Links: Made-to-order shoes, horizontal stripes, sunday best…
Updated: 2011-12-29 02:37:38
• Round up of favorite made-to-order shoes at Leffot. (leffot.com)
• Experimenting with horizontal stripe shirts. (parisiangentleman.co.uk)
• Clothing-wise, churchgoing and horse riding are not that much different. (themidwestyle.com)
• The most imitated shirt - candy stripes. (heavytweed.blogspot.com)
• Collection of seasonal photos from Tommy Ton. (gentsdresser.blogspot.com)
• Probably the best guide to men’s hairstyles. (ivy-style.com)
• Forum discussion on practicality [...]
• A short overview of jacket buttons. (asuitablewardrobe.dynend.com)
• Nothing looks sexier than a woman in a man’s shirt. (thetrad.blogspot.com)
• …Or in a menswear from head to toe. (advancedstyle.blogspot.com)
• Exotic leathers in shoes. (the-shoe-snob.blogspot.com)
• A visit to Maurice Sedwell on Savile Row. (gentlemansgazette.com)
• A new great accessories webshop find: Exquisite Trimmings. (thesilentist.tumblr.com)
• Surrender to the holidays [...]
I'm Rowan McKinnon, stylist and whatever your wardrobe woes, I have the answers. You can read my style advice at tyleeyesme.blogspot.com and you can check out my styling services at www.styleeyes.me . This month, I've a special work wear blog for all the A Suit That Fits ladies as hitting the right note when it comes to dressing for work can be super tricky. Many of the career girls I see really struggle and when I edit their wardrobes we find nothing but a stock of dull grey an [...]
As your local tailor for our studios in Camberley and Milton Keynes, I am often asked what the fashion trends are in mens suits at the moment. here has been a recent resurgence in the popularity of the double breasted style as championed by Dermot O'Leary on this years X Factor, and this is a good thing, as it has een out of the limelight for too long. It is a very sharp look, and suits a wide variety of body shapes.
Anyone who owns a traditional starched dress shirt with a ‘boiled front’ will be familiar with the frustrations that it causes. The discomfort when wearing it is bearable, as is the inconvenience of attaching a collar – although dancefloor exertions have led to many a broken shirt stud – but the real disappointment comes the [...]
• Rehabilitation of an oversized suit. (sleevehead.blogspot.com)
• 5 rules for the bow tie. (theatlantic.com via voxsartoria.com)
• When alterations are more expensive than the garment itself. (anaffordablewardrobe.blogspot.com)
• Review: Howard Yount lambswool sweaters. (thesilentist.tumblr.com)
• The Lure of the Borsalino at JJ Hat Center (acontinuouslean.com)
• Modern British tailoring: Thom Sweeney. (dieworkwear.com)
• Shoe trees importance questioned. (styleforum.net)
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As I was wandering along the platform at a tube station, I noted the remarkable number of men, many of advanced years, with untucked shirt tails. One of these men, a solid looking chap of about fifty years, stood squinting at the dot-matrix, posed in a pair of well-cut jeans, a cord jacket and a [...]
This season is all about two key elements - Texture and Heritage. What better way to describe the Prince of Wales Check? Now, I have already given a brief history of this timeless classic in my previous blog quot;Prince of Wales Check" back in August, so this time I would like to use this opportunity to tell you all about the fabrics we currently have in stock. nbsp;
Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated Twenty-Five years as manager of Premiership giants Manchester United recently so, despite being a Chelsea fan; I thought it would be fair to take a look at the formal attire of the undoubtedly successful manager. When pacing the touchline of Old Trafford, Sir Al [...]
The hasty application of make-up at your desk, the gossip about who's going to kiss/shout at/throw a drink on who, the warm white wine, and the shuffling on the dance-floor of a makeshift disco- yep, it's office party season again. Despite the inevitable naffness (unless you work for super-cool company who go all-out with lavish balls and the like) I can't help but get excited about the Office Party - and the inevitable what-to-wear dilemma. Working in fashion means an inevitably chic bunch o [...]
I have been admiring the slim-fitting style of Dolce and Gabbana suits for quite sometime. I live in Nebraska, so I am nowhere near a store. I decided