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Dress Above Your Paygrade: Sperry Top-Sider Boat Oxford Wing Tip Shoes There are two men’s shoe style trends currently– Penny Loafers and Oxford Wing Tip Shoes in brogue. What’s also currently trendy is that these stylish kickers tend to cost $150 and up and while the price tag is neither unexpected nor excessive, I was […]
June 7, 2011
An Anatomy of Stylish Bike Riding: Brooks England B15 Swallow Select Length: 285 mm Width: 153 mm Height: 62 mm Weight: 520 g Frame: Steel While bicycles are not often mentioned in the same breath as accomplished gentlemen (unlike say Aston Martins and Bentleys); the bicycle is still a very civil and genteel form of transportation that evokes illusions […]
June 7, 2011
Corny? Yes. Puns are the lowest form of wit but please spare a Monsieur his weakness and his penchant for cheap throwaway headlines at 11.15pm after celebrating his boss’s birthday at one of the best restaurants in Melbourne along Burwood Road- The Undertaker (yes, we ate in a converted mortuary. No, it wasn’t thematic and […]
June 6, 2011
Clifford Tassle Loafers from Grenson Clifford is Grenson’s take on a tassle loafer that was originally English but has been adoted by their friends in the US. Its soft, unlined and works just as well with jeans and without socks as it does with a suit; and speaking of suits, I just wrote about how […]
June 6, 2011
It’s winter time and during a recent cold (weather-wise, the people are friendly) trip to East Europe, I walked into a Hugo Boss boutique in Berlin if only to check out the latest collection. Know what I found? Hugo Boss has done away with working buttons on the sleeves and that’s outright sacrilegious- It looks […]
June 5, 2011
Percival is a relative newcomer to the scene and in this their third season of designing uniquely British men’s style, Percival’s latest collection has found a fan in me. While some pieces in their collection are immensely trendy, Percival has chosen lasting fabrics cut and created with luxurious garments with contrast linings that have made […]
June 5, 2011
I’ve spent the last 4 days doing a lot of walking house hunting for a home in Melbourne and although my leather loafers have done admirably keeping feet and sanity safe despite long distances, I often catch myself thinking that my walkabouts (yes, Australian joke) could be a tad easier. Getting home from Optus (for mobile […]
May 29, 2011
Canali makes one of the best suits in the world; If I had to sum it up, I would have to put my finger on their tradition in textiles that dates back to the 1900s. Two brothers, Giovanni and Giacomo Canali, artisans in their own right, holed up in Triuggio, Brianza to make well cut, […]
May 28, 2011
It’s not an advert for Bottega Veneta; what you’ll see here is a solid endorsement of what I feel are some of the finest investments a Monsieur can make when it comes to fine leather accessories. I’m of the opinion that a good wallet or shoes will bring you many more years of joy than […]
May 27, 2011
You’ve probably heard me stress time and again on the ethos of “classic elegance”. I’m not against trendsetting fashion but rather the serious amounts of dosh it takes to keep one’s wardrobe updated when there are so many tasty pursuits out there (ahem: asset building, vintage cars and fantastic watches); and truth be told fickle […]
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