Collaborate This

Collaborate This

Oct 20, 2010 | No Comments

I don’t  know if anyone else has noticed, but it seems to me that fewer and fewer brands are actually designing their own wares anymore – it’s all about the collaboration, or “collab,” right now.

Vanity Fair: Think Hepburn!

Vanity Fair: Think Hepburn!

Oct 18, 2010 | No Comments

Before you ask, yes, I know that’s not a picture of Ms. Hepburn.  My girlfriend picked up a copy of November’s Vanity Fair, with a couture photoshoot entitled “Think Hepburn!”  I was sitting across the room reading another magazine, and she excitedly called me over, shouting “Look!  There’s a whole shoot of Anderson & Sheppard suits.”  I don’t have to tell you all I was over to the couch eagerly leaning over her shoulder faster than you can say drape-cut.

Fall Scents

Fall Scents

Oct 15, 2010 | One Comment

I’ve written a lot recently about shifting my wardrobe for fall.  The changes in fabrics, the changes in colors, &c., but I’ve ignored one of the best things about fall: the smell.

A Tale of Two Shoulders

A Tale of Two Shoulders

Oct 13, 2010 | One Comment

Another contributor to MensFlair, Mr. Andrew Williams (of www.bespokeme.com), wrote a little while ago about the Rope and Pagoda shoulders, two of the less common shoulders available on men’s jackets. To go back to basics for a moment, I wanted to discuss the difference a soft versus hard shoulder makes on the overall look and feel of a jacket.

See the SAVOY

See the SAVOY

Oct 11, 2010 | No Comments
Well yesterday it happened…the Savoy officially reopened for business following a massive, almost three-year-long renovation.  Sadly I’m on the wrong side of the pond to drop by and see all the changes for myself (and to be fair, I never set foot in the old Savoy), but everything I have heard has things looking magnificent.