Year: 2020
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As Worn By The Clash
The Clash are my favorite punk band and I spent a good part of my misspent youth listening to their music and attending their live shows. I was even fortunate enough to have met the band and get to know them. That’s why I was thrilled to discover the “As Worn By” collection which consists of replica t-shirts and jackets worn by the band in their 1980s heyday.
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50 Years of Paul Smith
It’s Paul Smith’s fiftieth anniversary but he isn’t the type to wax nostalgic. While the collection he’s created to celebrate it, does indeed include many familiar touchstones (a treat for long-time fans like myself), it has also provided an opportunity to look forward.
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The Number One Sack Suit
Modern menswear as we know it first arrived mid-twentieth century. For the first time, men began dressing in a way that suited the new era of transatlantic travel, wristwatches, 3-martini lunches, Playboy magazine, and jazz clubs. Enter the Brooks Brothers Number One Sack Suit.
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Designers Revisited: Kansai Yamamoto
There’s perhaps never been a fashion designer as associated with a rockstar as Kansai Yamamoto is with David Bowie. Yamamoto, never quite achieved the commercial success of other avant grade Japanese designers, Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto (no relation), and Rei Kawakubo of Comme Des Garçon. But his earlier work for Bowie, was in some ways even more provocative.
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Orlebar Brown’s 007 collection
Having already produced a trio of 007-themed swim trunks, British premium swimwear brand Orlebar Brown has expanded its line to include a number of additional pieces based on the wardrobe of everyone’s favorite British Spy.
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Rockstar Designers
Rockstars have always been style setters. But now they are taking the lead, designing clothes themselves. Here are three whose clothes I enjoy almost as much as their music.
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Favorite Designers: Paul Smith
Paul Smith is my favorite designer. Combining traditional British tailoring with a sense of whimsy that often results in unexpected details (in the lining of a suit, the turn of a cuff, or the pattern of a sock), he makes clothes that allow for exactly the right touch of youthful exuberance while still remaining tasteful.
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SpaceX Spacesuits
When the SpaceX astronauts launched into space this past weekend, it heralded a new era in its commercialization. But as this is a style blog, let’s talk about what they were wearing.
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Dressed to Kill
When I was very young I saw the first James Bond movie, “Dr No” and was immediately impressed by the effortlessly cool way Sean Connery carried himself in the role. It was like a blueprint for how to be a man.
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Welcome to the Modernist Style
The older you get the better you should dress. All my life I’ve been fascinated by men’s fashion. In truth, the interest has gone hand-in-hand with my interest in rock music, and. in particularly, British rock music, starting with the Beatles. Not only was their music fresh and exciting but their overall visual style was as well.
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