Brooks Bros. Brushes Up
The other day I was flipping through the mail, and was shocked when I stumbled upon the new Brooks Brothers catalog for Fall. It wasn’t getting the catalog that shocked me (I get more clothing-related mail than any sane human being should), but rather what I found on the cover and inside. Everything looks so….modern.
Fred Astaire…what a softie!
Earlier this week, I was watching “Top Hat,” arguably Fred Astaire’s most well-known and well-liked film, and fell in love all over again with soft tailoring. I haven’t really watched much Astaire since my love-affair with tailoring began, but the way he wears those drape-cut suits is just miraculous.
Summer White Out – Maison Martin Margiela
Before departing London for another semester of university back in the States, I had a day or two to do those things I spent all summer saying would get done tomorrow. Pretty close to the top of the list was checking out the Maison Martin Margiela retrospective at Somerset House.
Cowardly Thoughts
I stumbled upon these pictures of Sir Noel Coward this weekend whilst looking for photos to decorate my apartment with, and thought I had to share.
Library Lost
As anyone who frequents Simply Refined will already know by now, I am more than a little bit obsessed with books. Each year when I move back to school, the first purchase of the year is invariably another bookshelf to accommodate my ever-expanding personal library. If you enter any room I frequent, chances are it has more books than furniture.
