture of mid-blue, red, khaki [...]

White Tie Evening

Winston Chesterfield — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:06:32 +0000

“I’ve just got an invitation through the mail…” It’s not often that one gets the chance to wear white tie these days. Even in the days of Irving Berlin’s Top Hat, the fourth decade of the twentieth century, its rare use was cause for particular celebration. A recent invitation to a themed birthday party seemed [...]

Linkroll: Illustrations, Variations, Advertisements…

staff — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:19:41 +0000

• Ever wondered how street-style blogging inspired comic would look like. (kasaj.sk) • A uniform dresser. (to-the-manner-born.blogspot.com) • Chipp advertisements ’79-’81. (heavytweed.blogspot.com) • Mad Men style: episode 7. (gq.com) • GQ Espana May 2012 editorial: Miami Vice. (hommemodel.blogspot.com) • For the bookshelf: The Gentry Man. (offthecuffdc.com) • Your shoes should cost a half of your [...]

Aquascutum: The Missed Opportunity

Winston Chesterfield — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:55:39 +0000

Aquascutum’s entry into administration has been treated with a surprising degree of alarm. Fashion reporters have called the decline of the brand a “travesty”; unions have slammed the red-button pusher Harold Tillman as ‘Aqua scum.’ However this is not the end of a brand recently thrown into financial turmoil. The reality is that Aquascutum has [...]