London Fashion Week – Men’s Day
Updated: 2011-02-27 23:00:00
London Fashion Week was better than ever this year - and whilst the buzz at Somerset House was all around the big name women's designers, the celeb-filled front row, and Samantha Cameron as a UK's ‘ashion ambassador', the week closed with one of the most exciting days of all - ‘en's Day'! With many of the fashion editors already on a plane to Milan by then, Men's day is more relaxed, with a more fun pre-show atmosphere, some amazing installations, whisky cocktails, rock and roll [...]
It has become my custom to look forward to the new season. Spring is just around the corner, and my thoughts have strayed – as is their wont - from the chilly dullness of the present to the blossom and breeze to come. However, it seems a little age and experience have crept into my [...]
The Oscars is an American film institution going back 82 years. It is arguably the greatest award anyone involved in the film industry can be given. It also involves, more often than not, Billy Crystal cracking jokes! The fashion industry clamber over themselves to clad the stars in attendance in their very latest designs, making viewers all over the world over t [...]
I am proud to announce that our Bristol branch has a brand new home, fit for a King!We have been working hard in the Bristol wings for a little over a year now, biding our time until the perfect opportunity presented itself, and now it has, and it's called King William House at 13 Queens Square.
As Senior Style Advisor at our City Road branch , I'm often asked for hints and tips about how to best look after a suit. Here are my top seven tips: .Try not to take your suit to the dry cleaners when it's wet; this will cause a couple of problems. The suit may shrink due to the high level of moisture and it can also make the jacket wrinkle at the front. .Suits should be put on hangers tha [...]
Last week my five-year-old son asked my wife why we did not dress him in “nice” clothes. Bear in mind that much of his wardrobe is a miniaturized version of my more casual attire. For school he wears blue jeans with sweaters or simple solid-colored polo shirts. Over that he may wear a navy pea [...]
London Fashion Week is already in full swing - and although there's only one ‘en's Day' devoted to men's fashion, we're most excited about the MAN show - Fashion East's showcase highlighting up-and-coming and talented designers, all selected by a panel of industry insiders. Known for pushing edgy and innovative looks, a whole host of wild and wacky trends are sure to be displayed on the London catwalks. But what about the wearable looks you'll actually want to put on come Autumn?
There is something to be said about outlet shopping. Specifically the Ralph Lauren Polo located at the Tanger Outlet Center in Long Island. I had the fortune of spending one of the most relaxing and wonderful weekends away with some of the best people in the world and it all ended in a shopping spree [...]
Spring is just around the corner (well, it is for me, at least: for many of you it might be more down the bottom of the road, past the Post Office and left at the traffic lights), and although the wool overcoat will soon be put away spring evenings can still be quite nippy. It’s [...]
Whilst last night's BAFTA awards may have been a huge salute to ‘he King's Speech', Christopher Nolan's ‘nception' didn't do too badly itself, bagging no less than 3 awards with one of its lead characters, Tom Hardy, claiming the ‘ising Star' BAFTA too.In the film, playing the character of Eames, Hardy's first appearance occurs in a Mombasa café where he chats with Leonardo DiCaprio dressed in a slightly unusual mix of tailoring. Quite simply put: an unbuttoned, b [...]
The severity of this New York winter was one of the more extreme we’ve had in some time and although it’s waning a bit I am starting to crave Spring’s warmer offerings. Not hot, humid, and sticky days mind you, but more so the kind where one can walk around in just a suit, no [...]
Valentine’ Day is right around the corner, in fact it is on Monday!Have you arranged something special?Are you going out on a blind date?Or are you asking n xtra special question?You could have spent so much time planning the ideal day, you may have forgotten about yourself?Well, here at A Suit [...]
If you've ever wondered how to make tailoring a little more interesting you might want to consider the dapper, individual and eclectic style of Andre 3000. Of course the work suit has to conform to certain rules, unwritten dress codes and, most probably, what your boss wears, but this should not be the end of your tailoring adventure. A classic wardrobe might contain the charcoal , the navy , the mid grey and the dinner suit [...]
I'm ddy, the latest addition to the team of Style Advisors here at A Suit That Fits . For five decades, David Bowie has been an influential style icon and trendsetter; from the moment he burst onto the music scene with Space Oddity and his Ziggy Stardust persona through the Thin White Duke era, right up to the present day.Bowie certainly has a weird and wacky side to his fashion sense, but he also knows how to dress sharp and keep it classy.
With this week's launch of the Sky Atlantic satellite channel, now seems the perfect time to put the spotlight on one of America's most popular TV characters: Entourage's Ari Gold. Played by actor Jeremy Piven, Gold is the movie agent of the series' main character, and is always seen suited up. To recre [...]
The A Suit That Fits team were absolutely delighted when Hollywood actor Leslie Jordan asked us to tailor him a suit to wow the crowds in his new show - My Trip Down The Pink Carpet, at the Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue.Leslie Jordan, hailed by the American critics as "an hysterical spitfire" and "comic gold", made his name on ‘ill & Grace' and wo [...]
Here at A Suit That Fits, we keep a close eye on the dapper ladies and gents in the new series of The Hustle.